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Canadian, U.S. responses to WTO decision in Green Energy Act case

| May 10, 2013
David Suzuki

Does selling off our resources make us an energy superpower?

| March 27, 2013
March 20, 2013 |
A WTO panel decided that 'Buy Local' conditions on wind and solar power projects, designed to ensure local development and jobs benefits to Ontarians, violate international free-trade rules.

Canada, EU, Japan make first arguments in appeal of WTO decision against Green Energy Act

| February 20, 2013

Canada appeals WTO decision against Ontario's Green Energy Act

| February 12, 2013
November 19, 2012 |
Governments in Canada at every level must have the capacity to encourage local production through procurement policies.

What goes around, comes around: China takes EU to WTO for local content quotas on renewable power

| November 6, 2012

Unions and environmental groups denounce preliminary WTO ruling against Ontario renewable energy policy

| October 24, 2012

Ontario Liberals get FIT but may still nuke green energy

Photo: Ethan.K/Flickr

At the end of March, the Ontario Liberals received their two-year review of the Feed-In Tariff Program (FIT). The FIT was a component of 2009's Green Energy Act that aimed to procure renewable energy at a fixed, contracted rate that would both spur the renewable energy sector in the province and facilitate the shutdown of coal power generation.

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Pushing back on the nuclear path: Part 1

Nuclear Stations in Canada

Being true to my inner technology geek, I have compulsively followed energy issues for years. Energy discourse is not for everyone, however. I've realized this the socially awkward way by bringing up Ontario's electricity future in casual conversation at house parties.

But with the recent one-year anniversary of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear disaster, forecasts abound on the prospects of nuke power surviving yet another devastating public relations catastrophe. However, in all these stories about nuclear meltdowns and the future of nuclear energy, I was struck by a significant gap: where is the Canadian content?

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