Dr. Dianne Saxe Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Email: [email protected] Dear Dr. Saxe, On Wednesday last week, you and I were guests on the radio show “Fight Back with Libby Znaimer” on the AM radio station CFZM Toronto. A podcast of that interview is available here.
Here are two interviews addressing recent political developments surrounding Canada’s future use of fossil fuels — the Energy East Pipeline and the Trudeau government’s ambition to eliminate coal power in Canada.
Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced plans to introduce regulations to phase out older coal-fire plants. How feasible is the policy? Should we demonize coal?
Many people debating greenhouse gas controls think they know that coal is our worst electricity source with respect to carbon dioxide emissions and that natural gas is about half as bad. Although replacing coal power with gas-fired power seems like an environmental winner, this simplistic generalization is often wrong. Eliminating coal-fired electricity will require replacing …