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Ontario Electricity System Operational Update Part #3: Forest Burner Fuels Up

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OPG has moved a step closer to getting its super expensive, Pembina Instititute-approved, forest-fuelled power station at Atikokan into operation. OPG has entered into contracts to buy 90,000 tonnes per year of wood pellets for 10 years to fuel its converted Atikokan Generating Station. Resolute Forest Products has responded to my inquiry about the number of hectares per …

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Home Invasion David Suzuki Style

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The bill to create the Ontario Green Energy Act, when first introduced, would have empowered government agents to enter private homes to investigate energy and water usage. Many prominent environmental organizations endorsed the Act while it included raid provisions including the David Suzuki Foundation, World Wildlife Fund, Environmental Defense, Greenpeace Canada, Pembina Institute, Friends of the Earth Canada, Sierra …

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