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Our next energy plan should set us on the path away from dirty nuclear and fossil fuels, and towards 100% renewables.

[Original Comment ID: 204731]

Please stop signing long-term contracts for old & polluting energy methods.

[Original Comment ID: 204733]
 

More emphasis on conservation measures and energy efficiency improvement must be the first step to help lowering electricity costs!

Renewables are the way forward providing clean air, reduced carbon, safety and jobs.  Bring on the transition.  No time to delay.  We require solid leadership to get the job done.

[Original Comment ID: 204735]
 

Canada needs an environmental bill if rights to protect our air, fresh and salt waters, land, atmosphere, other resources from pollution, habitat destruction, global warming and climate change.

The Bill should be enacted by Parliament and/or put to vote in the next federal election.

The article below gives more than enough justification to switch to 100% renewables/green energy sources globally, starting now...

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/30/the-arctic-goes-bonkers/

Fossil fuels are sequestered carbon, and their extraction and use pollutes the air, soil, and water, as well as increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming.   Nuclear fuels cannot be used without creating toxic waste which cannot be contained and will last hundreds of years.

For my daughter's future, please let's move to 100% renewables. I live near a nuclear power plant and I don't like thinking about the potential problem it could cause in the future.

Ontario should be planning for a 100% renewable energy future. That means that it should be planning to transition away from nuclear reactors. It should not be spending money on refurbishing the reactors since this will not leave room for electricity from non-nuclear sources.

Ontario has an opportunity to become a leader amongst Canadian provinces by committing to a 100% renewable energy future. Renewable energy makes environmental and economic sense: it's a win-win scenario.

[Original Comment ID: 204743]
 

We can do it we can go solemnly  with wind and sun energy but we will have to fight those who want to hang on to profit making air polluting and greedy giants of companies that constantly lobbies our government. with big money.

U.N. Climate scientists have recently advised that we have only until 2020 to radically reduce our carbon emissions if we are going to be able to meet the already inadequate Paris COP targets.

Sustenability is a better way of living, more harmonic, more connected, more integrated with people and communities.

Thank you for you time.

Daniela

[Original Comment ID: 204753]

I would just like to say how important the nuclear industry is to our local in terms of jobs. It is a great economy generator in every region a nuclear plant is located. A lot of the trades don't have many job opportunities in wind mills or solar panels.

I IMPLORE you to permanently cancel the LRP1 and LRP2  projects.

Renewable is the only way to go - we cannot support extreme resource extraction!

[Original Comment ID: 204779]

NO NEW INVESTMENTS IN ANY NUCLEAR ENERGY!!! SHUT DOWN/PHASE OUT NUCLEAR POWER!

Nuclear energy:

- wastes too many billions of our tax dollars!

- poisons the First Nations communities and environments where it's mined

- creates terribly poisonous waste

Given our climate catastrophe, coupled with the death of our neoliberal capitalist system, a move to renewables, while essential, must not blind us to the need for a new path to sustainable Nature. This is not about economic growth by another driver.

Ontario needs to introduce a carbon fee and dividend program that allows polluters to pay the cost of their carbon use and management while ensuring those less able to pay have a refund.