Wind fills Commission’s sails

Wind development is breaking new ground in the region—sometimes to the applause of communities and sometimes surrounded by criticism.

A Great Lakes year

This has been a remarkable year for Great Lakes protection. As 2008 comes to a close, we reflect on some of the achievements citizens and organizations across the region deserve to celebrate.

A crude awakening

As oil extraction increases on the Alberta tar sands, oil companies are looking toward the Great Lakes as a base for refining the world’s dirtiest petroleum.

The Rising Price of Fuel: What will it Mean for Consumers, the Auto Industry and the Environment?

[ June 23, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Pollution Probe will be hosting a Public Forum on The Rising Price of Fuel: What will it Mean for Consumers, the Auto Industry and the Environment?

When: Monday, June 23rd from 7 – 9 PM (refreshments at 6:30 PM)
Where: Delta Chelsea Hotel at 33 Gerrard St West, Toronto, Rossetti Room (Yonge and Dundas subway station)

Opening remarks [...]

Task force fights for clean power

Nuclear energy has had a long presence in the Great Lakes region, and citizens have been working hard to promote clean energy alternatives. Through the Great Lakes United Nuclear Free Green Energy Task Force, individuals and organizations have brought together a unified voice to advance energy alternatives that are clean and [...]

Tire-to-energy plant proposed for Erie

Erie Renewable Energy, LLC is proposing to build a new tire-to-energy plant on the site of a former paper mill in Erie Pennsylvania. The proposed plant would burn an estimated 80,000 tires per day on a site surrounded by residential neighborhoods and schools. The site is only a few hundred yards from Lake Erie.
With over [...]

Ontario hands nuclear power a monopoly

Ontario’s Energy Minister Gerry Phillips announced in early March that the Government of Ontario will give nuclear power companies a monopoly to supply up to 72 per cent of Ontarios electricity demand.
Nuclear power is the highest-cost, least reliable and least energy efficient electricity supply source. This decision essentially does an end run around the government’s [...]

Ontario lifts moratorium on lakebed development

The Great Lakes offer a prime source of wind power, but new precedents must first be considered within the scope of a broader vision.