One month of testing, now including burning of garbage, underway for facility By Noor Javed Toronto Star The GTA’s newest incinerator has been fired up. The Durham York Energy Centre in Clarington began burning its first haul of curbside garbage on Friday morning, as part of a month-long testing phas...
Kinetic tile is harnessing energy from footsteps to power floodlights, electronic devices and more By Shane Hickey The Guardian Whenever a goal is scored on the community football pitch at the Morro da Mineira favela near central Rio de Janeiro, the crowds can cheer on courtesy of the six unique – ...
Projects approved long ago take years to start — but that might provide an opportunity to truly protect our environment By: Christopher Hume Toronto Star You needn’t look far to see that planning in Ontario is anything but. It has become a process so flawed, it actually creates the opposite. Indeed, ...
… while polluting air, land and water The following letter has been sent to Mr. David Chernushenko, Ottawa’s Environment Committee Chair: It is sad to read that our nation’s capital was bamboozled by promises of a quick fix to solve its waste woes. Of course, Ottawa is not the only city ...
The Mayor’s view We have completed two months as the new council for the 2014-2018 term. Everyone on council is working hard to meet the needs of our residents and at the same time provide guidance and leadership as we move Springwater Township into the future. The 2015 budget has been a focus....
Report of Tiny Township Council Meeting Monday February 9, 2015 By Vickie Kee AWARE Tiny The main focus of this meeting was to find a solution of what to do with the restoration of Hall’s Creek which is situated at Davy Lane and Tiny Beaches Road South. The four options are: 1. Stabil...
Click on this link January 13, 2015 MMAH re Growth to read the letter from Springwater Mayor Bill to Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Ted McMeekin and Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure Minister Brad Duguid....
By Brad Pritchard Alliston Herald ADJALA-TOSORONTIO – An Adjala-Tosorontio councillor believes the township needs to take a stronger stance over a company’s proposal to create a large gravel pit south of Everett. Ward 3 Coun. Bob Meadows, whose ward contains the property of the proposed pit, sa...
Building stronger communities through infrastructure investments By Louis Roesch, Board Member, Ontario Federation of Agriculture The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is advocating for affordable, accessible natural gas across rural Ontario. For more than a year, our focus has been to address ...
News release from the Ontario Federation of Agricultre The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) welcomes the release of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s discussion paper on climate change yesterday. Weather impacts every aspect of the business of farming and the OFA wants to ensure...
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