Ukraine’s reactors could be in the line of fire The World Ukraine’s 15 reactors could be in the line of fire A conflagration of aggression in the region could engulf Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, literally. Why Nuclear Power Is Bad for Your Wallet and the Climate Amory Lovins explains why nuc...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance There is no question that Ontario must end the use of gas-fired electricity generation. With less than a decade left to slash climate-wrecking emissions, gas simply has to go. There is also no question that we can phase-out gas use in the...
The World Nuclear is not a Practicable Means to Combat Climate Change according to 4 Former Heads of Nuclear Regulation and Governmental Radiation Protection Committees Why nuclear power can never be green The world must ponder whether it is worth tackling the poison in the air that is carbon by spre...
Canada’s nuclear industry plans to send up to 30,000 shipments of toxic radioactive waste by truck or rail to either Ignace or South Bruce in Ontario. Some of those shipments would travel through densely populated communities. (NWMO) From CBC News, January 18, 2022 By Colin Butler A proposed tr...
The City of Barrie’s wastewater treatment facility on Bradford Street. | Raymond Bowe/BarrieToday From BarrieToday, January 16, 2022 By Peter Bursztyn Organic waste is everything which started out as either plant or animal matter. It includes wilted cabbage, banana peel, corn stubble, excess fa...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance It seems too good to be true. Switching to an air-source heat pump can cut your electricity costs by more than $2,000 a year and you will be slashing the greenhouse gas pollution that results from heating and cooling your home at the same...
Want to know if Ontario’s aging nuclear reactors are safe to operate? Ontario Power Generation (OPG) would be happy to tell you what they know – if you can spare $10,000. That’s the response we received from OPG when we asked for a copy of their analysis of pressure tube safety, an issue that is crit...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance With Ontario once again threatening to derail Canada’s efforts to address the growing threat from climate change, it’s time for the federal government to make it clear that every province needs to do its share to prevent a climate c...
By Alienor Rougeot, Program Manager, Climate & Energy, Environmental Defence Tailings lakes are large industry-created reservoirs that contain wastewater from oil production. For decades, oil companies have been prohibited from releasing tailings into the environment because they are toxic, harmf...
By Donya Ziaee, Communication Officer (Research and Analysis), The Council of Canadians Today, we are releasing a report that has huge implications for how we think about climate policy and democracy in Canada. As the world grapples with a growing climate crisis, the report reveals that wealthy forei...
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