Aiming to reduce greenhouse light pollution

Added on 14 December 2020

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Aiming to reduce greenhouse light pollution

Leamington Mayor Hilda McDonald, however, said she would have preferred local businesses self-regulate.

There were harsh words for the region's greenhouse operators Tuesday night before Leamington council voted in favour of a new bylaw cracking down on light pollution.

Mayor Hilda MacDonald said she resented being "forced" to make the decision.

"We really would have hoped the industry would have self-regulated," she said. "But here we are, having to make regulations because no one wanted to comply. I will say this publicly: There is a grower who stated in the media that Leamington and Kingsville dropped the ball. That to me was a shot across the bow. We didn't drop the ball."

Read the full story in the Windsor Star