ACTION ALERT: Oppose Proposed Reductions in Protected Area of Ontario’s Greenbelt
Yvonne Ho — February 9, 2017
The following article was written by Dr. John Bacher, Greenbelt advocate and a member of Sierra Club Ontario.
Grow our Greenbelt Blog
The Ontario Greenbelt is a great success, but is its future secure?
Yvonne Ho — February 8, 2017
The following article was originally published in August 2016 on Sierra Club Canada Foundation's blog.
Guest Post: Ontario's Good Fortune - Appreciating the Greenbelt's Natural Capital
Yvonne Ho — February 1, 2017
Dan McDermott: Great Hiker and Defender of Ontario’s Rural Landscapes
Yvonne Ho — January 20, 2017
Crombie Panel’s ‘De-Freezing’ Proposal Threatens Ontario’s Precious Niagara Escarpment Lands
One of the most effective strengths of the 2005 Greenbelt Plan and Act responsible for its creation was the good impact they had on protecting the Niagara Escarpment from urban sprawl.
In the preceding years, it had become apparent that the biggest glitch in the otherwise strong 1985 Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP) was the relative ease with which urban expansions were allowed to take place – even when made the focus of complicated battles before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).
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