“We continued to enter into new contracts with existing hydroelectric facilities under our Hydroelectric Contract Initiative. We also continued to manage procurements for other clean energy projects, such as natural gas-fired generation. And we worked to procure energy supply from other sources, including energy-from-waste projects and conversion of coal-fired facilities to biomass.”The fact that the OPA sent their annual report to the Minister of Energy Bob Chiarelli and proclaimed to him that they reference “clean energy projects, such as gas-fired generation” demonstrates how far the bureaucracy appointed by the Ontario Liberals will go to stretch the truth when it comes to the Green Energy Act (ACT)! Even David Suzuki's Foundation, Dalton McGuinty's not so secret admirer, had this to say about gas-fired electricity generation:
“Natural gas-fired power plants do emit lower levels of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides than coal-fired plants, but these emissions still contribute to acid rain and ground-level ozone, both of which can damage forests and agricultural crops.
Ground-level ozone (commonly called smog) has also been linked to a range of respiratory illnesses. More recently, ground-level ozone has been linked to the development of childhood asthma, the "most common chronic disease" among children.
Possibly more troubling are the emissions of fine particulates from gas-fired power plants. Though particulate emissions are about ten per cent of those produced by coal power, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 77 per cent of particulates from natural gas plants are dangerously small. These fine particulates have the greatest impact on human health because they by-pass our bodies' natural respiratory filters and end up deep in the lungs. In fact, many studies have found no safe limit for exposure to these substances.”
So, it certainly appears that the new Ministry of Energy, Bob Chiarelli, is prepared to accept the OPA's annual report and even table it in the Ontario Legislature when it contains information contrary to all of the accepted norms (if the Suzuki Foundation can be considered one of those) of what is; “clean” energy. Just two months after the OPA annual report is presented Minister Chiarelli does his best to confuse the Ontario electorate with minor tweaks to the feed-in tariff (FIT) program that pretends to give additional power to local municipalities over the siting of industrial wind turbines (IWTs) all in the name of progress.
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