The Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) decision to contract for close to 600 megawatts of new gas-fired generation in the midst of a climate crisis is a stunning betrayal of the people of Ontario. This decision flows directly from the Ford government’s refusal to take climate change seriously.

Instead of fully embracing low-cost renewable power, deep energy efficiency and green water power from Quebec, Ontario plans a huge 700% increase in the use of climate damaging fossil gas. And despite Energy Minister Todd Smith promising that municipalities must approve new gas projects, the IESO has gone ahead and contracted for new gas in municipalities where such projects have been directly opposed by the council (Toronto), and in municipalities that have not approved them (Brampton, Halton Hills).

More gas plant emissions are not what our climate needs! Please send Premier Ford, Energy Minister Smith and your MPP a letter telling them to rethink this destructive decision.

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