Toronto Environmental Alliance

Great news for Toronto! 15 elected candidates pledged to vote for a moratorium on AI data centres, a maximum temperature bylaw to protect renters, more trees and shade, cutting single-use plastics, and greener buildings. That’s a majority for these key environmental priorities. #topoli

Toronto tenants have been fighting for a maximum temperature bylaw to keep rental units cool & safe for almost a decade now. TEA asked candidates for Mayor where they stand on this issue ⬇️ TEA also asked council candidates, see where they stand on a max temp bylaw: https://loom.ly/fg6TTj8

Where do Toronto’s Mayoral candidates stand on AI data centres? TEA has the results ⬇️ TEA asked every local candidate running for City Councillor in Toronto where they stand on large AI data centres. Find out who pledged to stand up to them here: https://loom.ly/fg6TTj8 #topoli

TEA's Climate Campaigner, How-Sen Chong, wrote an article for Spacing about how important environment is in this upcoming election in Toronto. #topoli Read the article here: https://loom.ly/bSh-P7M

TEA's team is at Victoria Park Station letting voters know where their municipal election candidates stand on climate action. Find out for yourself: https://loom.ly/Z8U77Uw

Join us in Toronto on November 13 for an evening with Valérie Plante, one of Canada’s foremost municipal leaders in climate. Together with the Urban Climate Alliance, TEA is excited to share this opportunity, tickets are limited! Register here: https://loom.ly/I4CR3Zo

What’s one thing you can do to help reduce waste in Toronto? Vote! Top mayoral & council candidates were asked about 5 key environmental issues. Find out where your candidates stand on impactful policies like a Single-Use Reduction bylaw here: https://loom.ly/945Ee5o #topoli

This is why voters need to know where candidates for Mayor stand on AI data centres in Toronto #topoli

Learn from other youth on how you can get involved, make informed choices, help put #climateaction on the local agenda and understand the municipal election process. Thursday, October 22, 6-7PM on Zoom. Register here: https://loom.ly/32XOKzY

Premier Ford’s government is about to start ripping out bike lanes without the consent of Toronto City Council. This morning, we stood with Etobians and Torontonians in defence of these bike lanes that are keeping all road users safer. There's a demonstration today at 5pm at Tom Riley Park!

We’re asking the Supreme Court of Canada to hear our case and defend our Charter right to life and security of the person (s. 7). Stand in solidarity with protesters and exercise your Charter right to peaceful assembly (s. 2(c)). Oct 13. 5pm to late Tom Riley Park (Bloor & Islington)

Join the campaigns staff from The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA), TTCriders and Cycle Toronto to talk about the upcoming municipal election, hear where candidates stand, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how we think about elections. Register here: https://loom.ly/dIaMq_o

Kids can vote for Toronto’s 2027 Tree of the Year on October 10 & 11, from 10am-7pm, at all 50 advance voting places: https://loom.ly/Y95wO8Q Feeling left out? You can also vote for trees, check out which candidates pledged to fund more trees in hot neighbourhoods: https://loom.ly/fg6TTj8

"Michael Longfield, head of the advocacy group Cycle Toronto, said he’s 'outraged but not surprised' by the decision. ... Longfield, who challenged the removals in court, said his lawyers are still reviewing the latest decision and may appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada."

MEDIA: TEA strongly opposes the Province's short-sighted plans to begin ripping out the Bloor bike lane: https://loom.ly/CWkKK6s "Ripping it out will send cyclists either back into cars, or to the hospital - and will increase pollution” -@howsenchong.bsky.social

Want to take the pledge? Email us at tea@torontoenvironment.org Any candidate in the 2026 Toronto Municipal Election is welcome to pledge to support: -Extreme heat protection -Funding trees & shade -Reducing waste from single-use disposables -Pausing & assessing AI data centres -Greening buildings

Join TEA’s campaigners this Wednesday at noon on Zoom for a break down of our Greener City election pledge results. See where your candidates stand on the issues and hear about what we're doing to help Torontonians vote for the environment this election. Register here: https://loom.ly/WGAFvMg

Find out where Toronto candidates stand on key environmental issues like AI Data Centres, climate change, flood resilience, tree planting, single-use garbage, and greening buildings. Click on our newly launched map! https://loom.ly/fg6TTj8 #topoli

The results are in: TEA’s election survey results show a stark divide between top Mayoral candidates. TEA asked the top 3 Mayoral candidates where they stood on 5 key environmental issues. Get the full list of questions and all the details here: https://bit.ly/2026MayorSurvey #topoli

A statement from Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Linda Debassige on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation:

🗳️ It's election season! TEA’s got you covered, we have questions for municipal candidates and ideas to make our city greener. Sign up here to get survey results from candidates as soon as they’re up, and read our platform: https://loom.ly/945Ee5o #topoli

We need to "make Toronto more spongy". Hear TEA's @howsenchong.bsky.social weigh in about how Toronto can be more flood resilient, on the CBC: https://loom.ly/CzFFHMs

This week, Toronto experienced it's fourth 100-year storm since 2013. Toronto can act on flooding by adding more green infrastructure to absorb floodwaters, and by ending the burning of fossil fuels. Read more from this 2024 blog we wrote after the last 100-year storm: https://loom.ly/H43Ybec

The municipal election is an opportunity to build a greener, more liveable future for our city. We asked candidates where they stand on 5 key environmental priorities from heat protection to urban trees. Sign up to get the results in your inbox in October: https://loom.ly/IMbMMJg #TOpoli

Today is federal by-election day in Beaches–East York! We asked each of the major candidates if they’ll oppose any attempts to bring jets to the island airport. Take a look at their responses. Read their full responses: https://loom.ly/ohrJyGY #BeachesEastYork #TOpoli #NoJetsTO

TEA was out in the Beaches yesterday, encouraging locals to keep the pressure on and tell federal by-election candidates: No jets at the Island Airport, ever! If you live in Beaches-East York, use our action to send a message to your local candidates: https://loom.ly/BrZL2P0

Where do Beaches-East York federal candidates stand on jets at Toronto's Island Airport? TEA asked 4 candidates a direct question: Will you oppose island airport jets throughout your time in office? Yes or no? Read their full responses: https://loom.ly/ohrJyGY #BeachesEastYork #TOpoli #NoJetsTO

Attention non-profit leaders & changemakers: We are recruiting for a new permanent, full-time Executive Director to lead the organization into our next phase! Join TEA as we continue our work at the intersection of local environmental advocacy, social inclusion & well being: https://loom.ly/m76NdNM

Renewables are affordable because they don’t need fuel. So affordable that electricity is being provided for free in the UK and Australia. We need to stop burning stuff for energy! www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Reuse won over disposables at these events so far this summer! Let's keep Plastic Free July going all year long. Keep an eye out for reusable cups at Scarborough Ribfest this August long weekend! A TEA project in partnership with Rotary Club of Scarborough, with help from Scarborough Zero Waste.

Thank you to the Councillors who raised the big concerns with AI data centres. Because of your work, all new applications for major data centres will be getting more scruting going into 2027. @diannesaxe.bsky.social @chrismoises.bsky.social @alejandrabravo.bsky.social, & Parthi Kandavel

AI data centres around the world are using up too much energy & water. Toronto needs to pause approvals of new large data centres until their full impacts are known. Read our letter to Council here: https://loom.ly/2HIVMD8

We did it! 📢 The Feds are blocking the Toronto Island airport jet expansion. Working alongside many allies, through community canvassing, outreach & thousands of emails directed to Federal MPs, it was clear, we do not want jets on Toronto Island. People power works. Thanks to everyone! #nojetsTO

Today is the last day to fill out the federal government's survey and say no to jets at Toronto's Island Airport! Find the link and more info in our new blog here: https://loom.ly/KR2HgrI

TEA's @how-sen.com spoke to the Star yesterday and summed up our situation: “The unfortunate reality is that this extreme weather and wildfire smoke is not natural,” Chong said. “It is man-made. It is a result of decades of burning natural gas, gasoline, coal, burning garbage.” Read the article ⬇️

Yesterday Toronto tenants marched into provincial offices demanding action on extreme heat, even as the outdoor air quality reached dangerous levels: loom.ly/boEXGGQ Great work @acorncanada.bsky.social!

MEDIA: TEA calls on governments to take stronger climate action in light of smoke and heat: https://loom.ly/vzKA18M “Today, too many Torontonians face an impossible choice: open a window and let in dangerous wildfire smoke, or keep it closed and trap the overwhelming heat.” - TEA's @how-sen.com

FACT: Heat waves are more deadly now because we are burning too much natural gas, oil, gasoline, & other fossil fuels, which raises temperatures worldwide. Read more about how TEA and our friends have pushed the City to address this incredibly dangerous heat: https://loom.ly/49Y8R7Q #topoli

A huge thanks to City Forest arborist @toddirvine.bsky.social & Deputy Mayor Amber Morley for delighting us with tree facts at TEA's walk in South Etobicoke last night! Great turnout, great night.

TEA was out on the waterfront on Tuesday spreading the word about the harmful impacts of jets at the Island airport! Speak up here & share: https://loom.ly/DeaPZRA #nojetsTO

We’re excited to team up with Jack Johnson as an All At Once Non-Profit Partner on his 2026 Summer Tour! 🌎💚 Come see TEA/ReusableTO at the Village Green in Toronto at RBC Amphitheatre on June 30 to take action! 🔗allatonce.org #AAOPlasticFree #AAOLocalFood #SURFILMUSIC #reusableto

BREAKING: City Council has voted to accelerate the development of a Maximum Temperature Bylaw from 2028 to June, 2027. The climate is getting hotter. After years of work by TEA and our allies, we are relieved to see a faster timeline.

CTVNews news coverage of TEA and allies press conference on the need for tenant heat protection. We're continuing the fight for a bylaw that would require landlords to keep indoor temperatures below 26°C. Watch it here: https://loom.ly/pBdDjaw #topoli

TEA was at City Hall today with our friends calling for work to move ahead on a maximum temperature bylaw to protect tenants from heat. Council will discuss how to move ahead on a bylaw this week. Read our press release here: https://loom.ly/Zj0wIOc Stay tuned for updates! #topoli

Don’t pave our lake! 🛑 Ford wants to expand Toronto Island Airport bringing loud, polluting jets downtown every 2.5 mins destroying parks and spiking air pollution. Tell PM Carney and Toronto MPs to block the expansion now: torontoenvironment.org/stop_island_airport_expansion_2026 #NoJets

The reports that Kinross Gold may have violated Ontario's lobbying rules by hiring a former Premier Ford senior staffer before the required cooling-off period had ended. Read Full Report Here thestar.com/news/investi... #GrassyNarrows #FreeGrassy