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Against looming climate catastrophe, housing development considered for former farmland in Canton

While the UN calls the climate situation a code red for humanity, Connecticut communities insist on making it worse with more development and less conservation. The latest is in Canton, and the would-be builder is Roswell Development, LLC .

As Don Stacom reports for the Courant, the Canton site is former farmland along Lawton north of the CVS and UConn Health Urgent Care building. The property is bounded on the north by Washburn Road. The article reports that the planning and zoning commission last month appeared favorable to the idea when it discussed plans to extend the town’s sewer district to include the property.

We're at an all hands on deck moment with climate change and biodiversity. But the thoughtless pursuit of property tax and a quick buck is doing us in. Here's the test: Would this development be part of the solution? Or just more of the problem?