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We're global leaders on clean energy
The agreement by Can-
ada, the U.S. and Mexico to
supply 50% of North Amer-
ica's electricity from clean
energy sources by 2025 is
useful for two reasons.
First, it exposes the lie
that Canada is an interna-
tional laggard in reducing
industrial greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions linked to
climate change.
In fact, we are global
leaders.
That's because Canada
produces 81% of its elec-
tricity from clean energy
sources, led by hydro and
nuclear power.
Indeed, we are so far
ahead of the U.S. and Mex-
ico that we could reduce
our use of clean energy by
31% and still meet the 50%
target for Canada in 2025.
By contrast, the U.S. pro-
duces only 32% of its elec-
tricity from clean energy
sources, Mexico, 25%.
Unlike Canada, the U.S.
and Mexico rely heavily on
fossil fuels like coal and
natural gas to produce
electricity, which emit
greenhouse gases when
burned.
North America today
gets 37% of its electricity
from clean energy sources,
so this new 50% target
could present an opportu-
nity for Canada to sell
more clean power to the
United States.
However, to do this in
any significant way would
require major upgrades to
the existing transmission
grid.
The second advantage of
this deal is that it clearly
defines nuclear power as a
form of clean energy,
because nuclear stations
don't emit greenhouse
gases or traditional pollu-
tion when generating
power.
(There is, of course, the
problem of disposing of
nuclear waste.)
Defining nuclear power
as clean energy reflects a
growing view among cli-
mate scientists, Nobel prize
winners and even some
environmentalists that
nuclear power is a key com-
ponent in the fight against
man-made climate change.
That said, radical envi-
ronmental groups which
dominate the global dis-
cussion on man-made cli-
mate change, still irration-
ally oppose it, exposing
their hypocrisy on the
issue.
That's because they
argue on the one hand
that science justifies the
need for taking action
against anthropogenic
climate change, while on
the other denying the
same science which says
(Postmedia Network)
nuclear power has to be
part of the solution.
In any event, Canadians
can point with pride to
the North American clean
energy deal signed at the
so-called Three Amigos
summit, because it clearly
establishes us as the
global leaders in reducing
GHG emissions that we
are.
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FROM THE
ARCHIVES
15 years ago...
• The Clinton Co-operative Childcare Centre
celebrated their tenth anniversary. At that point,
they had cared for over 600 children.
• The Bayfield Lions Club gave out their first
Bayfield Lioness Bursary. The recipient was a
17 year-old Bayfield teenager named Kelly
Gerger. She received the money to attend
Lambton College in Sarnia for Police Founda-
tions.
25 years ago...
• The Huron County Playhouse put on the show
The Wizard of Oz. It was a huge hit; the opening
night had a full house and ended with a stand-
ing ovation.
• In one week, four break and enters were
reported to the Clinton police. At least two of
them were related. One was at a building which
housed the Clinton Chiropractic Centre and the
Huron -Perth Centre for Children and Youth.
$500 cash was stolen. The next was at Ball -
Macaulay Ltd. where $1500 worth of goods
was stolen. Then cash and some goods were
stolen from Murphy's Pub and Eatery and Lang-
ford Lumber. There was an attempted robbery
at J and J Pharmacy, but the doors were too
secure for the person to get in.
35 years ago...
• There was a postal strike across Canada. While
the larger centres were closed, small, non -union-
ized centres were still operating. Clinton, Goderich,
Wingham and Exeter were dosed, while Seaforth,
Bayfield, Brucefield, Blyth, Varna, Londesborough
and Aubum were open. The News Record hired
rural route drivers to deliver the paper, and those in
town came to the paper's office to get their paper.
• Due to a raw sewage spillage from a sewer line
break near Wingham, warning signs went up
regarding swimming in Lake Huron and in the
Maitland River. There was a chance of contamina-
tion and a high bacterial count.
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