Ontario must set a target of…

Ontario must set a target of moving to 100% renewable energy by 2050. Meeting Ontario's electricity, heating and transportation energy needs with sustainable renewable energy is achievable. The Ontario Government needs to remove barriers to the fast adoption of renewable energy and also enhance efforts to increase energy efficiency and conservation. One of the biggest barriers to Ontario achieving 100% renewable energy is the government's very costly commitment to nuclear energy.  In order to protect our environment and reduce our energy costs, it is critical that the province's energy plan include decommissioning our nuclear power stations starting with the Pickering station when its licence expires in 2018. Our nuclear power plants are old and dangerous and they produce long-lived radioactive waste. At a time when other countries are decommissioning their nuclear reactors and rapidly transitioning to renewable energy, billions are being spent to keep Ontario's aging nuclear reactors operating. The costs of renewable energy and smart grid technologies are declining rapidly while the real costs of dangerous nuclear energy production are rising.

Ontario has shown leadership by getting rid of coal and it is now time for Ontario to show leadership on transitioning to renewable energy.

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