A recent article in durhamregion.com reported on an alliance between the Canadian Auto Workers (the Canadian counterpart of the United Auto Workers) and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). CAW/CAPE held a joint press conference warning of the loss of 5,000 jobs if wind and solar projects under the Ontario FIT...
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Ontario natural gas strategy will make environmental implications of Keystone pipeline irrelevant
Environmentalists who make a big deal out of opposing the proposed expansion of the Keystone pipeline do so on the grounds of the sheer amount of carbon it represents. The proposal is about extending the pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas; it already crosses the Canada-U.S. border. The Canadian version of the Sierra Club in...
How Dalton McGuinty can fix the peer to peer disconnect on new nuclear plant in Ontario
When former Newfoundland-Labrador premier Danny Williams wanted something from the Canadian federal government, or was not happy with something the feds had done or planned to do, he did not hesitate to let them know. I know this not because I am an avid observer on policy matters that concern Newfoundland-Labrador. I know this...
Fake Greens, Big Oil, and suffering Ontario: will the hicks mobilize?
One of the most exciting scenes in literature occurs when Willie Stark, in All the King’s Men, rebounds from the psychological trauma of realizing he’s been duped, by the “fellows in the striped pants” from the city, into running for governor. The striped pants’ plan was to use Willie, a small-time country lawyer, to split...
Power policy in real time: an interesting day in Ontario
So how is the Ontario Green Act paying off? I ask this on what could turn out to be the hottest day of the year. With Toronto noontime temperature at 35 Celsius (98 F), it is safe to assume most if not all air conditioners in the Greater Toronto Area are running flat out....
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