Climate Change
New high-frequency rail route to run through Durham, but no local stop proposed
Publication Date: July 21, 2021
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
Ottawa unveils plans for high-frequency rail, with the northern Toronto-Ottawa route crossing the Federal Lands, although no Pickering stop is anticipated. Our Chair comments on the potential impact of the plans.durhamregion.com
Court rules Heathrow expansion plan illegal over climate impact
Publication Date: February 27, 2020
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
In a complex court decision, Heathrow airport expansion has hit a legal snag, which could well have an impact on all future infrastructure proposals, including those for airports (e.g., Pickering). The UK Court of Appeal used a technicality to rule against Heathrow's expansion – the Department for Transport's "Airports National Policy Statement", which included Heathrow's expansion, failed to take into account climate change commitments made by the UK when it signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015. The UK government declined to appeal, but Heathrow has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. Whatever happens, this ruling has set a worldwide precedent and other challenges to other infrastructure projects are now being considered.E&T: Engineering and Technology
‘Make life better for Durham residents’: John Henry boasts about Durham in annual address
Publication Date: February 21, 2020
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Food/Water/Agriculture
Our Regional Chair continues to promote Pickering airport as the way to a better life, just days after presiding over council’s climate emergency declaration. He’s still pushing a “carbon-neutral airport” (something that doesn’t exist and can’t, while planes burn fossil fuel). He’s still pushing vertical agriculture although it isn’t competitive in this part of Ontario. He’s still pushing sustainable aviation, although no one knows what that could be. He’s still quoting job numbers for an airport that has never been approved and whose function, if ever approved, has not been determined. He says that “vertical and indoor farming are changing the agriculture sector” – which isn’t really true.durhamregion.com
Residents call for Climate Action in Durham
Publication Date: February 6, 2020
Tags: Climate Change
More coverage of Durham Region's climate emergency declaration.durhamregion.com
Durham declares climate emergency
Publication Date: February 1, 2020
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
Durham Region declares a climate emergency – almost unanimously. The declaration has solid, far-reaching objectives for lowing emissions, but do the politicians?durhamregion.com
Durham climate change emergency declaration passes!
Publication Date: January 29, 2020
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
Our Youth Wing chair tells Regional Council prior to the vote that pushing for a new airport, as the Region is constantly doing, is “flat-out incompatible” with declaring a climate change emergency.landoverlandings.com
No new airport in Pickering in a time of climate change
Publication Date: January 24, 2020
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
The folly of building unneeded new airport infrastructure during a time of climate crisis is clearly presented here by columnist Steve May.Sudbury Star
I’ll keep working hard for this community: O’Connell wins second term
Publication Date: October 22, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
Our re-elected MP discusses Pickering airport: “If there is a serious conversation about an airport it would be pretty hard to have that conversation and not look at it through a climate lens,” she said, “[…] but it’s too early to speculate in terms of what the next steps would be.”durhamregion.com
A Pickering airport doesn’t make sense
Publication Date: October 19, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change
(letter to the editor) Re "Now's the time" op-ed: Writer delivers a reality check: “The world is in survivor mode.”thestar.com
An airport is the wrong idea for the eastern suburbs
Publication Date: October 17, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment, Food/Water/Agriculture
(letter to the editor) Re “Eastern suburbs” letter: Writer details why the eastern suburbs deserve something better than an airport. thestar.com