Students rally support for climate action plan
City councillors will hear on Monday about a climate action plan designed to allow Peterborough to cut carbon emissions to zero by 2050, and a group of high school students is advocating for residents to get involved to make sure ... Read More at 4RG
Peterborough council supports OEB decision to end subsidies for gas pipelines for new subdivisions
On Monday at a Paterborough city council meeting, Coun. Joy Lachica moved that the city support the OEB decision to end subsidies to Enbridge, and to inform the Ontario government that Council disapproves of Bill 165 (which is expected to ... Read More at 4RG
Poilievre Has it all Axe Backwards
According to a poll taken by Global News, Canadians want urgent climate action but the cost of living stands in the way, with 35% of Canadians saying climate change investments can wait for better economic conditions. Overall, the poll found ... Read More at 4RG
Global Warming is Here
Global warming is here. Scientists now believe that the rate of global warming is accelerating higher and faster than predicted and will keep accelerating. 2023 was the hottest year on record globally, shattering previous records by a wide margin. Peterborough ... Read More at 4RG
Hydrogen fuel cell aviation taking off
Climate columnist Tricia Clarkson looks forward to a time when she can fly on hydrogen powered airplanes to visit her family in BC without feeling like a ‘walking contradiction’.
Imagine a world with no climate crisis
It takes a leader to create more leaders … and that’s exactly what Cam Douglas, program co-ordinator for the Youth Leadership in Sustainability program (YLS), is doing with his YLS students at Peterborough Alternative Continuing Education (PACE). Cam is the ... Read More at 4RG
Zero-Emissions Fire Station Gets An A+
At a time when Greta Thunberg is still bellowing “Our House is On Fire”, the city of Peterborough is now be able to extinguish it with it’s new zero-emissions fire station. At the heart of the climate change issue is ... Read More at 4RG
City of Peterborough gets ‘D’ for climate change initiatives
On Monday, seven senior members of the climate change group For Our Grandchildren (4RG), including myself, stood on the steps of Peterborough City Hall in frigid -20 C temperatures to becry the city’s inaction on climate change. A report card ... Read More at 4RG
