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Webinar - Post-Consumer Management of EV Batteries: Regulatory Regimes in Canada, the US and The European Union

The rapid electrification of transportation is an essential component of climate change mitigation strategies. However, the growing fleets of EV will eventually translate into large numbers of EV batteries that have reached their end of life. Questions are also being raised about the sustainability of EV battery supply chains, particularly the increased extraction of “critical” […]

ONSEP 2024 Annual Workshop- Call for Papers

Donald Gordon Centre - Queen's University May 6-7, 2023 The Ontario Network for Sustainable Energy Policy’s (ONSEP) 12th annual workshop will be bringing scholars together from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives focused on energy policy. ONSEP is particularly interested in developing greater understanding of the policies, technologies and strategies needed to sustainably decarbonize […]

Ontario’s risky play on nuke power

Mark Winfield | Nov 2022 Published in the Hamilton Spectator "Last week, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced its intention to proceed with a proposed new 300MW nuclear power reactor at the provincially owned utility’s Darlington site. The announcement raises far more questions than it answers, particularly about the future path for the province’s electricity system. […]

ONSEP 2023 Annual Workshop- Call for Papers

ONSEP 2023 Annual Workshop- Call for Papers Elmhirst’s Resort Keene, Ontario. Wednesday, April 19 to Friday, April 21, 2023 The Ontario Network for Sustainable Energy Policy’s (ONSEP) 11th annual workshop will be bringing scholars together from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives focused on energy policy. ONSEP is particularly interested in developing greater understanding […]

What is clean electricity?

"Ontario’s nuclear plan raises questions about what is “clean” energy and the need for open, evidence-based decision-making around net-zero pathways. In December, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it will work with GE Hitachi to develop a new 300MW nuclear power reactor at the provincially owned utility’s Darlington site. The news was presented as an endorsement of a […]

Ontario on track to see major increases in greenhouse gas emissions

The Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) Annual Planning Outlook report released last week contains some very bad news for Ontarians in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air quality, and future electricity costs. The directions laid out in the report also present major challenges to the federal’s government’s plans to move the electricity sector […]