Brockville Climate Action Group

CBC News / Mary Ann Colihan / 18 April 2008

The St. Lawrence River at Cornwall, Ont., is to be the proving ground for a Canadian company's underwater turbine technology that promises to generate a constant source of electricity from the fast-flowing current.

The turbines from Verdant Power Canada look and function like underwater windmills, only they move at a sedate 32 revolutions per minute. The Cornwall Ontario River Energy (CORE) Project is a four-year, two-phase plan with an initial goal to develop 15 megawatts of power.

The Community Press / Bill Tremblay / 22 August 2008

The “snowball has started rolling” for sustainable building practices, says Shelagh McDonald, executive director of the Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network.

The use of biofibres in construction was the focus of ELORIN’s sixth annual conference held at Trenton’s Holiday Inn Aug. 13-14.

“The conference always has a link back to biofibres,” McDonald said.

ELORIN, one of 12 innovation networks in Ontario, covers an area from Cobourg to Brockville.

Globe & Mail / Carly Weeks / 18 August 2008

London, Ont., could become one of the first cities in Canada to stop selling bottled water in municipal buildings as a growing consumer backlash against the product takes hold across the country.

London's city council is set to vote tonight on a proposal to eliminate the sales of bottled water in all city-run buildings, arenas and community centres, and many expect it will be approved.

The issue has sparked a heated debate in the city over the past several months and highlights a growing movement against the plastic bottles.

Toronto Star / Tyler Hamilton / 16 August 2008

Sales of energy-saving geothermal systems that heat and cool buildings are booming in Ontario, thanks to generous government incentives and concern over rising fuel and electricity prices.

But an industry association is warning homeowners and municipal governments to beware, this fall season, of fly-by-night contractors who falsely claim they're qualified to do installations.

Toronto Star / Cameron Smith / 16 August 2008

Wendy Banks has come back from a place of pain and shadows – and she's doing what she can to make sure no one else has to go there.

About 10 years ago, she developed environmental sensitivity, triggered by working in a greenhouse where insecticides and herbicides were present.