These days it feels like we’re playing Whack-a-Mole. Proposals for polluting gas plants are popping up all over the province as the Ford Government doubles down on its plan to massively increase reliance on climate wrecking gas for electricity generation.
Your help in fighting these polluting proposals has been invaluable. Toronto, Thorold, Kingston and Loyalist Township have all said “no” to more gas burning in their communities.
But we need your financial help to continue to fight these polluting and backwards proposals. Organizing in each community means spreading the word through social media, advertising in local news outlets, and holding community meetings. Your donation can help us continue this work.
And that work is having a huge impact: The provincial government and Ontario Power Generation are in full panic mode. They are now offering multi-million dollar payments to municipalities that will sell out their community’s right to clean air and a healthy climate.
But we are not just opposing the Ford Government’s plan to increase gas plant pollution by 500% by 2035. We are also proposing how Ontario can build a much smarter and lower-cost power system while dramatically reducing climate damage. Whether it is by embracing bi-directional charging for EVs so they can store variable renewable power, or working hand-in-hand with our neighbours in Quebec to coordinate summer power use, or increasing energy efficiency and investing in wind and solar energy, we have so many better ways of meeting our energy needs.
Your support is vital to our ability to show people what the Ford Government, Ontario Power Generation and Enbridge Gas don’t want anyone to talk about: The hidden costs of increasing reliance on polluting gas, and how this fixation on using fossil fuels is tied to the province’s risky bet on high-cost and slow to build new nuclear reactors.
Help us stop fossil fuel interests from rolling back the climate clock in Ontario. Donate today and power up our campaign for a green, healthy and sustainable future for our children and grandchildren.
Thank you for your generosity, and blessings of the season to you and yours!