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Coming soon: A Renewable energy future
(May 22, 2001) Wind power has become economic, the Wall Street Journal reported recently. In areas blessed with steady winds and cursed by high gas and nuclear prices, windmills no longer need subsidies to compete against most conventional sources of electricity. Continue reading
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Energy rebate well hidden
(May 22, 2001) Ontario consumers may be unwittingly singing away a valuable rebate on their electricity prices to private utility companies, says the head of an energy watchdog group. Continue reading
Walkerton seems ready to hang the wrong party
(May 15, 2001) The first anniversary of the Walkerton, Ont., water tragedy is approaching. Already the professional groundskeepers of public opinion are raking the town for the official laying of the blame ceremonies. Continue reading
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Natural gas marketers hit streets
(May 11, 2001) Natural-gas marketers are descending on the greater Toronto area offering consumers fixed rates after a winter of soaring prices. Continue reading
Part Two: Indo-Pakistani nuclear war? CANDU!
(May 1, 2001) Ensuring more CANDU sales meant not giving countries a hard time over bothersome issues like safeguards against plutonium diversion, says David Martin, who is a nuclear policy consultant at the Sierra Club of Canada. Continue reading
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Power Switch
(May 1, 2001) When Tom Touzel looks up on clear nights, he can sometimes spot a seemingly new star in the firmament — the International Space Station. And he feels a small tug, for the orbiting lab and his log house in rural Ontario are both powered by the brightest of heavenly bodies: the sun. Continue reading
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Collapse of telecom suppliers troubling
(August 18, 2001) One senses a new harshness in the deregulated world after a Hamilton Spectator story this week about a lawyer representing Union Energy firing off a letter to a customer abruptly demanding $1.53. Continue reading
Grass Biofuel Pellets: Assessing the potential to respond to North America’s energy concerns
(March 23, 2001) Unprecedented opportunities for biofuel development are occuring as a result of a combination of factors including rising oil, natural gas and electricity costs, energy security concerns in the US, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading
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Ontario industry pushing for deregulation date
(March 19, 2001) Electricity deregulation may be haunting words to political officials and consumers, but industry insiders see the process as a necessary fact of life that will soon encompass all of North America and the world – and much of the Ontario energy sector wants to join in on it. Continue reading
King Coal is back on throne for electricity generators
(March 10, 2001) Alberta-based companies such as Enmax Corp., TransAlta Corp., and Epcor have announced plans for new coal-fired plants with enough power to light more than a million homes. Continue reading
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