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The AJ Recap: Urban Sprawl

In the first installment of the AJ Recap, we look into some of the top environmental headlines from this past week and take an in-depth look at the problem of urban sprawl.
BY Noah Jean-Louis on

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The A\J Recap is a weekly video series we’ll be bringing you throughout the summer. We’ll be rounding up the most important environmental news and taking an in-depth look at one environmental problem in our feature every week.

The Recap is part of our Student Summer Takeover series which aims to amplify the voices of young people in environmental media. New episodes will be released at the beginning of every week, don’t miss out!

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The A\J Recap is a weekly video series we’ll be bringing you throughout the summer. We’ll be rounding up the most important environmental news and taking an in-depth look at one environmental problem in our feature every week.

The Recap is part of our Student Summer Takeover series which aims to amplify the voices of young people in environmental media. New episodes will be released at the beginning of every week, don’t miss out!

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Sources: News this week

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-andrew-scheer-clean-fuel-standard-1.5204091
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/07/one-climate-crisis-disaster-happening-every-week-un-warns
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/07/09/news/exclusive-doug-ford-didnt-tell-you-ontario-cancelled-227-clean-energy-projects
https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/environmentally-friendly-city-initiatives/transformto/torontos-greenhouse-gas-inventory/

Sources: Feature

https://davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/discourage-urban-sprawl/
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2013/02/21/urban_sprawl_is_destroying_ontarios_farmland.html
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/article-montreals-sprawl-is-shocking-urban-planners/
https://www.britannica.com/topic/urban-sprawl
https://www.therecord.com/sports-story/2562267-waterloo-region-on-the-front-line-in-province-s-battle-against-urban-sprawl/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/stats-can-population-census-1.5075855

 

 

Noah is a video journalist and A\J multimedia intern. He is a recent graduate of the School of Media and Design at Conestoga College.