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Bridging the Gulf highlights the
connection between the choices made by commuters in Ontario, and the negative
impacts of oil extraction in North America in light of the recent oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico and ongoing ecological impacts from oil sands development. It
focuses exclusively on personal transportation — how Ontarians get around every
day — and presents five key actions to reduce oil use based on policy
changes that are already underway in the province.
Media Contact: Cherise Burda, Simon Dyer
Topic Area: Ontario Smart Growth
Cherise Burda, Ontario
Policy
Director for the Pembina Institute, responded to the
Environmental Commissioner of Ontario's (ECO) annual greenhouse gas
progress report. The
Pembina Institute applauds the report and supports its five main recommendations.
Media Contact: Cherise Burda
Topic Area: Ontario Smart Growth
Canada's six largest urban areas must do more to promote green urban design and low-carbon transportation choices.
Media Contact: Alison Bailie
Topic Area: Ontario Smart Growth
Making key improvements to personal transportation policies would
result in greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to taking one million
vehicles off the road and also reduce driving time for commuters, according to
a new report by the Pembina Institute.
Media Contact: Cherise Burda
Topic Area: Ontario Smart Growth
The Samsung consortium's investment in renewable energy production in Ontario and
promise to support local manufacturing demonstrates how the province's
commitment to clean energy can attract clean energy companies and
create new job opportunities.
Media Contact: Marlo Raynolds
Topic Area: Ontario Electricity, Renewable is Doable Campaign
Dans une déclaration commune publiée aujourd’hui, un groupe unique
d'industries et d'organismes environnementaux a annoncé l’élaboration
des éléments clés pour un système canadien efficace de plafonds et
d'échange de crédits pour les émissions de gaz à effet de serre.
Media Contact: Matthew Bramley
Topic Area: Ontario Electricity
Cherise Burda, Ontario Policy Director for the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the Ontario government's decision today to suspend the procurement of two new nuclear plants at Darlington:
"Today's delay which was made on the basis of pricing, should not be resolved through more federal subsidies"...
Media Contact: Cherise Burda
Topic Area: Ontario Electricity, Renewable is Doable Campaign
Conditions have changed and the McGuinty government should support its own Green Energy Act by deciding against buying new nuclear reactors this summer, say thirteen prominent environmental organizations in an open letter to the Premier.
Media Contact: Cherise Burda
Topic Area: Ontario Electricity, Renewable is Doable Campaign
The federal nuclear regulator should not allow the Pickering B nuclear station to be rebuilt because the agency's badly flawed review does not assess the significant hazards the plant poses to the environment and the public, environmental groups told the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission today at its public hearing in Ajax.
Media Contact: Cherise Burda
Topic Area: Ontario Electricity, Renewable is Doable Campaign
Investment analysts say the cost of building Dalton McGuinty's nuclear reactors has more than doubled in the last three years but the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) refuses to re-evaluate its original estimates amidst a global financial crisis.
Media Contact: Greenpeace
Topic Area: Renewable is Doable Campaign