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NEW POLL: Ontarians Want Deposit-Return System for Non-alcoholic Drink Containers, with Easy and Accessible Return-to-Retail

Enviromental Defense

Last summer, the province invited beverage companies, retailers, and other stakeholders to join a working group to explore the implementation of a deposit-return system in the province. Support is up five per cent from last year when 76 per cent of Ontarians supported deposit return.

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Advancing renewables through electricity restructuring

Legal Planet

However, there are a range of other policy tools in the electricity sector that might help advance decarbonization, policy tools that might be less politically polarizing. Restructuring generally addresses one of two parts of the electricity industry: generation and retail.

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Amazon Lobbyists Banned from European Parliament For Failing to Testify

Corp Watch

Online retail behemoth Amazon actively lobbies European political institutions to help increase its profits. However, the company twice refused to testify on labor concerns in the last two years and denied official delegations access to warehouses.

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We Must Stop the Campellville Quarry

Enviromental Defense

Even Premier Ford has voiced opposition against this quarry, emphasizing its rejection during public meetings and through statements by local political representatives. Our community leaders in Milton and the region have taken a stand, formally opposing the quarry.

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What Is “Big Ag,” and Why Should You Be Worried About Them?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Corporations across the food system increasingly have the power, by virtue of their size, market domination, political connections, and deep pockets, to set prices, meddle with science, evade regulation, and write the rules to benefit themselves. If anything in our lives is essential, it’s food and the means of producing it.

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20 Years of Severe Drought Impede Huge Developments in Southwest

Circle of Blue

Campbell Ranch proposed more than a decade ago to build 4,000 residences for 12,000 people, a commercial and retail center and two golf courses on 8,000 acres in the mountains east of the city, according to planning documents. The development has no golf course because of the 130 million gallons Front Range courses typically use each year.

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Corporate Climate Disclosure Rule Could Make the World a Little Less Dangerous

Union of Concerned Scientists

At the other end of the spectrum, a recent poll of “retail” investors—individuals with investments such as mutual funds or stocks—found that 70 percent support the SEC requiring corporate climate-risk disclosure. Impacts on People and Politics Not Addressed. The proposed SEC rule also fails to address political influence.