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Enbridge Gas Caught Lying About its Home Heating Costs and Impacts

Enviromental Defense

In an attempt to expand its “naturalgas infrastructure across Ontario, Enbridge Gas is telling residents that gas is the cheapest way to heat their homes. Today, we filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau over Enbridge Gas’ deceptive marketing. But Enbridge Gas does not want you to know that.

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Enbridge Gas Caught Lying About its Home Heating Costs and Impacts

Enviromental Defense

In an attempt to expand its “naturalgas infrastructure across Ontario, Enbridge Gas is telling residents that gas is the cheapest way to heat their homes. Today, we filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau over Enbridge Gas’ deceptive marketing. But Enbridge Gas does not want you to know that.

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Chicago Commits to Bold Climate Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

Chicago’s new CAP aims to remedy those problems and chart an equitable path to cut the city’s carbon emissions by at least 60 percent by 2040. Residential, commercial and industrial buildings account for nearly 70 percent of Chicago’s carbon footprint. Building Retrofits. Building Decarbonization.

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Statement from Sarah Buchanan, Ontario Climate Program Manager, on Ontario spending $26,000 per customer to subsidize fossil fuels over clean technologies

Enviromental Defense

This is a big subsidy for fossil fuels and a step in the wrong direction, when the government could have chosen to support clean technologies, help customers save money long term, lower capital costs, and cut carbon emissions. Heat pumps are cheaper to operate and also provide air-conditioning and heating in one unit.

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Phasing out Fossil Gas: A Plan for Green Buildings, Jobs and Prosperity for Ontario

Enviromental Defense

Take for example Ontario’s plans to expand gas infrastructure into rural and northern communities and build more gas plants. Instead of ramping up fossil gas (aka natural gas) consumption, we need to bring it down. The gas subsidy alone amounts to $26,000 per home! BONUS – COOL TECH ALERT!

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Contrary to FIFA’s claims the Qatar World Cup is set to emit record-high CO2 emissions

A Greener Life

Due to the heat challenges in the Gulf, extensive air conditioning systems have been required to keep the stadiums cool. And as Qatar’s energy system is mainly fossil fuel-based, the emissions per unit of energy used are considerably higher than they would have been in most other countries.

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Ontario could easily phase out polluting fossil gas – if it wanted to

Enviromental Defense

Wind and solar are now the cheapest forms of new power generation in most of the world, and are coming at very low costs here in Canada too , out-competing natural gas. creating ice in off peak periods to supply cooling in peak periods. The costs of wind and solar power have been dropping like a stone. Improve Energy Storage.