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Category Archives: Power Generation in Ontario
Parker Gallant: Thunder Bay, gored with the Wynne
(November 24, 2013) Seen by the Liberals and Environmental Defence (ED) as a breath taking moment for Ontario, the high priest of Global Warming, Al Gore arrived in Toronto to heap praise on the Premier and the Ontario Liberal Party at an event at MaRS Discovery District on November 21, 2013. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Manitoba, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged Al Gore, Ontario, Ontario Liberals, Parker Gallant, Thunder Bay
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Lawrence Solomon: A billion dollars full of nuclear waste
(November 21, 2013) The Deep Geologic Repository is a make-work project. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Pumped storage equals pumped energy prices
(November 18, 2013) As Hans and Franz of SNL fame used to say, “we want to pump you up,” and that appears to be what Northland Power Inc. want to do with a water-filled abandoned iron ore mine in Marmora, Ontario. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Wynne Government picks ratepayers pockets for wind turbine developers
(November 16, 2013) While Premier Wynne was out jogging in the countryside – sans any turbines in the background – for the recently released Liberal promo, many of us ratepayers were having our pockets picked. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Ontario’s environmental commissioner, serving the public or simply sucking up?
(October 14, 2013) On October 10, 2013, Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his 194-page annual report titled, “Serving the Public,” and backed it up with a “supplement” that ran to 247 pages. His press conference at 10 a.m. on that day attracted little attention resulting in only minor media coverage. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, Crown land, Global Warming, Gord Miller, green energy, Ontario, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power, wind turbines
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Parker Gallant: Ontario’s Ministry of Energy creates Canada’s biggest Ponzi scheme
(October 1, 2013) The press release on September 24, 2013, from the Attorney General’s (AG) office was headlined: “Attorney General recovers $17 million for Victims of Ponzi Scheme” and went on to describe how the money had been seized and sent to the American authorities with respect to a US orchestrated “Ponzi Scheme”. Continue reading
Parker Gallant: Duping the public
(September 21, 2013) Three years ago (on November 9, 2010) “confidential” documents were obtained by the Ontario PC Party and reported on by the Toronto Star. The documents disclosed a plan to “confuse the public” about the “true cost of the government’s push for green energy”. Continue reading
Parker Gallant and Scott Luft: Michigan and New York’s best friend–Ontario
(September 18, 2013) The press releases flowing from the Ministry of Energy’s offices have been many over the past several years and claim a variety of wonderful things despite the mundane attributes of the electricity sector. Continue reading
Listen to Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin on CBC Radio
(August 14, 2013) The 2003 Blackout ten years after — what have we learned from that experience and are we better off now? Continue reading
The big Ontario power-plant question
(Dec. 3, 2012) Will the Liberals ever explain their botched site-selection process? Continue reading
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