Ontario to Go Coal-Free in Seven Years

onJun 26, 2007 @ 12:19 PDT

The Ontario government set its climate targets Monday, promising to close the province’s coal plants and reduce emissions to below 1990 levels. Premier McGuinty said to reach the proposed targets, Ontario’s coal plants will shut down by 2014.

The premier estimated the closure of the plants will help to achieve 50 per cent of Ontario’s proposed levels. The remaining 50 per cent will come from transit initiatives, improved energy efficiency and technology that helps fight climate change. The premier boasted the province is building hundreds of wind turbines to the replace the plants and a massive new clean energy tunnel project in Niagara Falls.

By Ross Gelbspan

us/Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise.

ByJustin Nobel

on Oct 30, 2026 @ 09:02 PDT

As more than a billion gallons of oil and gas wastewater flood beneath Ohio, pollution concerns reach its heated governor’s race.

President Trump Unveils EPA’s New Contradictory Methane Proposal at Campaign Rally

ByRachel Santarsiero

on Oct 30, 2026 @ 06:00 PDT

The agency is loosening methane rules while keeping its authority to regulate them. Critics say the stance leaves federal climate law in limbo, inviting a bigger rollback later.