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$3 million fund to aid renewables

A new fund being touted as the first of its kind in Canada will be launched tomorrow to support the development of small community-based renewable energy projects.
The Community Power Fund, a $3 million grant program, said it will immediately begin accepting applications from farmers, community co-operatives and native groups looking to deploy wind, solar, small-scale hydroelectric, biogas and geothermal technologies locally.
“We look forward to receiving some robust proposals,” said Deborah Doncaster, executive director of the fund and former head of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association.

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Action needed to prevent salmon homelessness

Municipal governments and regional districts must take action to protect fish habitat in their jurisdictions, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.
Local governments in B.C. will vote on a resolution sponsored by the City of Port Moody and based on recommendations of a Foundation handbook, Zoned RS-1 (Residential Salmon-1), at the Union of B.C. Municipalities annual convention in Vancouver September 24 to 28.
The lighthearted handbook with serious intent encourages local governments to use zoning bylaws and to work with other levels of government to protect fish habitat from numerous threats, including municipal development, climate change, water use, logging, and mining.

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