It looks like Jack Gibbons, the never-say-die head of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, is back trying to land the juicy Nanticoke gas contract for his clients in the natural gas industry. The July 21st Toronto Star wrote up the…
Over the past few weeks I have been offering (admittedly unsolicited) advice on how the Harper government can stickhandle through the tricky Kyoto issue. I have advised the prime minister to use Ontario’s recent nuclear announcement as an example of…
Ontario’s electricity debate has produced more than its share of wacky ideas. But none is more bizarre than the notion that closing the provincial coal-fired generating plants will compel the Americans to follow our example. American utilities generate over half…
As climate change attains unprecedented prominence as a global public issue, we face a further test of humankind’s ability and willingness to do something about it. The countries participating in the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) are set to…
Stephen Harper’s Kyoto dilemma (see my June 18 post) might be transforming into a glorious electoral opportunity, thanks to an initiative coming from the Prime Minister’s favourite province. Quebec Sustainable Development minister Claude Bechard told Broadcast News today he wants…
We’re heading into what could be a long and hot summer. It might come with more of the climate-related craziness that accompanied last summer. Against this backdrop, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives are busy working on a new climate change plan for…