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Energy & Fossil Fuels
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Usually associated with air quality problems, the burning of fossil fuels can have disastrous impacts on water quality. Contaminants like mercury fall from smokestacks and build up in the food chain. Mercury pollution has affected fish in every region of the Great Lakes Basin. The plants themselves can create problems – intake pipes suck up fish, while cooling water discharges release hot water into the lake that affects the natural environment. It is important to remember that many industries on the Great Lakes generate power by burning fossil fuels, not just power plants. This category also includes articles about our energy system, including alternatives to fossil fuels.
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Trillium Power Wind Corporation has registered John Kourtoff to lobby the Ontario Government regarding:
Name or Description of Policy, Program or Decision: Green Energy and Green Economy Act
Government Ministries or Agencies you are lobbying:Ministry of Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Energy Ministry of Natural Resources Ministry of the Environment
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Energy & Fossil Fuels
Environmental Law
Fish
Ontario
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Comment Period: 47 days: submissions may be made between August 18, 2010 and October 04, 2010.
The Green Energy Act placed a priority on expanding Ontario’s use of clean and renewable sources of energy. Developing these renewable resources is a cornerstone of Ontario’s future prosperity and the government’s plan to combat climate change and phase out coal. In support... (more)
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Energy & Fossil Fuels
Environmental Law
Fish
Ontario
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St. Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan made a power play Tuesday to convince the province to support a hydro project proposed for the Garden City.
McMullan made a plea to Ontario's Infrastructure and Energy Minister Brad Duguid to open the province's power grid to the city's planned four-megawatt hydropower dam on Twelve Mile Creek.
In April, the Ontario Power Authority... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Energy & Fossil Fuels
Environmental Law
Fish
Niagara Region
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The New York Power Authority, which is considering private-sector proposals to erect offshore wind turbines, has failed to fully respond to a legal request made two months ago by the Democrat and Chronicle for information about the proposals.
The authority is promoting construction of one or more wind farms in the New York waters of Lake Ontario or Lake Erie, an idea that... (more)
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Energy & Fossil Fuels
Environmental Law
Fish
New York State
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The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has registered a list of individuals to lobby the federal government on a variety of issues, including the following:
Canada Environmental Assessment Act in relation to the policy for cumulative effects assessment and management.
Federal/Provincial Regulatory Jurisdiction - related to potential policy of delineation of... (more)
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Canada
Drink
Energy & Fossil Fuels
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Swim
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Ontario would save money by replacing the aging Pickering nuclear station with electricity from renewable sources, says a coalition of environmental groups.
The "renewable is doable" coalition, which includes Greenpeace, the Pembina Institute and the World Wildlife Fund, is to release a report Tuesday calling for Ontario to boost its targets for renewable energy.
"Ontario... (more)
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Development & Land Use
Durham Region
Energy & Fossil Fuels
Nuclear Industry
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