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At last night’s City Council meeting, members of Council unanimously endorsed the Kingston Climate Leadership Plan (CLP), which identifies actions the City and the community must take to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to achieve carbon neutrality no later than 2040, and adapt to impacts already being experienced. According to
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Kingston City Council concluded budget deliberations on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, by approving the 2022 draft operating and capital budgets. These budgets will allow City staff to deliver quality services and programming to residents and to continue to invest in Council’s priority areas, according to a media
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Early in the new year, the City of Kingston and Sustainable Kingston invite area residents to hear from an all-star line-up of speakers at the free, virtual 2022 Kingston Climate Change Symposium. “Each year, we strive to bring diverse voices together to inform and inspire our community to take climate
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As part of the City of Kingston’s strategic plan to Demonstrate Leadership on Climate Action, Kingston’s City Council has passed a motion to move forward with the Green Standard Community Improvement Plan (CIP). The program will offer incentives aimed at encouraging property owners to construct buildings that minimize climate-changing greenhouse
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Members of 350 Kingston brought climate action to Kingston’s morning commute Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2021. The early morning campaign took place at the corner of Lower University and King Street from 7:30 to 8 a.m. “It’s the start of something that we are going to be doing for quite a
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Kingston Secondary School (KSS) students are asking for your help to plant a “Little Forest” outdoor classroom in Champlain Park. Namirah Quadir, Urban Student Trustee for the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) and Isadora Ferguson of Friday’s for Future Kingston, both students at KSS, appear in a YouTube video asking
Read more The City of Kingston is seeking input from residents of apartment and condo buildings, as well building owners and managers, according to a release from the City, dated Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. The City says they are considering the option of making the Green Bin program – or the separation
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With “demonstrating leadership on climate change” being a priority of City Council’s strategic plan, the City of Kingston has created a new division to focus on this particular issue. The Climate Leadership Division will be focused on actions combating climate change which were identified in Council’s strategic plan, and will
Read more On Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 25-2019 (Agenda) during which they, among other items, asked staff to look into bringing some select camping back to Lake Ontario Park next year, received and supported the work of their Climate Action Working Group, and created a
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As hundreds of students and residents took to the streets to march for climate action, Kingstonist was there to capture the moment. Here is a look at the climate strike in pictures.
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As more than 600 residents followed the lead of area students to strike for climate action, we paid attention and asked those leading the charge why today is so important and what Kingstonians can do to help during this climate emergency. Here’s what they said. [The strike] raises awareness and
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Sparked by a global movement and following weekly strikes in front of City Hall, over 600 students and residents from across Kingston gathered at market square to show support for climate action before marching through the downtown core. “Striking is crucial to show the importance and urgency of the climate
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