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Oakville Power Plant Cancelled! |
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2010-10-07 - Ontario Energy Minister, Brad Duguid, announces that the Oakville Power Plant project will not proceed and no new natural gas power plants will be built anywhere in the GTA. The government has opted for a transmission solution.
2010-10-07 - Toronto Star - Worried Liberals pull plug on Oakville gas plant
2010-10-07 - Oakville Beaver - Power plant stopped |
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NIMBYs oppose new forms of power generation |
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2010-06-07 - Globe and Mail, Marcus Gee - A new wave of NIMBYism is breaking out in and around Toronto. As Ontario moves away from coal as an energy source, the provincial government is planning new natural-gas power plants and wind turbines to help make that critical shift... In Oakville, residents say they don’t want a gas plant within one kilometre of six schools. “Please don’t put a power plant so close to my home,” says an adorable little blond girl in one protest video... read full article |
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Power Plant Protesters March on Ford |
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2010-05-20 - Oakville Beaver - Hundreds of protesters marched on Ford's corporate headquarters in Oakville last Wednesday... read more
2010-05-19 - More than 1,000 Protestors hand deliver message to Ford... click here |
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Gas power plant needs buffer zone |
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2010-05-11 - National Post, Letter from Doug MacKenzie - click here |
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2010-04-22 - Oakville Beaver, Terence Young (guest columnist) - "The proposed power plant is the biggest issue in Oakville...click here to read more |
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