By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance Napanee takes the bait Last night, Greater Napanee Town Council decided to sell its residents’ right to clean air and a safe climate to Ontario Power Generation (OPG). Town Council endorsed OPG’s plan to build a third massive gas-fired power plant in Napanee in exchange for...
Ontario has a road salt addiction. And it’s turning our rivers and lakes into saltwater, experts say
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Susan Kao / Toronto Star illustration using Dreamstime photos By Kevin Jiang, Staff Reporter, The Toronto Star November 29, 2023 Ontario dispenses nearly half of the 5 million tonnes of road salt spread across Canada each year and experts say it’s changing our environment. Winter is coming, and with ...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 6th, 2023
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By Marco Chown Oved, Staff Reporter, The Toronto Star November 29, 2023 At a meeting on Monday evening, Loyalist Township declined to support a new gas plant. On Tuesday, Napanee council endorsed a bid by Atura power to build a new gas plant in their community. Local municipal councils in Eastern Ont...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 3rd, 2023
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Ontario doubles down on climate denial The Ford Government is making it clearer than ever that it has no interest in addressing climate change, despite record global temperatures and a summer of fires that blanketed much of this province in choking smoke. Using the “Independent” Electricity System Op...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 3rd, 2023
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OrilliaMatters Staff, Nov 27, 2023 Plan takes ‘onnovative steps forward to ensure that the county continues to lead in providing a regional approach to environment stewardship,’ says official SIMCOE COUNTY ************************* On Nov. 14, 2023, County Council passed the Corporate Cli...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 3rd, 2023
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Peak power demand management or gas plants? Technologies like heat pumps and electric vehicles are taking off. That’s good news for our climate but concerns have been raised about the impact of this trend on electricity supplies. There’s no question that here in Ontario the Ford Government has been c...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Nov 15th, 2023
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ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE First the good news: Ontario is now offering free cold-climate air-source heat pumps (ASHP) to income-eligible households that currently have electric baseboard heating. According to the province’s Save On Energy program, switching from electric baseboards to a cold climate...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Nov 15th, 2023
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Township of Springwater / November 15, 2023 – The CPKC Holiday Train is returning to the rails to bring holiday cheer to hundreds of communities across Canada. The train will roll into Springwater at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at the railway crossing at Anne Street North and Wenden Co...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Nov 15th, 2023
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WILDERNESS COMMITTEE Doug Ford’s plans to build new gas plants for electricity generation would be a disaster for the climate and affordable energy. There are cleaner and cheaper options to build a net-zero power grid for the province by 2035, in line with Canada’s target for 100 per cent clean...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Nov 15th, 2023
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Dear friends, We are so grateful for your past support for our work. Now we want to celebrate our Coalition with you! We are pleased to invite you to our 20th Anniversary Party in Historic downtown Newmarket at the Old Town Hall on Thursday, November 23rd, from 7 – 10pm. Celebrate our past, p...
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