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Nov 22nd, 2022
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Protests are planned for Barrie South, Nov 26, Collingwood /Wasaga Beach/Clearview Nov 26 and Holland Landing, Nov 27. for more information on Bill 23 read here, York...
Nov 7th, 2022
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Webinar on the benefits of heat pumps on Tues. Nov. 22, 7 p.m....
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Oct 28th, 2022
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From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Federation of Students Ontario, Environmental Defence, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, and more than 25 other organizations ar...
Aug 31st, 2022
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Wind turbines are seen behind a Martello Tower in Kingston, Ont.  JULIA PELISH PHOTOGRAPHY From the Toronto Star, August 30, 2022 By Angela Bischoff When it comes to keeping our homes comfortable and well lit, Ontario is quickly moving into the dark ages. The province’s gassy energy strategy is the e...
Aug 28th, 2022
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From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director According to a story in CBC News, Ontario’s Energy Minister, Todd Smith, no longer believes that Ontario needs new gas-fired power plants to keep our lights on.   This is a big step forward given that the Government of Ontario had been ...
Aug 28th, 2022
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The nuclear power plant in Pickering, Ont., is shown in an undated photo. The plant it set to close in 2025.  NORM BETTS / CP From the Toronto Star, August 23, 2022 By Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau Ontario’s plan to replace electricity generation when an aging nuclear plant closes in 2025 ha...
Aug 23rd, 2022
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From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director What if you could save up to $1,000 per year or more on the cost of heating and cooling your home while helping the planet? Sounds too good to be true? Well our new analysis of the economic benefits of heat pumps shows that it is, in [&...
Aug 12th, 2022
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From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director With Ontario on track for a huge increase in climate-damaging emissions from electricity production, the federal government’s proposed Clean Electricity Regulations couldn’t be more important. In a nutshell, the federal rules are a foll...
Aug 9th, 2022
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From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance By Angela Bischoff, Director On July 29th Fortis Inc. announced that it has suspended development activities and commercial negotiations with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for a contract to finance the building of a $1.7 billion transmiss...
Aug 8th, 2022
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This image of a Russian serviceman guarding the plant was taken in May | Photo by ANDREY BORODULIN/AFP The World ☢ UN nuclear chief: Ukraine nuclear plant is `out of control’ The U.N. nuclear chief warned that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine “is completely out of control”. More...