Environment
Pickering group opposed to an airport wins conservation award
Publication Date: July 7, 2021
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Environment, RNUP
Ontario Nature recognizes the efforts of Land Over Landings with a coveted conservation award for helping to protect land formerly dedicated to a future airport.durhamregion.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
Airport noise will negatively impact people across Durham Region
Publication Date: August 29, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment
(op-ed) “We are not living in the 1950s or 1960s environment anymore, and it is about time the politicians realized that we are in 2019 high pollution levels!”durhamregion.com
East of Toronto, a land dispute tests Trudeau’s commitment to sustainability
Publication Date: August 27, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment, Food/Water/Agriculture, Historical, RNUP
First in a series of investigative articles related to the Pickering airport "file."Canada’s National Observer
Propelling Canada’s next economic engine
Publication Date: August 15, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment, Food/Water/Agriculture
(op-ed) Regional chair John Henry thinks that “a modern airport would also allow us to showcase one of our biggest economic drivers: agriculture.” He imagines a food hub fuelled by vertical farming. He clearly hasn’t done his homework. He also takes our climate change research centre idea and turns it on its head by making it part of an aerotropolis vision! durhamregion.com
Use innovation to improve life, not destroy our environment
Publication Date: July 29, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Environment
(letter to the editor) Re: “Embrace” letter: Let’s use innovative agriculture for the greater good, this writer urges, not innovation that just promotes commercialism and consumerism.durhamregion.com
Response to #PickeringProud
Publication Date: July 26, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Environment
A member of our youth wing contributes this satirical take on the City of Pickering's #PickeringProud campaign.Instagram
Airport environmental threats outlined at Pickering meeting
Publication Date: June 5, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment, Food/Water/Agriculture
Good coverage of our heavily attended 2019 AGM: (reader sign-in required)DurhamRegion.com
Region seeks input on climate change
Publication Date: May 14, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment, Food/Water/Agriculture, RNUP
We have some suggestions! And we will be submitting them.Oshawa Express
Why some climate scientists are saying no to flying
Publication Date: May 13, 2019
Tags: Aviation/Airports, Climate Change, Environment
After seeing the deadly effects of warming oceans on coral reefs, one scientist says: “Flying is a luxury and a privilege that must be reserved for a fraction of the events that we use it for right now.” Science