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Ecology Ottawa and Tree Ottawa each had a table with information and able volunteers. We signed up a few people on the renewable city petition with the help of Judy, Alok and Eva. Tree Ottawa also had great conversations with…
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Category: Clean Energy, Climate Change, Uncategorized
Tags: Catherine McKenna, Climate change, David Chernushenko, Ecology Ottawa, Energy East, Energy East pipeline, Environment Committee, John Fraser, Mark Taylor, Riley Brockington, trees
Contributors: Chelsea Bland, Kai Ip Wong, Monica Wu 1. City to Host First Ever Water Roundtable February 18th marked the first Environment Committee meeting of 2014, with water as the major agenda item of the day. Councillor Maria McRae surprised…
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Category: Council Watch
Tags: Allan Hubley, Building Better and Smarter Suburbs, Council Watch, David Chernuchenko, Environment Committee, Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee, Jan Harder, Jim Watson, Keith Egli, Landsdowne, Maria McRae, Marianne Wilkinson, Mathieu Fleury, Monthly Digest, Planning Committee, Source Water Master Plan, Stormwater Master Plan, Transit Commission, Transportation Committee, Water Conservation Roundtable, Water Environment Strategy
Tuesday, February 18th marked the first Environment Committee meeting of the new year, with the Ottawa River Action Plan (ORAP) Annual Update as the main agenda item for the day. Before getting to the ORAP, however, the meeting began with…
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Category: Council Watch
Tags: Air Quality and Climate Change Action Plan, Allan Hubley, Bilberry Creek, David Chernushenko, Diane Holmes, Eastern Subwatersheds Stormwater management Retrofit Plan, Energy Retrofits, Environment Committee, Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee, Environmental Strategy, ESAC, Green's Creek, Long-Term Waste Management Strategy, Maria McRae, Mathieu Fleury, ORAP, Ottawa Community Housing, Ottawa River Action Plan, Peter Hume, Scott Moffatt, Source Water Master Plan, Steve Desroches, Stormwater Master Plan, Voyageur Creek, Water Conservation Round Table, Water Environment Strategy
With the 2014 budget pending approval at next week’s City Council meeting, the Environment Committee’s focus during their November 19th meeting was the draft operating and capital budget for the upcoming year. Councillor Maria McRae, alongside of Staff, began with…
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Category: Council Watch, Tree Ottawa
Tags: 2014 Draft Budget, 2014 Operating and Capital Budget, Allan Hubley, David Chernushenko, Diane Holmes, Emerald Ash Borer, Environment Committee, Maria McRae, Mathieu Fleury, Ottawa, Ottawa River Action Plan, Peter Hume, Scott Moffatt, Smart Energy, Steve Desroches, Tree, Tree Renewal Program, Ward 14 Somerset, Water Environment Strategy
Councillors on the Environment Committee discussed the City contract with Plasco Energy Group on August 22 (Item 4). Plasco is a corporation contracted by the City to convert Ottawa’s residential waste into electricity through the use of plasma gasification. The…
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Category: Council Watch
Tags: 30 Year Waste Plan, Allan Hubley, Bob Monette, David Chernushenko, Diane Deans, Diane Holmes, Doug Thompson, Eli El-Chantiry, Environment Committee, Jan Harder, Jim Watson, Katherine Hobbs, Keith Egli, Maria McRae, Marianne Wilkinson, Mark Taylor, Mathieu Fleury, Peter Hume, Plasco, Rainer Bloess, Rick Chiarelli, Scott Moffatt, Shad Qadri, Stephen Blais, Steve Desroches, Tim Tierney, Waste diversion
On May 21 the City of Ottawa’s Environment Committee met for the first time since February. On their agenda was an item related to the March 23 Greenhouse Gas Roundtable. Unlike the Environment Committee, whose members are city councillors, the recently…
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By Alison Sidney and Leah Shields The Environment Committee finally met May 21, following the cancellation of two scheduled meetings in March and April. Despite there being a substantial break prior to this meeting, it was notably brief and lacking…
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Environment Committee (February 19): Councillors of the Environment Committee approved city staff’s recommendation to impose a 7% increase in 2013 water/sewer rates. Ecology Ottawa congratulates the Environment Committee on approving this motion, especially in light of the fact that office holders are…
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Category: Council Watch
Tags: Allan Hubley, City council, David Chernushenko, Diane Deans, Doug Thompson, Environment Committee, Jan Harder, Katherine Hobbs, Keith Egli, Maria McRae, Marianne Wilkinson, Mathieu Fleury, Mayor Jim Watson, Monthly Digest, Peter Clark, Peter Hume, Rainer Bloess, Rick Chiarelli, Scott Moffatt, Shad Qadri, Steve Desroches, Tim Tierney
By Jesse Baker The Environment Committee meeting held on February 19 primarily served as a discussion of the proposed seven percent increase in 2013 water and sewer rates. The meeting began with a presentation of the city’s proposed 2013 and…
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By Aya Helal The first Environment Committee meeting of 2013 dropped a bomb-shell that could lead to a step backward in the City’s commitment to promoting and implementing green building practices. City Councillor Diane Holmes submitted a motion, after the…
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Category: Council Watch
Tags: Allan Hubley, David Chernushenko, Diane Holmes, Environment Committee, Keith Egli, LEED, Maria McRae, Mathieu Fleury, Peter Clark, Peter Hume, Scott Moffatt, Steve Desroches