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Category: Energy and the Environment
Purchase: Employee ownership and selling Hydro One
Columnist Bryne Purchase says selling part of Hydro One to its employees could improve productivity, but the idea needs to be studied more. ...
Happening: Hydro Ones plans $688 million in upgrades by 2018
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Heard: Ottawa gives $10-million loan to Hamilton water tech firm
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Fracking review spurs debate in and outside of Queen’s Park
The Ontario Natural Gas Alliance supports the province's review of hydraulic fracturing, but not a proposed private member's bill that would outlaw the practice entirely. ...
OPG president still tops Sunshine List despite pay decrease
Electricity sector has the biggest representation in the top 10, followed by health care and universities ...
Support announced for low-income hydro customers – to be paid for by richer ratepayers
Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli also reaffirms the Liberals' plans to eliminate the Debt Retirement Charge from residential hydro bills by the end of the year. ...
No fracking going on, but no moratorium coming either, Mauro says
The NDP’s Peter Tabuns introduces a bill to ban fracking in Ontario, a measure already in place in other provinces, while natural resources minister says review will determine next steps. ...
Seen: Province provides $4 million for northern Ontario wood pellet plants
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Seen: Province fights invasive forest pests with info-filled website
New website from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry provides instructional videos, webinars, outreach materials, current news and information about invasive forest species. ...