Coal fired electricity exports: Not worth dying for
We should only export or import coal-fired electricity if it is essential to keep the lights on in the U.S. or Ontario. Currently, however, the Ontario Power Authority is recommending that, in 2010, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) should export 50% of its coal-fired generation to the U.S. In 2006, coal-fired power exports added $104 million to OPG's bottom line, but cost the people of Ontario thousands of illnesses while adding to our climate change problems. Ending non-emergency exports (and imports) will in no way affect our ability to call on (or to help) our neighbours in a real emergency. But it will help us end the deadly impacts of burning coal sooner rather than later.
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