Gladwyn d’SouzaNov 8, 2023

California’s oldest tree may be threatened by proposed Riverside County development https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-11-06/californias-oldest-tree-is-threatened-by-a-huge-development

#StopSprawl: A recently released environmental impact report on a proposed master planned community called Rio Vista has alarmed researchers, native plant enthusiasts and tribal leaders who fear the 13,000 year old oak may not survive the clatter of urban development pushing up the slopes of its isolated stony perch.

#DeterioratingCarbonSinks

Ancient California tree may be in danger from proposed development

California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.

Los Angeles Times
Ontario News Watcher BotOct 31, 2023
@bowker_john: RT @CanadaGray: Corrupt. Halton Hills had plans for a walkable town. Ontario’s Ford government had other ideas /via @globeandmail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-halton-hills-ford-land-municipal-boundary/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links #StopSprawl #onpoli
Halton Hills had plans for a walkable town. Ontario’s Ford government had other ideas

Ann Lawlor learned about the changes 11 days after she was elected mayor, when the government posted them on the province’s environmental registry on Nov. 4 – the same day it announced the Greenbelt carve-outs

The Globe and Mail
lneumanncaSep 22, 2023

V. happy that the Greenbelt lands are returned, but we still need to save all the lands that were added to Halton, Hamilton, Peel, KW, Ottawa during the forced urban boundary expansions! Some of the same developers involved I am sure! See https://greenbeltguardian.com/greenfields-map/

#onpoli #Greenbelt #StopSprawl #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #biodiversity

Greenfields Map - Greenbelt Guardians

 

Bill 23 The Build Homes Faster Act
Gladwyn d’SouzaAug 19, 2023

#StopSprawl: Here in the #booming Hill Country southwest of Austin, Flatten said, the Trinity #Aquifer is at its lowest level on record. Across the region, iconic natural #springs are dwindling or drying up, victims of #extremeheat, #persistentdrought and ever-growing demand for #water.

#CompactCommunities #WalkableCities #15MinuteNeighborhoods

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15082023/central-texas-dry-wells-water-shortage/

Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead - Inside Climate News

Almost every other day, Charlie Flatten gets a call about another local water well gone dry.  Last week, he tried to help one woman find a water truck to fill her home cistern. But all the hauling companies had suspended service amid a deepening shortage in Central Texas. “She’s got to go find somewhere else […]

Inside Climate News
lneumanncaJun 14, 2023
Great article! #livablecities #StopSprawl
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/portland-housing-density-residential-infill-project/
The Portland Art of Feel-Good Densification

How the city pulled off one of the most pro-housing reforms in America by playing nice.

Reasons to be Cheerful
lneumanncaMar 25, 2023
Very impressed with the people who braved the weather today to tell @ParmGill and @fordnation to keep their #HandsOffTheGreenbelt and #StopSprawl in Milton!
#onpoli #greenbelt
City Techie Feb 23, 2023

RT @CanadaGray:

Do Hamilton and Pickering look like cities where Doug Ford and Steve Clark needed to develop massive areas of the Greenbelt for houses?

From: https://thestar.com/tr/news/waterloo-region/2023/02/21/17-new-dwellings-replace-every-demolished-home-as-waterloo-intensifies-its-housing.html #Ontario #ONpoli #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #stopsprawl #homesincities #DougFord #Corruption #Greenbelt

17 new dwellings replace every demolished home as Waterloo intensifies its housing

Housing redevelopment has reached a six-year high in Waterloo

thestar.com
pothenJan 12, 2023
If you love traffic jams, you’ll love this Ontario government's plan to develop the Greenbelt: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/mobility/article-if-you-love-traffic-jams-youll-love-ontarios-plan-to-develop-the/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links #onpoli #topoli #stopsprawl #thebigsprawl
If you love traffic jams, you’ll love Ontario’s plan to develop the Greenbelt

Increasing suburban sprawl in the GTA and broader Golden Horseshow will force Ontarians to waste even more time stuck in traffic

The Globe and Mail
Hamilton 350Dec 20, 2022

🚨Architects respond to Ontario’s Bill 23:
“There are 86,500 acres within the GTA currently zoned and ready for development. This is more than enough land available now that can be used to meet government targets.”
#HandsOffTheGreenbelt
#OnPoli
#StopSprawl

https://building.ca/architects-respond-to-ontarios-proposed-bill-23/

Architects respond to Ontario’s proposed Bill 23

On Friday, over a dozen of Ontario’s most prominent architectural firms issued an open letter to Premier Ford and Minister Clark in response to Ontario’s proposed Bill 23. The letter read as follows: We are writing to you as leading architects, landscape architects, and urban designers in Ontario. The More Homes Built Faster Act, introduced on October 25, proposes extensive and significant legislative changes that would, if enacted, radically alter land use planning and city building in Ontario. The stated intention of this proposed legislation is to accelerate the construction of 1.5 million homes over the next 10 years to address

Building
Hamilton 350Dec 20, 2022

🚨 Tonight at 7 pm!! Please register to join!! The fight against the historic and corrupt land grab for developer cash is just starting… #HandsOffTheGreenbelt #EyesOnTheGround #StopSprawl #HamOnt

https://t.co/De3IHpoVUb

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