<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">GREN News</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Local and Provincial News: </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Regarding Smart Growth! </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span><span style="line-height: 25.1875px;">Here's a
handy new tool to help push for better water management: A new NRDC report was released, called "The Green Edge: How Commercial Property Investment in Green Infrastructure Creates Values," </span><span style="line-height: 25.1875px;"> speaking of the benefits of green storm water infrastructure on private commercial property. The report can be viewed online here: </span></span><a href="http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/18/green-building-value-property-owners/">http://ecowatch.com/2013/12/18/green-building-value-property-owners/</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This week's Waterloo Chronicle featured an article of the GREN public presentations with Environmental
Defence and Regional Staff on Smart Growth. The write up can be viewed here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/group-highlights-growth-concerns/" style="color: rgb(40, 98, 197); outline: 0px;">http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/group-highlights-growth-concerns/</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are four published reports regarding the high costs of urban sprawl as provided by Environmental Defence:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="font-style: normal;"><span
style="line-height: 21px;"><span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Pembina Institute & Royal Bank of Canada (RBC): Priced Out<em><span style="outline: 0px;"></span></em></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font color="#0000ff"><i><a href="http://www.pembina.org/pub/2358?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993">http://www.pembina.org/pub/2358?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993</a></i></font></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span
style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font color="#0000ff"><i><br></i></font><font>2) Neptis Foundation: Implementing The Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe: Has the Strategic Vision been Compromised? </font><em style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); outline: 0px;"></span></em></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.neptis.org/publications/implementing-growth-plan-greater-golden-horseshoe?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993">http://www.neptis.org/publications/implementing-growth-plan-greater-golden-horseshoe?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993</a></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span><span><br></span><font>3) Sustainable Prosperity Report:</font><em style="font-style: normal;"> Suburban Sprawl: Exposing Hidden Costs, Identifying Innovations</em></span></span><br style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); line-height:
21px;"></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-style: italic;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sustainableprosperity.ca/article3820?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993">http://www.sustainableprosperity.ca/article3820?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993</a><br></em></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></span></div><div style="background-color:
transparent; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span><em style="font-style: normal;">4) </em></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent;">Environmental Defence High Costs of Urban Sprawl :</span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/sprawl-costs?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://environmentaldefence.ca/sprawl-costs?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993</a></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica,
sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Regarding Enbridge Line 9</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Hamilton Spectator has taken a position saying Enbridge has not done enough to support it's Line 9 proposal. Here's the write up:</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://m.thespec.com/opinion-story/4275376-the-spectator-s-view-troubling-questions-on-line-9-reversal-plan/">http://m.thespec.com/opinion-story/4275376-the-spectator-s-view-troubling-questions-on-line-9-reversal-plan/</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Update re: Aamjiwnaang's Court case re: Chemical Valley</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Evidence is submitted and will be cross referenced, from there final arguments will be crafted and court case anticipated by
the end of 2014. Details here: </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.ecojustice.ca/blog/read-our-latest-update-on-the-chemical-valley-charter-challenge">http://www.ecojustice.ca/blog/read-our-latest-update-on-the-chemical-valley-charter-challenge</a><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">National News</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;
font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21.828125px;">The Harper government has dismantled one of the world's top aquatic and fishery libraries.</span><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/09/Dismantling-Fishery-Library/">http://thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/09/Dismantling-Fishery-Library/</a></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Kinder Morgan just applied for the "twin" to the Northern Gateway oil pipeline. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ben-west/kinder-morgan-pipeline-stephen-harper_b_4455764.html?utm_hp_ref=tw">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ben-west/kinder-morgan-pipeline-stephen-harper_b_4455764.html?utm_hp_ref=tw</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Canadian Government and Industry discussing
possibility of dumping tar sands toxins directly into rivers. </div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/16/oilsands-tailings-ponds-release_n_4451585.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/16/oilsands-tailings-ponds-release_n_4451585.html</a><br></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 21px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The city council in South Portland, Maine, has placed a moratorium on shipments of Canadian oilsands product, a move that was met with “cheers and a standing ovation,” according to local news sources.</span></div><div style="background-color:
transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/17/south-portland-oil-sands_n_4461863.html?utm_hp_ref=tw">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/17/south-portland-oil-sands_n_4461863.html?utm_hp_ref=tw</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">NAFTA Environmental body asks Ottawa to respond to oilsand's waste concerns. </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><a
href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/NAFTA+environmental+body+asks+Ottawa+respond/9282859/story.html">http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/NAFTA+environmental+body+asks+Ottawa+respond/9282859/story.html</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">TAKE ACTON! </span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>Environmental Defence has an online petition to sign in regards to Smart Growth saying how sprawl doesn't cover the true cost of infrastructure. They are asking for the OMB to work in compliance to Provincial laws and are
calling for more dedicated parkland areas. If you agree, sign here: </span><a href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/tell-ontario-smarten-growth?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993">http://environmentaldefence.ca/tell-ontario-smarten-growth?utm_source=Environmental+Defence+Campaign+Email+List&utm_campaign=dc139ecfb8-Greenbelt_Watch_April_20124_26_2012&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_df56834cfa-dc139ecfb8-27177993</a><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To demand a Provincial review for Enbridge Line 9 sign
here: <a href="http://environmentaldefence.ca/demand-environmental-assessment-enbridge%E2%80%99s-line-9-proposal">http://environmentaldefence.ca/demand-environmental-assessment-enbridge%E2%80%99s-line-9-proposal</a><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Council of Canadians has a Petition to stop Trans Canada's Energy East oil pipeline: <a href="http://canadians.org/pipelines/stop-energy-east-pipeline">http://canadians.org/pipelines/stop-energy-east-pipeline</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>Petition to stop Enbridge's Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline: </span><a href="http://www.holdthewall.ca/" style="background-color: transparent;">http://www.holdthewall.ca/</a><br></span></div><div><span
style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Idlenomore is raising funds to help protect Treaty rights and Charter rights. </span></div><div><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/idle-no-more-2-0-support-an-indigenous-led-movement-to-transform-canada" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/idle-no-more-2-0-support-an-indigenous-led-movement-to-transform-canada</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a good one everybody! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Lulu :0)</span></div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>