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Electricity pricing, fake hearings and public ownership
All political parties that have been in power in Ontario have pursued electricity policies that are essentially political rather than economic. Some other provincial governments, notably Manitoba and British Columbia, seem to be imitating Ontario’s mismanagement of dangerously costly megaprojects and now in BC, Ontario’s politicizing of prices to consumers. This article focuses on the Ontario experience. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Utility Reform
Tagged electricity policies, Ontario, Ontario Energy Board (OEB), public participation, regulatory process
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Lawrence Solomon: Why the ‘e’ in e-car actually stands for evil
Electric vehicles are for city folk. For most rural residents, their role is to give, give, give. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News
Tagged electric cars, Lawrence Solomon
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Grounds for Thought presents: Paris is dead
Join us for the return of the Grounds for Thought discussion night with our most controversial topic to date. Oh, it’s a doozy alright! Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, The Deniers
Tagged discussion, event, Global Warming, Grounds for Thought, Lawrence Solomon
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Ontario’s green energy experience: sobering lessons for sustainable climate change policies
A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute finds Ontario’s green energy policies have yielded moderate environmental gains while drastically increasing energy prices. Continue reading
How megaprojects bankrupt utilities
Brady Yauch, executive director of Consumer Policy Institute, describes the looming threat to public institutions – and to our pocketbooks. Continue reading
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources
The federal government should look to Ontario for examples on how not to implement renewable energy policies. Brady Yauch for Consumer Policy Institute. Continue reading
Has global warming corrupted environmentalism?
Join us this Tuesday, February 28, 8 pm at the Green Beanery cafe-roastery on the corner of Bathurst and Bloor as we ask: has grass-roots environmentalism become an endangered species? Continue reading
The Kinder Morgan pipeline: permits or permission?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline has raised a storm of protest about its predicted impacts on the orcas, climate change, First Nations’ rights, as well as concerns about the project’s “flawed” approval process and lack of “social licence”. Lawyer Andrew Roman contextualizes some of the hot-button issues raised by critics. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: If voters want to rip up Ontario’s outrageous renewable energy contracts, the courts won’t stop them
The implication that cancelling odious solar and wind contracts would scare off investors defies history and lacks credibility. Continue reading
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