CATCH News – September 6 2010 — A study warning that farming is disappearing in the Halton area mirrors earlier findings in Hamilton on the impact of urbanization and speculation by land developers. It comes in a summer that has seen global food baskets battered by climatic extremes that ...
Politicians shouldn't get a four-year "blank cheque,' says RossiBy David Rider Toronto StarTorontonians need to be able to fire their mayor or councillor part way through a four-year-term, says mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi....
AWARE Simcoe - August 22 2010The province's plan for growth in Simcoe County places urbanization in the worst possible areas - Bradford, Alliston and the Highway 400 corridor, with dire consequences for Lake Simcoe and the Nottawasaga basin. That was the conclusion articulated by Ontario's senior pla...
Letter to AWARE Simcoe and other groups from the Sustainable Urban Development Association -- August 21 2010SUDA recently mailed and e-mailed letters to stakeholders of urban development in Ontario (builders, municipalities, and others) to bring their attention to the importance of sustainable urban ...
By WES KELLER Orangeville Citizen August 12 2101 Wind Concerns Ontario, a group opposed to all installations of wind turbines, is severely critical of both the Ontario Government and the wind industry generally in a news release supporting the right of a municipal council to oppose windfarm developme...
A commentary by Grant RobertsonIt is now abundantly clear that the Harper government was never committed to working for the best interests of farmers, small business owners, communities and much of rural and small town Canada, and worse, that this government disrespects us and see us as little more t...
By Juan Cole Informed CommentDon’t miss Elisabeth Rosenthal’s important and well-written piece at NYT on Portugal’s energy policy. With remarkable clarity given the potentially technical subject matter, she explains exactly how the Portuguese government went from generating 17% of its electricity fro...
By Richard Blanchard Innisfil Scope February 10 2010 It appears that Simcoe County’s creation of a new solid waste management policy is going to be an arduous process if Monday night’s first public consultation at the Nottawasaga Inn is any indication. The public information section of meeting, the f...
By Nickolas Rowe AWARE Simcoe July 29 2010 Many of us are concerned about the loss of good farmland to solar and wind energy projects. The question is why are farmers selling their land to these projects? The answer is that farming is close to collapse as a source of income for the mainly family [&h...
AWARE Simcoe — July 27 2010 — Environmental Pricing Reform (EPR) is a name given to a set of fiscal, tax and planning policy instruments that seek to use pricing to influence behaviour in support of environmental and economic policy objectives. Examples include subsidy corrections, proper...
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