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AECL’s chances doubted
(Dec. 22, 2007) An industry expert says the recent Chalk River reactor fiasco is raising doubts that Ontario will purchase new nuclear reactors exclusively from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the federal Crown corporation at the centre of the controversy. Continue reading
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AECL’s chances doubted
(December 22, 2007) An industry expert says the recent Chalk River reactor fiasco is raising doubts that Ontario will purchase new nuclear reactors exclusively from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., the federal Crown corporation at the centre of the controversy. Continue reading
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Coal enters rehab
(Dec. 7, 2007) Coal, chock-full of substances of known toxicity, epitomizes dirty fuel. The perils in coal burning – and this is an abbreviated list – include fly ash and heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, mercury, sulphur., vanadium, beryllium, cadmium, barium, chromium, molybdenum, zinc, selenium, radium, uranium and thorium. If these substances and their byproducts are not controlled in coal burning, to keep emissions within safe levels, human health and the environment can suffer. Continue reading
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Coal enters rehab
(December 7, 2007) Coal, chock-full of substances of known toxicity, epitomizes dirty fuel. The perils in coal burning – and this is an abbreviated list – include fly ash and heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, mercury, sulpher, vanedium, beryllium, cadmium, barium, chromium, molybdenum, zinc, selenium, radium, uranium and thorium. Continue reading
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Wind power projects left up in the air
(November 29, 2007) Two of Ontario’s largest wind-power projects are in limbo, raising questions about the government’s ambition to have renewable energy play a key role in meeting the province’s electricity needs. Continue reading
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Hospital looks to reduce carbon footprint
(November 16, 2007) Business Edge, Vol. 7, No. 23 Continue reading
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The Deniers, Part Part XXXV: You still need your parka in Antarctica
(November 15, 2007) Antartica – a vast territory whose sea-ice growth in winter effectively doubles its size to envelop an area three times that of Canada – is the world’s coldest continent by far, its permanent ice sheet regulating the Antarctic atmosphere. Continue reading
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Energy Probe Appoints Lawrence Solomon as New Executive Director
Energy Probe Research Foundation, one of Canada’s leading environmental organizations, is pleased to announce the appointment of Lawrence Solomon as executive director of its Energy Probe division. Mr. Solomon, a founder of the foundation in 1980, remains its managing director and the executive director of its Urban Renaissance Institute. His Energy Probe book, Breaking Up Ontario Hydro’s Monopoly, led to the demise of Ontario Hydro, one of the western world’s most polluting power utilities.
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Atomic Energy of Canada Limited responsible for 12% of national debt
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Subsidies to Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the federal nuclear promotion agency, are responsible for 12% of today’s federal government debt, according to a new study from Energy Probe. Since its inception in 1952, $74.9 billion of today’s federal debt is attributable to subsidies provided to AECL.
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Power rates to surge 10%?
New Brunswickers should brace themselves for a hefty increase in their monthly electricity bills with NB Power poised to announce its annual rate increase today.
"I would not be surprised by a 10-per-cent increase because of the trends in fuel prices and the troubled liabilities that the utility is carrying related to Orimulsion and (Point) Lepreau," said Tom Adams, executive director of the Toronto-based Energy Probe.
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