Ontario Greenbelt watersheds save taxpayers hundreds of millions
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- Published on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 14:33
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The report, Watersheds of the Ontario Greenbelt .......
The report highlights the urgent need to strengthen protection for near-urban watersheds by expanding the Greenbelt further and preventing unsustainable industrial activities and development, like the proposed Highland mega-quarry. The 1,000 ha limestone quarry would sit on the edge of the Greenbelt and threaten local water resources that supply drinking water and sustain some of the most productive farmland in North America.
Posted on the "David Suzuki Foundation" website, May 30, 2012
By Jode Roberts