Coun. Christine Boyle gets real about the climate emergency
A Vancouver politician explains how curbing greenhouse-gas emissions will affect the look of the city by Charlie Smith on April 22nd, 2021 at 10:37 AM 1 of 7 2 of 7 (This is longer than most articles on media websites.) Ever since the Romans figured out how to create concrete, this substance has come to define the landscape in many cities. The material used to build the Colosseum and the Pantheon—along with Roman arches and later dams, roads, and buildings—reduced their reliance on stone and brick. It’s no different in Vancouver, where concrete high-rises dot the landscape. Whethe...