Recent Releases from Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
Ontario government needs to "Climate-Proof" Ontario
Published Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:25:30 EST Read More
Media Release Toronto, March 7, 2012 - In his report Ready for Change? An assessment of Ontario’s climate change adaptation strategy released today at Queen's Park, Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, said the Ontario government is off to an encouraging start in preparing the province for the impacts of climate change. This is good news, says Miller, given the slow progress on other climate change issues. "The government is facing challenges in d...... Click here to read this release
REMARKS - Special Report - Ready for Change? An assessment of Ontario's climate change adaptation strategy
Published Wed, 7 Mar 2012 10:15:01 EST Read More
REMARKS Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Special Report - “Ready for Change? An assessment of Ontario's climate change adaptation strategy” Legislative Media Studio, Queen’s Park 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Check Against Delivery The Ontario government needs to climate proof the province. We are now experiencing the climate alterations caused by the cumulative release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Higher temperatures, alo...... Click here to read this release
Le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario publie le rapport spécial sur l'adaptation au changement climatique
Published Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:43:20 EST Read More
Avis aux médias Le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario publie un rapport spécial qui passe en revue le rapport Faire face au changement climatique : Stratégie d’adaptation et plan d’action de l’Ontario 2011-2014. Le rapport Faire face est un plan que le gouvernement de l’Ontario a publié. Il décrit les mesures que le gouvernement a prises pour préparer la province à l’élévation des températures ainsi qu’aux phénomènes météorologiqu...... Click here to read this release
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to release Special Report on climate change adaptation
Published Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:36:53 EST Read More
Media Advisory The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario is releasing a Special Report to review Climate Ready: Ontario's Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan, 2011 - 2014. Climate Ready is a plan released by the Ontario government. It outlines measures that the government is taking to prepare the province for warmer temperatures, and more severe weather events, due to climate change. The Commissioner will be commenting on the adequacy of the government’s plan. The...... Click here to read this release
DISCOURS - Rapport annuel sur les progrès liés à l'économie d'énergie, 2010
Published Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:30:23 EST Read More
DISCOURS Gord Miller, commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario Rapport annuel sur les progrès liés à l'économie d'énergie, 2010 - Gérer un système énergétique complexe - Résultats Studio des médias de Queen’s Park, édifice de l’Assemblée législative Le mercredi 7 décembre 2011 à 10 h Priorité au discours anglais prononcé Au printemps dernier, j’ai remis à l’Assemblée législative le premier volume de mon Rapport annuel sur ...... Click here to read this release
Remarks - Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010 Annual Energy Conservation Progress Report
Published Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:06:11 EST Read More
REMARKS Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010 Annual Energy Conservation Report - "Managing a Complex Energy System -“ Results" Legislative Media Studio, Queen’s Park 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Check Against Delivery Last spring I released the first volume of my annual energy conservation report to the Legislature entitled Managing a Complex Energy System - Volume 1. Today I am tabling the second volume of that report. Vo...... Click here to read this release
The Environmental Commissioner says more work is needed on energy conservation
Published Wed, 7 Dec 2011 10:01:06 EST Read More
Media Release Toronto, December 7, 2011 - The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario says the government’s energy conservation achievements are substantial, but incomplete. In releasing volume two of his 2010 Energy Conservation Progress Report, Managing a Complex Energy System - Results, Gord Miller says "the government achieved two-thirds of an electricity conservation target that it had set. It’s a respectable showing given that Ontario’s targets are among ...... Click here to read this release
Le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario publie le Rapport annuel sur les progrès liés à l'économie d'énergie (volume 2)
Published Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:13:44 EST Read More
Avis aux médias Le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario publiera le deuxième volume du Rapport annuel sur les progrès liés à l'économie d'énergie, 2010, soit Gérer un système énergétique complexe - Résultats. Le rapport résume les progrès que la province fait pour atteindre les cibles d’économie d’électricité et il passe en revue le rendement des programmes provinciaux d’économie d’énergie. La conférence sera diffusée sur le N...... Click here to read this release
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to release Volume Two of 2010 energy conservation report
Published Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:08:39 EST Read More
Media Advisory The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario will release Volume Two of his 2010 energy conservation report, Managing a Complex Energy System - Results. The report summarizes the province's progress in meeting electricity conservation targets and reviews the performance of provincial programs to conserve energy. The conference will be available via webcast. To watch the live broadcast of the media conference, please visit htt...... Click here to read this release
REMARKS - Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010 Annual Energy Conservation Progress Report (Volume 1)
Published Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:19:44 EST Read More
REMARKS Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2010 Annual Energy Conservation Progress Report (Volume 1) Legislative Media Studio, Queen's Park 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 Check Against Delivery Good Morning. Today I have tabled with the Speaker the first volume of my annual energy conservation report for 2010 aptly named "Managing a Complex Energy System." My statutory obligation with respect to energy conservation is threefold. I mu...... Click here to read this release
REMARKS - Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2011 Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report
Published Tue, 31 May 2011 10:18:36 EST Read More
REMARKS Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2011 Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report Legislative Media Studio, Queen's Park 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 31, 2011 Check Against Delivery Pursuant to my legislative obligation in the Environmental Bill of Rights, today I am releasing my 3rd Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report, entitled "Meeting Responsibilities: Creating Opportunities." I think it is significant that this report is coming out at ...... Click here to read this release
More Work Needed if Ontario to Meet Climate Change Responsibilities
Published Tue, 31 May 2011 10:05:29 EST Read More
Media Release Toronto, 31 May, 2011 - The Ontario government will not, with its current programs, meet its targets for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs). This is one conclusion from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario's 2011 Greenhouse Gas Progress Report, released today. "Recently released federal government data indicate that Ontario's GHG emissions in 2009 were at the levels the government wants to achieve by 2014," Miller says. "While the drop in GHGs is encouraging,...... Click here to read this release
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to release third Annual Greenhouse Gas report
Published Wed, 25 May 2011 07:22:28 EST Read More
Media Advisory The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario will release his 2011 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Report, Meeting Responsibilities: Creating Opportunities. This third GHG report focuses on Ontario’s progress in meeting its GHG targets and makes recommendations for improvements. WHAT: Release of the Environmental Commissioner’s Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2011: Meeting Responsibilities: Creating Opportunities. WHO: Gord Miller, Environme...... Click here to read this release
Besoin d’examens sur les grandes installations au gaz naturel
Published Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:50:06 EST Read More
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Besoin d’examens sur les grandes installations au gaz naturel
Toronto, le 22 septembre 2010 – « Le gouvernement de l’Ontario doit arrêter de bloquer les examens environnementaux stricts sur les grandes installations au gaz naturel », indique M. Gord Miller, le commissaire à l’environnement de l’Ontario, dans son rapport annuel de 2009-2010 publié aujourd’hui.
« Au fur et à mesure que nous éliminons graduellement l’utilis......
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Le commissaire à l’environnement publie son rapport annuel de 2009-2010
Published Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:21:59 EST Read More
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Toronto, le 22 septembre 2010 – « Le gouvernement ne respecte pas ses promesses environnementales », dit M. Gord Miller, le commissaire à l’environnement de l’Ontario. « Ce gouvernement s’enorgueillit, et avec raison, des progrès qu’il a accomplis en adoptant une loi pour protéger l’environnement », précise M. Miller, « mais les gestes qu’il pose sur le terrain mine souvent ces progrès. »
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Wanted: One billion more trees for southern Ontario
Published Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:46:07 EST Read More
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Wanted: One billion more trees for southern Ontario
Toronto, 22 September 2010 – The Ontario government needs to give more direction as to where, what and how many trees should be planted to restore our woodlands in Southern Ontario, says Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller in his 2009/2010 Annual Report released today.
“There are a number of tree planting programs in Southern Ontario,” says Miller, “but without overarching p......
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Environmental Commissioner of Ontario releases 2009/2010 Annual Report - Refining Conservation
Published Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:02:14 EST Read More
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Environmental Commissioner releases 2009/2010 Annual Report
Toronto, September 22 2010 – The government is failing to follow through on all of its environmental promises, says Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller. “This government rightly prides itself on the progress it has made in passing legislation to protect the environment,” says Miller, “but actions on the ground often undermine it.”
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Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to release 2010 Annual Report
Published Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:12:22 EST Read More
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to release 2010 Annual Report Toronto, Thursday September 16 , 2010 – The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Gord Miller, will release his 2009/2010 Annual Report at 10:00 am on September 22nd, 2010. Copies of the report, Redefining Conservation, will be available an hour earlier on-line at www.eco.on.ca, or at the Legislative Press Gallery, in room 387A of the Ontario Legislature. Commissioner Miller will hold a news conference at...... Click here to read this release
Le secteur ontarien de l’énergie solaire souffre des incertitudes liées au micro-programme de TRG, prévient le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario
Published Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:26:46 EST Read More
Pour publication immédiate Le secteur ontarien de l’énergie solaire souffre des incertitudes liées au micro-programme de TRG, prévient le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario "L'Office de l'électricité de l'Ontario (OEO) doit divulguer en entier les hypothèses financières dont il dispose pour justifier les coupures du micro-programme de tarif de rachat garanti (TRG) de l’Ontario pour l’énergie renouvelable", dit M. Gord Miller, le commissaire à l...... Click here to read this release
Économie d'énergie - Les occasions d'un grand programme à finir
Published Mon, 3 May 2010 10:53:47 EST Read More
Pour diffusion immédiate Économie d'énergie - Les occasions d'un grand programme à finir Queen's Park, le 3 mai 2010 - L'Ontario a besoin d'élaborer une stratégie exhaustive d'économie d'énergie avec la participation du public pour guider les activités en la matière et en mesurer les progrès. Il s'agit de l'une des conclusions du rapport que Gord Miller, le commissaire à l'environnement de l'Ontario, a déposé aujourd'hui à l'Assemblée législative de l'Ontario...... Click here to read this release
Energy Conservation - The Opportunities in a Large and Unfinished Agenda
Published Mon, 3 May 2010 10:49:17 EST Read More
For Immediate Release Energy Conservation - The Opportunities in a Large and Unfinished Agenda Queens's Park, May 3, 2010 - Ontario needs a comprehensive energy conservation strategy developed with public participation, to guide energy conservation activity and measure progress. This is one of the conclusions in the report tabled by Gord Miller, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), before the Ontari...... Click here to read this release
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to report on province's energy conservation performance
Published Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:07:51 EST Read More
Media Advisory Attn: Local, Environmental, Energy and Political Reporters and Editors Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to report on province's energy conservation performance Environmental Commissioner releases Annual Energy Conservation Progress Report Volume One - an analysis of progress on energy conservation activities in the province. WHEN: Monday, May 3, 2010 10:00 am WHERE: Queen's Park Media Studio - Ontario Legislature - Main Floor We...... Click here to read this release
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario wants your stories about energy conservation successes and failures
Published Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:12:40 EST Read More
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario wants your stories about energy conservation successes and failures New website invites feedback on barriers and incentives (Toronto, April 7, 2010) Gord Miller, Ontario's Environment Commissioner wants to learn more about the barriers and incentives you've experienced when conserving energy in Ontario. He's created a new website at www.ontarioenergyconservation.ca for Ontarians to report their pleasure or frustration with energy conser...... Click here to read this release
Ontario Not On Track to Meet Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
Published Tue, 8 Dec 2009 10:22:25 EST Read More
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Ontario Not On Track to Meet Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
(Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Toronto - The Ontario government's plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions does not have the tools necessary to meet its GHG emission targets. The government is projecting that it will fall short of its goals, even though the future reductions projected by the government are based on an assumption that all initiatives will be implemented 100 per cent successfully.
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Environmental Commissioner of Ontario releases Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2008/2009
Published Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:45:29 EST Read More
Media Advisory Environmental Commissioner of Ontario releases Annual Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2008/2009 WHEN: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 10:00 am WHERE: Queen's Park Media Studio WHAT: The Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, will submit to the Legislative Assembly a review of the progress of activities in Ontario to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Commissioner’s report includes a review of the “Climate Change Action Plan Ann...... Click here to read this release
Release of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2008/2009 Annual Report - Building Resilience
Published Thu, 1 Oct 2009 10:48:00 EST Read More
Media Advisory Release of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2008/2009 Annual Report - Building Resilience There are two parts to the release of the Environmental Commissioners Report - a Media Conference at the Queen's Park Media Studio followed by Web-based Briefing session. Queen's Park Media Conference 1:00 pm, October 6, 2009 Queen's Park Media Studio Note: • The full text of the Annual Report and background documents will be placed on the Environmen...... Click here to read this release
Release of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2007/2008 Annual Report - Getting to K(NO)W
Published Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:59:09 EST Read More
Media Advisory For Immediate Release Release of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario 2007/2008 Annual Report - Getting to K(NO)W There are two parts to the release of the Environmental Commissioners Report - a Media Conference at the Queen's Park Media Studio followed by Web-based Briefing session. Queen's Park Media Conference 1:00 pm, October 21, 2008 Note: • The full text of the Annual Report and four background documents (Our Un...... Click here to read this release