Energy & Fossil Fuels (1492 articles) 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.
|  | Off-shore wind development remains controversial in Ontario. Matthew Van Dongen writes about law suits, research, and politics in this article from the Hamilton Spectator:
It’s a cautionary turbine tale.Last week, Burlington-based Windstream Energy challenged the province to approve a “test pilot” project to install 130 wind turbines — built in Hamilton — in... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Ontario |
| | | Ontario's Environment Minister responds to agriculture federation's criticisms of windpower:
Despite a high-profile farm lobby group joining a growing movement pushing for a moratorium on wind power development, the province will not reverse course on the controversial plan.So says St. Catharines MPP and Minister of the Environment Jim Bradley. Late last week, the Ontario... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Farming Ontario Other |
| | | Jim Merriam in the Belleville Intelligencer on January 27, 2012 writes about the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's stance on wind power:
When it came to government relations, Ontario’s largest farm organization, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), often seemed to adopt the philosophy “go along to get along.”Certainly, at times, the OFA found itself in... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Energy & Fossil Fuels Farming Ontario Other |
|  | Days before the New Year, Brighton became the first town in Monroe County to enact a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial process of injecting a high-volume, high-pressure mix of water, sand and chemicals deep into the ground in order to extract natural gas from ancient shale deposits.Could the town of Rush be next?
Read the full story by Leo Roth from... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Drink Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law New York State |
| | | The old adage 'waste not, want not,' might as well be the motto for one of the proposed residual waste processing systems for the City of Kingston.Currently seeking public input, the city is in Phase B of its four-part development of an integrated waste management plan. Last week, the city hosted a public information session on the proposed ideas to deal with solid waste in... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Kingston and Region Other Waste Management |
| | | Big Island's Ian Hanna is pretty sure having both federal and provincial politicians involved will help slow down wind turbine developments in Ontario — at least until more studies are completed.
Bob Runciman, the senator for Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, presented a motion in Senate earlier this week calling for a moratorium on wind energy projects in the area... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Kingston and Region |
| | | Comment Period: 60 days: submissions may be made between November 30, 2011 and January 29, 2012.This posting is for a proposed Renewable Energy Approval for Gilead Power, proposed to be located in Prince Edward County. This is a Class 4 Wind Facility with a total expected generation capacity of 22.5 megawatts (MW).The proposed facility is considered to be a Class 4 Wind... (more) | | (0 comments) Development & Land Use Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Other Quinte Region |
| | | An interesting piece by Thomas Walkom in the Toronto Star on November 9, 2011 examines the changing powers behind Ontario electricity generation:
Ontario is quietly privatizing its electricity system. Unlike former Tory premier Mike Harris, Dalton McGuinty is not advertising this fact. But slowly and inexorably, his Liberal government is squeezing out public power.The... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Ontario Other |
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