
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Fine letter in Waterloo record today from GREN member Bob Burtt on green infrastructure work by Kitchener while Province spends its time fighting greenhouse action.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div id="div1195" class="asset-header" loaded="true" lpos="asset-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans'; width: 840px; float: left;"><div article="" class="article-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 20px 10px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); overflow: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><h1 class="ar-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-size: 38px; font-family: 'UniversLTStd BoldCn', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchener could be a role model on green tech for the province</h1><h2 class="ar-sub-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'UniversLTStd BoldCn', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">City’s investment in innovative approaches to storm water run-off and flood mitigation is a lesson for the province.</h2><section style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><category style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(197, 42, 44); padding: 3px 5px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); letter-spacing: 1px; display: inline-block; font-family: UniversLTStd59UltraCondensed, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; vertical-align: middle;" class="">OPINION</category> <date style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 12px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); font-size: 14px; font-family: Univers, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 5px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-right: 10px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;" class="">04:24 PM</date> <name style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(110, 110, 110); display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; margin-right: 10px; padding-right: 0px; line-height: 12px; font-family: Univers, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px;" class="">Waterloo Region Record</name></section></div></div><div id="div1702" class="act asset-sharebuttons-top" contenturl="/pagecontainer/1702/?mode=desktop&pskey=-2459125828724183108283733" cid="81" pcid="1702_1462" primary="false" lpos="asset-sharebuttons-top" loaded="true" done="div1702" ui-attr="share" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans'; width: 840px; float: left;"><div sharingbar="" id="share1702" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; width: 840px; padding: 5px 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div class="addthis_default_style addthis_toolbox addthis_32x32_style" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; float: left; margin-left: 20px; overflow: hidden;"><a class="addthis_button_facebook at300b" title="Facebook" href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/9556863-kitchener-could-be-a-role-model-on-green-tech-for-the-province/#" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 26px; margin-right: 5px; display: inline-block; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; float: left; width: auto; height: 32px; padding: 0px 2px;"><span class="at-icon-wrapper" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; overflow: hidden; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px; line-height: 32px; background-color: rgb(59, 89, 152); height: 32px; width: 32px;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 32 32" version="1.1" role="img" aria-labelledby="at-svg-facebook-1" class="at-icon at-icon-facebook" title="Facebook" alt="Facebook" style="width: 32px; height: 32px;"><g><path d="M22 5.16c-.406-.054-1.806-.16-3.43-.16-3.4 0-5.733 1.825-5.733 5.17v2.882H9v3.913h3.837V27h4.604V16.965h3.823l.587-3.913h-4.41v-2.5c0-1.123.347-1.903 2.198-1.903H22V5.16z" fill-rule="evenodd"></path></g></svg></span></a><a class="addthis_button_twitter at300b" title="Twitter" href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/9556863-kitchener-could-be-a-role-model-on-green-tech-for-the-province/#" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 26px; margin-right: 5px; display: inline-block; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; float: left; width: auto; height: 32px; paddin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1em; line-height: 1.3em; text-align: center;" class="">We learn from the story that the new technology also has the potential to reduce flooding, a concern that is becoming even more important with climate change. The city deserves a lot of credit for testing this new technology.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; font-family: 'UniversLTStd Cn', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; font-size: 1.1em; clear: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class="">One can only imagine the wonderful things the Ontario government could accomplish if it followed the city's lead and embraced new green technology instead of spending millions and millions of dollars to challenge a carbon tax that most of the population supports.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.1em; padding: 0px; font-family: 'UniversLTStd Cn', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; font-size: 1.1em; clear: none; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><i style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""></i></p><i style="box-sizing: border-box;" class=""><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Bob Burtt</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Cambridge</div></i></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/9556863-kitchener-could-be-a-role-model-on-green-tech-for-the-province/" class="">https://www.therecord.com/opinion-story/9556863-kitchener-could-be-a-role-model-on-green-tech-for-the-province/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John<br class=""><div class="">

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