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Burning Our Rivers - The Water Footprint of Electricity

River Network, a US-based organization dedicated to protecting and restoring rivers have released a report on the water footprint of electricity, explaining how power plants of all types (nuclear, coal...

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The World Bank's Chance to Clean Up Its Coal Act

Author:  Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club Source:  Huffington Post Date published: Thu, 2012-07-05This is a joint post with Andrew S. Kanter, MD MPH, the president of Physicians for...

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Read 'The Reckoning'

I felt silly buying a magazine with a big picture of Justin Bieber on the front “but it IS Rolling Stone” I said to the woman behind the counter. That discomfort, however, paled in comparison to the...

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More coal bites the dust

From our friends at Ontario Clean Air Alliance:Another coal plant has bitten the dust in Ontario.  A few days ago, the Atikokan Generating Station, located about 200 kilometres west of Thunder Bay,...

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Tackling the other greenhouse gases

By Jane MuirFast action on air pollution has potential to slow warmingLet's suppose that you don't live in Greenland and don't care that CO2 emissions are helping to melt that country's ice sheet. Then...

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McGuinty announces dates to close Nanticoke & Lambton

Ontario coal-burning power plants to close this year Author:  John Spears Source:  http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1312865--ontario-coal-burning-power-plants-to-close-this-year Date published:...

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Line 9 Pipe Battle Coming to a Head

Enbridge’s Line 9 proposal is to take an existing pipeline running across Ontario (see map) and get a permit to change what is pumped in the pipe as well as reverse the flow. Currently L9 carries...

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Ontario’s Coal Phase-out Gets Closer

By Dan McDermottPremier Kathleen Wynne’s announcement that she would propose legislation to ban the generation of electricity through the burning of coal provides some level of confidence that...

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Goodbye to Nanticoke, and all that coal

Sierra Club Canada's Ontario Chapter was instrumental in the decision by our provincial government to shut down all coal plants. The day has come! Toronto environmental lawyer Dianne Saxe has a nice...

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It’s official: Coal is kaput in Ontario

From our friends at Ontario Clean Air Alliance:read more

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