Climate

“Administration is working diligently on improving the use of energy in our assets. ... Planning for energy efficiency upgrades has been integrated into the capital maintenance budget process so that opportunities for upgrades are utilized.”

“I’m so proud of our community and our destination. I think this is such a shining example of what we can do when we come together under a same set of values and really hold ourselves to a high standard of leadership and try and blaze that trail.”

An increase in the franchise fee rate the Town of Banff charges to Fortis Alberta will mean an increase on an electricity bill for an average residential home of about $10 a year.

“The decisions we make today can lock us into patterns of high energy use, high emissions, high cost for decades to come.”

Roam forecasts going $830K over budget for maintenance in 2024.

LETTER: Contrary to a letter in the June 13 edition of the Outlook “climate difficult issue to discuss”, climate science is not difficult to discuss, provided you remove denier rhetoric from the conversation.

“This isn’t all on one entity. It isn’t on the Town. It’s actions being taken by a large number of stakeholders over a long period of time.”

LETTER: A Headline in The Guardian warns, “The stakes could not be higher’: 'World is on edge of climate abyss” and continues why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair. The Guardian asked nearly 400 top scientists what they felt about the future – reportedly they are terrified.

“This is a great asset that should be continued, if not extended.”

“In the end, we end up with damaged or destroyed fish populations that are supposedly fully protected under the Species at Risk Act.”