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A study conducted in 2009 and published in 2014 by the University of Toronto and Environment Canada sampled Toronto's tributaries and treated wastewater for PCBs, flame retardants (including polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDEs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polycyclic musks (PCMs). The study found that Toronto sends an ...
The Toronto observatory ended in 1853, but the colonial government of the province of Canada took over the service and continued collecting climate data. On May 1, 1871, the new Dominion of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of the University of Toronto to establish a ...
In 2011 United Nations said Canada's environment was the best in the world. Several governmental programs have been created to mitigate 20th and 21st century climate change, such as the One-Tonne Challenge. In late 2005 Canada hosted the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal, Quebec.
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The Ministry of the Environment was originally established as a portfolio in the Executive Council of Ontario (or provincial cabinet) in 1972.. The ministry was merged with the Ministry of Energy to form the Ministry of Environment and Energy from 1993 to 1997, and briefly again in 2002, before being split back up again.
Environment and Climate Change Canada is the federal department in charge of conserving and protecting Canada's water resources. The Water Act (2000), a federal legislation, "supports and promotes the conservation and management of water, including the wise allocation and use of water.".
The AQHI has been rolled out across Canada and has replaced the AQI as the public face of air quality information. Originally launched as a pilot project in the British Columbia Interior in 2005 followed by Nova Scotia in 2006 and Toronto in 2007, [2] as of 2016 it was implemented in 122 locations across Canada. [3]
TransformTO is a plan adopted by the City of Toronto to bring the city to carbon neutrality by 2040. [1] The plan was adopted by city council unanimously in July 2017, [2] and has components addressing buildings, transportation, waste, and natural systems. [1]