Voting is now open for the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s People’s Choice Award, and the BurlingtonGreen Youth Network (BGYN) is in the running.
Voting closes Wednesday, February 29.
Help Burlington Transit create a better system by participating in the Transit Master Plan review.
Public consultation meetings will take place on February 22, March 1, and March 5.
The Ontario Clean Air Alliance is criticizing the Ontario Power Authority’s low targets for combined heat and power (CHP) plants. These plants efficiently use the same molecules of natural gas to produce both heat and electricity. They are asking people …
Oakvillegreen would like to thank everyone who came out to Oakville’s Special Committee on Trails last week. The committee clearly got the message that residents do not want wide paved, lit and de-iced trails in the Natural Heritage System.
The …
As quietly as the amphibians move in the night, Burlington’s community services committee passed a report to close a northern portion of King Road for up to three weeks this March/April to protect the endangered Jefferson salamander.
http://www.insidehalton.com/community/burlington/article/1296093
The Town of Oakville’s green building initiatives were recognized with a 2012 Sustainable Communities Award.
http://www.insidehalton.com/community/environment/article/1296245
Bullfrog Power and Chevrolet Canada have just launched the Chevrolet Volt Bullfrog Power Edition—the first electric vehicle (EV) in Canada to come with emissions-free, renewable electricity.
For each Edition sold, Bullfrog Power will inject onto the electricity grid as much clean, …
Five scientists from high-profile U.S. universities and NASA say in a recently-released paper that Canada is jeopardizing the scientific community's ability to monitor for holes in the ozone, especially over the Arctic. They point out that monitoring has already stopped …
Ontario might have to perform temporary shutdowns of nuclear reactors to avoid having to give away our excess electricity production.
In the first six months of 2011, Ontario electricity producers shelled out $35 million to get neighbouring jurisdictions to take surplus …
The provincial government is creating a Waste Diversion System that will protect consumers. For full article visit:
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2012/02/preserving-our-land-our-water-our-health.html
