Ontario (3438 articles) Ontario is the only Canadian province on the north shore of Lake Ontario. There are about 12.5 million people living in Ontario, roughly half of whom live in the Lake Ontario watershed. Three of Canada’s largest cities, including the largest, are on the north shore. Westward from the Bay of Quinte, most of the shoreline is urbanized. Eastward of the Bay of Quinte, the land is a mix of urban, industrial, and rural. The north shore is home to many large manufactoring and energy facilities, including steel plants, cement kilns, and two nuclear power plants.
|  | John Spears in the Toronto Star on November 18, 2011 writes about dwindling value of Ontario Power Generation's nuclear cleanup funds:
One more risk of nuclear power: Ontario Power Generation recorded a third-quarter loss because of a sharp decline in the value of funds set aside for nuclear clean-ups.The provincially-owned utility saw higher production from nuclear and... (more) | | (0 comments) Environmental Law Nuclear Industry Ontario Other |
| | | 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 |
|  | Ontario bureaucrats have been given “no firm deadline” for reporting on the possible health effects of offshore wind turbines, says the Ministry of Natural Resources.But it says one of the studies will take up to three years.The province is facing a $2.25 billion lawsuit from a wind power developer after it slapped an indefinite moratorium on offshore wind power... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Great Lakes-Basin Kingston and Region Ontario |
| | | The one company that holds a signed contract to build a wind farm in the Great Lakes is going ahead with plans for the project, despite the ban on offshore wind development put in place by the Ontario government earlier this year.Windstream Energy Inc. says it could begin construction at a proposed wind farm in Lake Ontario near Kingston as early as 2014, if the province... (more) | | (0 comments) Energy & Fossil Fuels Environmental Law Fish Kingston and Region Ontario |
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