Category Archives: Renewables

(May 29, 2004) With Prince Edward Island poised to reveal its strategy for renewable energy, Maritime Electric wants to make sure its traditional forms of power generation are part of the picture. Continue reading →

(October 9, 2002) Letters re: The Corn Isn’t Green, Lawrence Solomon, Sept. 25. I am advisor to the board of directors of Integrated Grain Processors Cooperative, an Ontario-based farmer-owned cooperative exploring the construction of an ethanol production facility in the province. Continue reading →

(September 22, 2002) Unprecedented opportunities for biofuel development are occurring as a result of a combination of factors including: rising oil, natural gas and electricity costs, energy security concerns in the U.S., and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Continue reading →

(February 20, 2002) Uniterre Resources Ltd., a small Vancouver energy company, signed on to a joint venture yesterday to develop what would be one of the world’s biggest wind power generating projects, in northern British Columbia. Continue reading →

(October 3, 2001) Uncertain energy supplies and international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions have created unique opportunities for biofuel development. Continue reading →

(September 26, 2001) Turning Ontario’s drinking water operations over to private hands in an attempt to fix the ills in the system would be tragic, the Walkerton inquiry was told yesterday. Continue reading →

(August 24, 2001) Walkerton, Ont. — The provincial Tories’ fixation on the bottom line contributed directly to deaths from tainted-water in Ontario, a lawyer for the provincial Public Service Employees Union argued Thursday. Continue reading →

(June 4, 2001) “Around here, we call it Saudi Arabia in a box,” says Andrew Stuart, patting the washing machine-sized metal box that can turn ordinary tap water and household electricity into fuel for cars. Continue reading →

(June 30, 2001) Ontario Premier Mike Harris survived his appearance yesterday before the Walkerton inquiry. More than survived: He triumphed. Continue reading →

(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 →