By Jim Wilson MPP February 1 2012  Nobody knows what’s best for a community better than the people, small businesses and local councillors who live there.  That is why it is so maddening to see signs of large industrial wind and solar projects pushing ahead despite endless local opposition....

Damage control at ROMA  The Canadian Press Feb 28, 2012 Local governments will have more say over wind and solar energy projects, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday after a handful of politicians walked out on his speech to the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association. Read more ...

CBC Television February 23 2012  Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the March 11 nuclear disaster at Fukushima, scientist and broadcaster David Suzuki travels to Japan. He finds a people re-thinking their nation’s approach to nuclear energy – and the entire idea of a high-consumption lifestyle. Wat...

No doubt that radioisotopes in concert with industrial chemicals have caused epidemic increase in cancer ratesby Janette Sherman and Joseph J. ManganoSan Francisco Bay View February 25 2012There is good news and bad news: The good news is that 11 months after the Fukushima meltdown, thousands of Japa...

Speculation about a showdown at Good Roads convention By JIM MERRIAM London Free Press Saturday, February 18, 2012 Municipal council members throughout rural Ontario are deciding whether or not to turn their backs on Premier Dalton McGuinty later this month. This drama, if it develops as expected, wi...

Letter to the Barrie Examiner February 11 2012 Both Premier Dalton McGuinty and Environment Minister Jim Bradley have been repeatedly quoted as saying that the setback requirements in Ontario are ‘some of the toughest in the world’ and ‘the best in North America’. Read more ...

By Ian Macleod Ottawa Citizen February 5 2012 OTTAWA- For at least eight hours Monday, Ontario is once again forecast to produce more electricity than it consumes, and the recurring glut has one top energy executive warning of temporary nuclear power plant shutdowns. Read more: ...

UODATED – Bradley response link below  OFA news release January 20, 2012 Guelph, ON – Escalating concerns about industrial wind turbines have prompted the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) to urge the province of Ontario to suspend further development until farm families and rural residen...

CBC News Jan 9, 2012  SPECIAL REPORT: Power Switch Reports of two radioactive spills at the nuclear power plant in Point Lepreau, N.B., late in 2011 have raised concerns with the head of Canada’s Nuclear Safety Commission. Read more ...

By DON CROSBY Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin December 9 2011 Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker says he’s not surprised that a fellow Progressive Conservative’s private member’s motion to restore municipal planning powers under the Green Energy Act was defeated at Queen’s ...