Ontario should join the…

Ontario should join the global movement toward 100% renewable energy. We need a new energy system that empowers citizens and communities to switch to 100% renewable energy. Ontario’s next energy plan needs to remove barriers to citizens and communities becoming energy self-sufficient. Going 100% renewable is the right path for Ontario to fight climate change and end our reliance on risky and costly nuclear power.

The next energy plan needs to plan for replacing our existing nuclear reactors with renewable energy. The plan should require nuclear projects to be compared to renewable energy options. All future nuclear projects should be independently and publicly reviewed. Ontario’s next energy plan should acknowledge that operating nuclear plants on the Great Lakes and in the Greater Toronto Area is an unneeded risk.

The top priority of the next energy plan should be reducing energy demand wherever possible. Ontario’s next energy plan needs to ensure Ontarians can take advantage of the declining cost of renewables. After conservation, renewable energy should be the top priority of Ontario’s next energy plan.

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