One addition to Bill 172, inspired by the NDP, was that the government’s yet-to-be released climate change action plan “must consider the impact of the regulatory scheme on low-income households and must include actions ...
Category: Energy and the Environment
Hydro One underwriters buy another $257 million in shares from Ontario
Hydro One Ltd. announced Friday the province’s underwriters had decided to exercise the over-allotment option that allows them to buy about 10.9 million additional shares of the utility from the government. ...
Supreme Court shuns appeal of shelved plan for new Darlington reactors
The government decided not to go through with building two nuclear reactors in 2013, but the SCC's decision keeps that plan technically possible. ...
Murray pitches business crowd on province’s ambitious climate change plans
The environment minister's speech to the Economic Club of Canada laid out ambitious goals, but also scenarios of doom-and-gloom that compared climate change to the AIDS crisis and World War Two. ...
Government preparing to jolt emissions-heavy transportation sector with electric vehicles
On Thursday, the province announced the winning bids for $20 million from its electric vehicle charging station grant program, which will see nearly 500 charging stations built. ...
Waste reduction bill debated in committee — but most details still to come
Witnesses brought forward a large number of recommended amendments, but they pointed out that the real meaning of the legislation won't really be apparent until the regulations are developed. ...
Liberals to free cap-and-trade bill from committee quagmire with time-allocation
The legislation is currently being scrutinized by the general government committee, but the Progressive Conservatives are gumming up the works, according to the two other parties. ...
Government working on overhaul of nuclear emergency response plan
Fukushima disaster looms large as the first review in four years is undertaken and at a time when Ontario is embarking on major nuclear plant refurbishments. ...
Liberals and Tories point fingers over cap-and-trade committee clashes
On Monday, Bill 172, the Liberal government’s greenhouse gas bill, was scheduled for its third round of clause-by-clause consideration by the general government committee. There will be a fourth round. ...
Appeals court quashes legal challenge to $12.8B nuclear overhaul plan
OPG called the decision a "vote of confidence" in its work on the Darlington nuclear plant refurbishment project. ...
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