Tag Archives: Ontario

Parker Gallant: Ontario’s environmental commissioner, serving the public or simply sucking up?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by parkergallant2013

(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 | 3 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: Green power failure

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(May 11, 2012) Climate mania impoverishes electricity customers worldwide. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Energy Probe News | Tagged Climate Change, climate change hoax, electricity, electricity prices, Feed-In Tariffs, fracking, Global Warming, global warming hoax, green energy, Obama, Ontario, power, renewables, solar energy, wind energy | 3 Comments

Parker Gallant: It’s the cost of the power, stupid

Posted on April 14, 2012 by parkergallant2

(April 14, 2012) It’s been a flurry of activity around the Ministry of Energy’s offices over the past few days as the Energy Minister, Chris Bentley has announced two initiatives. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Clean Energy Economic Development Strategy, IESO, Ontario, Smart Grid Fund | 4 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: Just a (nuclear) waste

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 9, 2011) Canada’s nuclear industry is again plying the back routes of Ontario’s northlands, looking for a willing host in places like Hornepayne (population 1209) and Ear Falls (population 1153) for a multi-billion-dollar long-term storage facility for the country’s nuclear wastes. Continue reading →

Posted in Hormesis, LNT, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Waste, Radiation | Tagged Hormesis, Lawrence Solomon, LNT, nuclear, nuclear reactors, nuclear waste disposal, Nuclear Waste Management Organization, NWMO, Ontario, radiation hormesis, spent fuel | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: What Hudak failed to say

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 11, 2011) In a much ballyhooed speech yesterday, would-be Ontario Premier Tim Hudak promised to kill the financing method that Premier Dalton McGuinty uses to build wind turbines. But Hudak doesn’t promise to kill wind turbines. He merely proposes some alternative financing method, not yet described, to bring Ontarians more wind turbines. Hudak’s wind turbines will also be uneconomic, just less so than McGuinty’s. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables | Tagged 2009, Dalton McGuinty, electricity, GEA, green energy, Green Energy Act, Green Energy and Green Economy Act, hydro, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Ontario energy, power prices, rate payers, renewables, subsidies, Tim Hudak, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills | 2 Comments

Parker Gallant: Ontario Ministry of Energy: Not so Smart Spending

Posted on April 30, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(April 30, 2011) In the final week of the Federal Election if you live in Ontario you might be confused based on the daily press releases emanating from Queen’s Park. Those releases would lead you to believe that the incumbent Ontario Liberals are in the final week of the Provincial Election. Continue reading →

Posted in Electricity | Tagged electricity, Ontario, Ontario energy, Parker Gallant | 3 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: McGuinty’s reality

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Other News Sources

(March 11, 2011) Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon writes that time of day pricing’s failure will force the Ontario government to resort to compulsory rationing to adapt to unreliable wind and solar energy. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Climate Change, electricity rates, Energy Probe, Global Warming, green energy, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, renewables, smart-grid, solar, wind power | 1 Comment

Larry Solomon discusses the Ontario wind power controversy on BNN

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Other News Sources

(February 24, 2011) Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon appeared on BNN’s SqueezePlay on Tuesday to discuss the Ontario government’s decision to scrap off shore wind generation. Click the link below to watch the video. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables | Tagged Climate Change, environment, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Renewable Energy, wind power | 2 Comments

Parker Gallant: The evisceration of the Independent Electricity System Operator

Posted on February 8, 2011 by energyprbe

(February 8, 2011) Parker Gallant writes that the Independent Electricity System Operator has lost its independence from political influence. Continue reading →