The Sustainable Energy Initiative at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Presents: The State of Energy in Quebec and its Implications for Canada Webinar on Wednesday June 28, 12:30-2PM Many studies on potential pathways to decarbonization and net-zero for Ontario and Canada assume the availability of hydro-electric and other renewable energy resources from Quebec […]
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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 […]
Ontario’s return to the business of building roads to sprawl
The Doug Ford government’s highway-focussed, developer-friendly approach to planning seems to be going far beyond even the Harris government’s imagination 25 years ago. Read the full article by Mark Winfield here.
Ford government should be embarrassed by its track record on climate change
Until the June 2018 provincial election, Ontario had a relatively comprehensive strategy around climate change. Read the full article by Mark Winfield here.
Canada’s federal election made big strides for climate and the environment
The outcome of the recent federal election — a Liberal minority dependent on the NDP or Bloc Québécois for support — has been widely seen as having a “Groundhog Day” aspect to it. It left the composition of Parliament very much as it was before, reinforcing questions about the necessity of the election in the […]
A life-cycle view essential on EV battery opportunities and risk
The Hill Times, Canada's Politics and Government Newspaper By Mark Winfield and Sumeet Sooch June 16, 2021 Full article can be viewed here. Sumeet Sooch's Master's Paper can be viewed here.
