Blog post by Kim Perrotta, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment on January 19, 2017 Guest Blog On January 17, 2017, industry think-tank the Fraser Institute released a new report, Did the Coal Phase-out Reduce Ontario Air Pollution? which suggests that…
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Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher on September 13, 2016 As a Hydro One customer, last week I received a snappy little brochure with my electric bill extolling the virtues of LEDs. Light it Right – Your whole-home guide to LED bulbs is…
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Report (50 pp.) summarizing survey of Ontario legal aid clinics for RentSafe baseline research. Authors: Lindsay MacDermid, Kathleen Cooper, Erica Phipps February, 2016. Download: RentsafeLegalAidClinicSurvey Note that the RentSafe project included several more sectoral surveys. They are available at rentsafe.ca…
Title: Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeking Canadian ban on asbestos Resource Type: Letter Content: Asbestos-L-PMTrudeau # of Pages: 11 Date authored: November 9, 2015 Author/s: Kathleen Ruff on behalf of 67 health, labour, and environmental organizations and 74…
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Media Release Health and Environmental Groups Send Health-Focused Policy Challenge to Provincial and Territorial Premiers and Health Ministers Toronto – In time for Radon Action Month in November, a health-focused policy challenge was sent today to all of Canada’s Provincial and…
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Title: Radon Policy Challenge To Canada's Provincial and Territorial Premiers and Health Ministers Content: Radon-Policy-Challenge # of Pages: 4 Date authored: October 2015 Publication number: 1036 Author/s: Canadian Environmental Law Association, Canadian Lung Association, Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and…
