S.O.S.: Volunteers Needed to Water Junction Street Trees

     Street trees are the most vulnerable trees in our urban forest. The Junction has some of the oldest style of infrastructure for street trees in Toronto, and so Junction trees are at risk of  failing, especially when we have hot, dry spells in the city, and as our climate changes.


     You can help water and care for Junction street trees. Please contact chief steward Rose Scheler, who writes:


JUNCTION ADOPT A STREET TREE (JAAST) WATERING GUIDE:


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Heat Pumps and Home Retrofits - Which loans, grants, incentives, programs support these?

The offices of our elected representatives shared the following information, as up-to-date as of April 23, 2024.


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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT


The following information was shared by the office of MP Virani for our evening focused on Heat Pumps and Home Energy Retrofits.


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Heat Pumps and Home Retrofits: How to Save Money and Energy in Your Home - Resources shared by our stellar presenters

Warm thanks to our excellent presenters, who spoke at Swansea Town Hall on April 23rd, 2024:


Paul Dowsett  (Vice-Chair, Toronto Home Retrofits) presented on home retrofits, reasons for doing them, how to approach them, and where heat pumps can fit in.


Michelle Hjort  (Clean Energy Outreach Manager, Energy Neighbour )  presented on heat pumps, different...

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Why is Ontario taking from homeowners to subsidize gas companies?

The following opinion piece by Kent Elson, energy lawyer, was published in the Globe and Mail April 9, 2024. With thanks to the Globe and Mail.


From the Globe and Mail: Why is Ontario taking from homeowners to subsidize gas companies? -...

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Call for the federal government to accelerate revision of the Impact Assessment Act, and redesignate Hwy 413 for a new assessment

On April 24, 2024, Green 13 and Parkdale-High Park for Climate Action delivered the following letter to the constituency office of our MP Arif Virani. We have, more than once, written to request a meeting with him on this matter, at his earliest convenience, but have not received any reply from his office. The letter was signed by many Parkdale-High Park constituents.


 


Honourable Arif Virani

MP Parkdale-High Park




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