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Climate change and Greater Toronto Region: Links updates
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdates A July 12, 2017 CBC article is entitled: Don’t drain the swamp: report says wetlands help avert flood damage: Study says leaving wetlands in their natural state can help protect communities from severe flooding.” A Sept. 25, 2017 Guardian article is entitled: “What would an entirely flood-proof city look like? The wetter the better. […]
Links related to a differential approach to climate change at City of Mississauga as compared to the City of Toronto
/0 Comments/in Commentary, Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have previously noted that the City of Mississauga appears many light years ahead of the City of Toronto in relation to community engagement (that is, getting citizens involved with planning decisions, in practice as well as in theory) and in relation to sustainability. I have attended Etobicoke-York Committee of Adjustment meetings in the past […]
How will Toronto weather the storms of climate change? Don’t ask the Committee of Adjustment; they would care less.
/2 Comments/in Committee of Adjustment, Toronto Local Appeal Body, Local Planning Appeals Tribunal, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Dec. 12, 2016 CBC article is entitled: “How will Toronto weather the storms of climate change?” I found the article of interest because the Etobicoke-York Committee of Adjustment would not care less, in its decision-making process, about the removal of trees as part of development in Etobicoke and it would not care less about […]
What’s with the weather? Message from Jim Bradley, MPP, St. Catharines, regarding climate change
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillHere in Ontario, we know that climate change is a significant issue. We vividly remember the recent flood in Toronto and watched in sympathy as our friends in Calgary suffered from a devastating flood. It’s clear that weather patterns are changing and that storms are getting stronger and more frequent. The effects of climate change […]
Ignoring the cost of climate change is bad business – Globe and Mail, May 17, 2013
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillIn an earlier blog post, I discussed what is worth preserving. Are the shorelines of New York City worth preserving as sea level rise? This topic came to mind when I read a May 17, 2013 Globe and Mail article by Eric Reguly entitled “Ignoring the cost of climate change is bad business.” The article […]
Perception is reality does not apply to climate change
/3 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillUpdates When I say that perception is reality does not apply in the case of climate change I’m saying that reality in this case obtrudes – as contested to many other situations in life, where evidence and facts can readily be ignored in favour of varied preferred ways of seeing things. A book that comes […]
Instrumental reason drives climate change; and war is work that soldiers do
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Toronto/by Jaan PillUpdates A Feb. 20, 2014 CBC article is entitled: “Are we doomed? Elizabeth Kolbert explains why the world might be in the midst of a major mass extinction.” A July 24, 2014 New Yorker article is entitled: “Spare the rod, school the child.” The article notes that a causal chain links the health of ocean […]