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Canada: The Coal Bust
2015-12-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Tanis Graham is having trouble sleeping. At night, the shop owner in the small town of Hanna worries about the downturn in the oil and gas industry and how she's going to afford the Alberta government's plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. And in the past few weeks, Ms. Graham, 43, has been kept awake by news that the nearby coal-fired generating station will be closed a decade earlier than scheduled due to the province's new climate-change strategy. About 110 people from the...
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Did Canada Just Have the Largest Coal Slurry Spill in Its History?
2013-11-08 21:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A scary thing happened on Halloween near Hinton, Alberta. Canada had what may be the largest coal slurry spill in its history when a dam failed at the Obed Mountain coal mine and 264 million gallons (1 billion litres) of waste water contaminated at least 25 kilometers of the Athabasca river. Ten municipalities located downstream of the spill were warned not to withdraw raw drinking water from the Athabasca river until it was deemed safe. Residents were also warned not to let their animals drink water...
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Canada: New Niagara Tunnel Helps Ontario Replace Coal with Hydro
2013-04-04 22:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The province of Ontario is harnessing more renewable electricity from Niagara Falls through the just-completed Niagara Tunnel Project, as part of its plan to phase out its coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014. The new tunnel, which is more than 10 kilometers (six miles) in length, carries water from the Niagara River to the Sir Adam Beck Generating Station. This will supply Ontario with enough electricity to power the homes and businesses of a city the size of Barrie, a central Ontario city...
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Canada: Coal lobby stresses jobs, economics as export terminal controversy heats up
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vancouver Sun: The Coal Association of Canada has released a special report on the industrys economic impact in British Columbia as the battle heats up over coal exports from Port Metro Vancouver. Arguing that coal is a catalyst for economic development, trade and employment, coal association president Ann Marie Hann said economics has been missed in the discussion over coal exports. Opponents of Vancouvers growing role as a coal exporting centre cite coals high greenhouse gas emissions and the health...
Canada: Ontario Moves Ahead Plans To Close Two Coal Power Plants
2013-01-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ontario, the largest and wealthiest Canadian province, will close two of its largest coal-fired power plants by the end of 2013, a year earlier than expected, the provincial government said on Thursday. The province will close four remaining coal units at the 2,000-megawatt Nanticoke Generating Station on the north shore of Lake Erie and the 950-megawatt Lambton Generating Station on the St. Clair River 26 kilometers (16 miles) south of Sarnia by year end, the government said in a release. Ontario's...
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