Keith Brooks

About Keith Brooks

Keith Brooks is the programs director at Environmental Defence. His passion for the environment was born in a canoe on the rivers and lakes of Northern Ontario. He has a Master of Environmental Studies. We cannot choose between the environment and the economy, he says. We can and must have both.

4 Articles

Doug Ford betrayed his promise to protect the Greenbelt

It’s no secret developers want to build in Ontario's Greenbelt. If the provincial government opens the door to allowing land swaps, there will be no way to close this door again.

Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | November 24th 2022

After COP27, where does Canada stand on phasing out fossil fuels?

It was important for countries at COP27 to name the so-called elephant in the room — oil and gas — the main cause of climate change, write Keith Brooks and Dave Gray-Donald.

Negotiating survival

Opinion, Climate Solutions Reporting | November 23rd 2022

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney,

Climate change should unite, not divide, Canada’s provinces

Canada needs the provinces to work together on needed climate action - not rally around a resolve to fight the federal government

Analysis | December 2nd 2019

Foreign-funded environmentalists and other red herrings

There’s a smear campaign being run by big oil and their cheerleaders. They’re trying to demonize Canadian environmental groups for taking U.S. money. It’s a red herring. And so are their other arguments against climate action. Environmental Defence talks back.

Opinion | January 25th 2019