According to the Government of Ontario, 25% of Ontario’s electricity supply in 2030 will be produced by burning fossil gas – up from only 4% in 2017. We are going in the wrong direction.
Ramping up gas power is bad for our climate and bad for our health. The pollutants released by these gas plants contribute to lung and heart diseases, Alzheimer’s and other neurological risks, asthma, cancers, birth complications and premature death.
We need to phase-out dirty gas power ASAP.
Wind and solar are now our cleanest and lowest cost sources of new electricity supply. Off-shore wind power in the Great Lakes alone could meet all our electricity needs. Also, solar panels on Toronto’s large parking lots could produce 2.5 x more power than the Portlands gas plant on Toronto’s waterfront produced in 2023.
85% of electricity supply added worldwide in 2023 came from renewables.
Ontario needs to embrace the target set at the COP 28 climate summit and triple our wind and solar electricity capacity and double our energy efficiency.
Tripling Ontario’s wind and solar power and doubling our energy efficiency will:
• Lower our electricity bills • Phase out polluting gas power • Create good jobs • Provide clean power for Ontario’s manufacturing & mining industries • Protect our health • Help us meet our climate commitments • Reduce the need for more costly nuclear reactors.
Let’s TRIPLE wind and solar power and double our energy efficiency in Ontario!
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