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OUR OBJECTIVE
To persuade Ottawa to preserve the Pickering Federal Lands, long earmarked as the site of a future airport, as a secure source of food and fresh water for Canada’s largest urban centre.Learn More About Us
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FACT CHECK!
Dear supporters, please fact check! If a story doesn’t smell right, please take the time to do a basic check before you share. And if it concerns rumours or ‘facts’ about the proposed Pickering airport, send it to us first, as many of you have done recently. Remember, corporations (including governments) have budgets for marketing, […]
NEW! AIRPORTS AND POLLUTION, ZOOMING IN ON PICKERING
Our research paper “Airports and Pollution: Environmental Consequences of an Airport on the Pickering Federal Lands” looks at aviation-caused pollution and its effects. It shows why aviation’s plans for emissions reduction are doomed to fail; the pollution a Pickering airport would introduce to the Lands, national park, and wider community; and explains why a “green airport” is an oxymoron. It’s an eye-opener.
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A selection of our most important resources
- Where’s My House? Runway Approaches of Proposed Pickering Airport
A zoom-in map
- THEN/NOW/NEXT: 21st-Century Reasons for Cancelling Pickering Airport
12 really good ones
- Airports and Pollution: Environmental Consequences of an Airport on the Pickering Federal Lands
Title says it
- A Future for the Lands
The Study showing the better future and how to get there
- North Pickering Farms
The better future, described and illustrated
- How You Can Help
Lots of easy ways
