Wednesday, December 8, 2010

BIOGAS PLANT CAN'T BE MOVED?

This is the suggestion in today's Elmira Independent. I will post the link to it when it comes on line. Apparently the Ontario Power Authority to date has not been very flexible in allowing changes to their contracts signed with potential energy providers. That being said Chuck Martin stated "It would take a lot of political goodwill to make it happen- at the MOE, at the OPA, and at the local level". That is probably true and yet perhaps with the current pressure that the provincial government is under including civil rights abuses at the G20, Caledonia demonstrations etc. maybe now is the time for the province to put pressure on the MOE & OPA to at least listen carefully to what our new Mayor is proposing in regards to Biogas in Elmira. There is a small opportunity here and Mayor Cowan has made it clear that he will be exploring it. One last surprise for me is that this issue could be appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal. This is definitely not my first choice as from experience I can tell you they are not honest or independent.

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