The Future of #Ontario 's Energy Systems
Wed. Apr. 24, noon ET
#Fordnation has committed us to a $100 B #nuclear construction program. Do we have other options? Online w/ Dr. Mark Winfield, #YorkU .
#onpoli #Electricity #climate
events.yorku.ca/events/scholar…

The CNSC has issued a decision that a 15-year-old environmental assessment can be used for proposed new nuclear at Darlington nuclear plant. For more information, register to attend this evening's webinar discussing nuclear issues in Durham Region. cela.ca/webinar-neighb…

Heat pumps work when it’s cold. They just work harder.

Heat pumps remain more than twice as efficient as gas boilers, even at temperatures well below freezing.

More in my Carbon Brief heat pump myth buster: carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-m…

This #EarthDay2024 voice your support for REAL #climateaction in #Ontario - a plan to #TripleWindAndSolar by 2035! #onpoli

📣 ADD YOUR VOICE 📣 : cleanairalliance.org/triple

#climatenews #climatesolutions

Maryland passed a landmark bill requiring electric utilities to expedite bidirectional #EV charging system interconnections and pay customers for providing grid services. Brilliant! We need this in #Ontario to help #phaseoutgas .
#storage #climate #V2G
utilitydive.com/news/bidirecti…

California exceeds 100% of energy demand with #renewables over a record 30 days - this is the new reality. #WindWaterSolar combined with storage are meeting our #electricity needs now! This is how we #phaseoutgas and high-cost nuclear.
#climate #onpoli
electrek.co/2024/04/15/ren…

A RECORD 27% of the EU's electricity came from wind and solar in 2023, with wind surpassing gas power for the first time 🌪️☀️🇪🇺

This drove renewables past the 40% mark for the first year in EU history, reaching 44% of the region’s electricity #EER24

ember-climate.org/insights/resea…

38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change. 👉New PIK paper in nature by Maximilian Kotz , Leonie Wenz , Prof Anders Levermann, PhD, Image: Kotz et al., Nature pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…

Nuclear energy isn’t a safe bet in a heating world – here’s why.

#nuclear #climate
theconversation.com/nuclear-energy…

Mayor Olivia Chow & city council are calling on Todd Smith for an environmental assessment of Ontario Power Gen's proposal to ramp-up gas burning at its Portlands Generating Station on the Toronto waterfront. #onpoli #topoli

READ MORE: cleanairalliance.org/mayor-chow/

Apr. 29 - May 2, citizens groups are meeting in #Ottawa to speak with MPs and the public about the downsides of #nuclear power. Join us for our public events - in person and online.
stop-smrs.weebly.com/not-nuclear.ht…
#onpoli #cdnpoli #climate

Why the rush for pumped storage support, #OwenSound ? Meanwhile 4 other #GeorgianBay communities oppose #TCEnergy 's high-cost proposal.
#onpoli
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Green Party of Ontario Leader Mike Schreiner released this statement opposing massive gas power ramp-up while supporting #renewables and off-shore #wind power.

#phaseoutgas #onpoli Bonnie Crombie 🇨🇦 #ondp #triplewindandsolar
gpo.ca/2024/04/17/dou…

Fantastic presentations by 7 experts talking all things electric - energy storage, #EVs , just transition, energy democracy, renewables. The Walrus
youtu.be/nlMBA9DyAbU?si…

Even with strong support from Canadians & the potential to recoup upwards of $4.2B over 5 years, a windfall tax on oil & gas companies’ record profits was notably absent from #Budget2024 .

Media reported Chrystia Freeland caved to pressure from oil & gas executives to scrap the idea.

When the Ontario Energy Board said Enbridge Gas and developers should pay for new natural gas connections, the province's rebuke focused on housing costs. Internal documents show other priorities were at play via Fatima Syed / @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-energy…

At least 14 chemicals used in #fracking fluid are carcinogens. It's time to #PhaseOutGas , not ramp it up, and #TripleWindAndSolar
#LNG #climate
nationalobserver.com/2024/04/18/opi…

BAD NEWS for #Ontario , BAD NEWS for the planet:

IESO confirms that one-quarter of Ontario’s electricity supply in #2030 will be produced by climate-damaging gas.

Read about it in our latest bulletin, here: ow.ly/u3IG50RiHOo

#climatenews #onpoli #PhaseOutGas

Rebutting 33 False Claims About #Solar , #Wind , and #ElectricVehicles
ie. False Claim #12: #Solar panels don’t work in cold or cloudy climates.
#gorenewable
scholarship.law.columbia.edu/cgi/viewconten…

According to IESO's 2024 Annual Planning Outlook, ONE QUARTER of Ontario’s electricity supply in 2030 will be produced by burning fossil gas – up from 4% in 2017. 😰 😡

What you need to know - in our latest bulletin, here: cleanairalliance.org/polluting-gas-…

#onpoli #climatenews