Risk of fire, contamination of environment, rationale for proposed battery storage facility cited as citizen concerns January 24, 2023 Prince Edward County’s council voted to reject a proposal for a battery storage facility…
Group is raising money to do testing on contaminated well water sediment January 7, 2023 Photos of dirty brown, even black water from water wells in Chatham-Kent, in the former Dover Township, have…
“Unbounded science and engineering fiction” says author who is a Top 100 Global Thinker In his 2016 book Power Density, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Vaclav Smil (Professor Emeritus, University…
Almost half of Canadians do not have reliable access to high-speed internet says the CRTC. But when it comes to informing the public about new power generation proposals in Ontario, how does the…
December 23, 2022 Late this afternoon (just a day and a half before Christmas, and in the middle of Chanuka), the Independent Electricity System Operator or IESO announced that changes have been made…
Silence tells Ontario government North Kent well water problems after wind turbine construction have gone away: they haven’t November 22, 2022 Geologist Keith Benn, who was one member of an expert panel created…
Not enough information, not enough time to evaluate proposals, and it’s the same process as Dalton McGuinty’s say Ontario municipalities November 21, 2022 Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has launched a series…
Citizens of rural communities know the truth about electricity bills, environmental benefits and promises of jobs, says energy commentator Robert Bryce—and they want no part of wind and solar power projects November 13,…
Community concerns for fragile environment upheld as Ford government seeks protection for the Alfred Bog in Eastern Ontario November 1, 2022 The Ontario government has posted a notice on the Environmental Registry that…
“Our water is now contaminated with shale particles and heavy metals,” North Kent resident tells the IESO. October 25, 2022 The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has posted a list of Qualified Applicants…
(And why wind power doesn’t make any sense) October 12, 2022 Ontario’s decision NOT to close the Pickering nuclear power plant and in fact analyze all options for keeping it open, has made…