The Ontario Highlands Friends of Wind Power is inviting you to attend Shelburne's Renewable Energy Day on Saturday, May 26th and to visit the Canadian Hydro Developers' wind farm just west of Shelburne. Shelburne is approximately 100 km northwest of Toronto.

As temperatures across Ontario climb into the baking hot range, we can also expect demand for electricity to surge. And that surge in electricity demand will be met by ramping up the output of Ontario's dirty coal-fired generators -- particularly Nanticoke and Lambton. It's the perfect recipe for brewing more smog and accelerating climate change.

In the wake of extensive media coverage of the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA's) proposal to put a high voltage transmission line through East Toronto, as well as a packed house community meeting at Pape and Gerrard, the Minister of Energy has declared that no line will run down Pape Avenue (without ruling out other potential routes). The Minister later added that "My hope is that there doesn't have to be another line. You can offset the potential future need by conservation and energy efficiency."

In the lead up to the provincial election in October, the Ontario Clean Air Alliance will be preparing numerous pamphlets, fact sheets and other materials explaining the tremendous benefits of phasing out dirty coal. To make sure these materials have lots of impact, we need to refresh our stock of coal plant photos. So we are asking our supporters to send us snaps of Ontario's four remaining coal plants.

April 27, 2007