Report on Environmental Review Tribunal Hearing on White Pines Wind Project December 3 by Paula Peel, APPEC On Day 16 of the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT), APPEC expert witness Kari Gunson testified…
The Montreal Economics Institute, a non-partisan non-profit organization engaged in education and research, has published a document in advance of the Paris climate change talks, entitled A Practical Guide to the Economics of Climate…
Law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson has published a detailed analysis of last week’s election win as regards the environment and energy policy. With regard to energy and renewables, and climate change in specific, the…
Wind “farms” will kill wildlife and scar the natural environment, but the government teaches children to protect it Wellington Times, July 10, 2015 With school children arrayed at his feet, Ontario’s environment minister,…
Albert Einstein is widely credited with saying “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results”. Unfortunately in Ontario, our present and past Energy…
A propane stove: the latest in “green” living Home Hardware‘s spring Home At Home catalogue arrived in many mailboxes last week; one of the features was an article titled “The power to…
October 2014: Ontario’s breath-taking, record-breaking month for electricity bills Wind power significant in surplus power sell-off Special report by Parker Gallant and Scott Luft Summary: New figures reveal that in October, the Ontario…
Here a commentary from Ottawa-based energy economist, Robert Lyman: In May 2014, the Fraser Institute, based in British Columbia, published a report authored by Professor Ross McKitrick and PhD candidate Elmira Aliakbari of…
ONTARIO DOESN’T NEED MORE POWER SAYS WIND CONCERNS ONTARIO Large Renewable Procurement means higher electricity bills for consumers September 1, 2014, Toronto— Ontario’s new Large Renewable Procurement process aims to add more expensive,…
Sun, wind and drain Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is commonly thought Jul 26th 2014 | From the print edition The Economist SUBSIDIES for renewable energy are one of the…
Here from Ottawa-based energy economist Robert Lyman, a summary of the “hidden” costs of generating electric power from renewable sources…what the government has done over the past five years. THE HIDDEN COSTS OF…