Continuing my Canada theme from Monday, today i'm writing about Ontario which is getting itself off coal by 2014.
Ontario's support for renewable energy already sees it employ 20,000 people - a figure which is growing - and create $20 billion in private investment. In 2011, coal use is down 90% from 2003 rates. Apart from the environmental benefits, Ontario also calculates the elimination of coal will save the health system $3 billion annually.
After all of this, it still astonishes me to think that some still believe there's a future in sticking with coal!
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