Tim Hudak goes to Belleville
And here’s a headline he garnered as a result of a town hall he held on Thursday: “Hudak’s plans to kill FIT panned.” He promised to do away with the…
Green Energy Act
Despite feds, Canada 7th in creating green-tech firms
A surprise given the Harper government’s not so green credentials: Canada ranks high because of an entrepreneurial culture, relatively high patent activity and existing corporate activity in the green-tech sector.…
Ontario’s Auditor General slams McGuinty for ‘hasty’ green energy investments
Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter. Ontario’s Auditor General, Jim McCarter, released his Annual Report to the legislature earlier this morning, and the 460-page document has some troubling findings about the…
Green energy costs in the news again
I don't have much time at the moment to pursue the study referenced here re Ontario's electricity costs as related to the province's green energy emphasis: "Cost of green energy…
Mike Holmes On Ontario’s Green Energy Act: A Brave New Path
A great article by Mike “Make It Right” Holmes, host of the television series Holmes on Homes & Holmes Inspection, on The David Suzuki Foundation’s blog today: Over the past…
The secret anti-green energy online campaign of the Power Workers’ Union
What the Power Workers' Union has been up to during the Ontario election campaign to undermine the Liberal government's green energy policies: "Ontario marketing campaign seeded Internet with 'conversations' promoting…
Mercer And Holmes On Solar Panels
Just in time for the Ontario election, where Tory leader Tim Hudak is promising to kill the innovative Green Energy Act if elected, here’s Rick Mercer and Mike Holmes, two…
Mercer and Holmes install solar panels
They hit a rooftop in Oshawa where it appears a bunch of the neighbourhood homes have solar panels as well. A solar installer is on hand to explain this particular…
Green energy and the last week of the campaign
As we get closer to the election, the uncertainty that is being caused by Tim Hudak's opposition to both Ontario's Green Energy Act and the Samsung deal that brings renewable…
Future Schmucher
This shocking attack ad on 8 year old Penelope was released yesterday, as the Ontario election debate continues. More links: Penelope4Ontario.ca
A fair take on the green energy issue in the Ontario election
Hey! A reasonable newspaper column on green energy I can get behind! For the first time this campaign: " Energy flashpoints and the politics of power." The right wing insists…
The fun with green energy columns continues
So John Ivison had another column today criticizing the Ontario Liberal government's green energy plan: here. The column focuses on a solar energy company that Dalton McGuinty visited this week,…
Another flawed attack on green energy in Ontario
This John Ivison column from yesterday is the latest from a Canadian pundit to attack the Ontario government's green energy efforts: "McGuinty's green bubble ready to pop." It, like the…
Next Election, Vote For Penelope
More links: Penelope4Ontario
Pennsylvania a lesson for Ontario on renewable energy
Pennsylvania's Republican Governor has gutted the renewable energy programs of his predecessor: In Pennsylvania, where a major shale gas boom is underway, Governor Tom Corbett is doing exactly what renewable…
Tim Hudak Gets The Wedge
Ontario Libs always seem to fight a little harder than their Federal counterparts.
The Politics of Wind Power: Liberals look to ‘John Tory’ Tim Hudak
The Ontario Liberals sent a message to the future this week: it warned Conservative Premier Tim Hudak that if he wants to keep his absurd, long-standing promise to put a…
Green energy contrasts
There are the federal Conservatives, speaking yesterday: “Canadians gave our Government a strong mandate to complete our economic recovery and focus on continued job growth,” said Minister Oliver, speaking in…
Long-term thinking needed in the fight for Ontario’s Green Energy future
While in Vancouver last week as part of a First Ministers meeting, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty made a direct link between subsidies paid out to the oil and gas industry…
Go Big Or Go Small: Mapping A Sustainable Future For Ontario
Mennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO) is committed to caring for creation. As part of that commitment, they have produced a youtube video that they’ve entered in the Watts Next contest,…