Jerry

Sherway Power Plant (Will affect Etobicoke Air Quality)

There's a 280MW gas power plant under construction in Mississauga which will affect Toronto's air quality. The closest homes, are located about 100 meters from the power plant site. Not the greatest location for a power plant. As you know, much of Etobicoke is directly upwind from the power plant. Our Wards air quality isn't the greatest, so I urge all of you to voice your concerns to the politicians. There will be a rally against the plant in September.

Petition against the Power Plant: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Stop-the-Queensway-Power-Plant

Plant Chronology: http://www.miranet.ca/docs/Greenfield_South_chronology_July_2011.PDF

CHIP Canada Site: http://www.chipcanada.org

2005 Letter from Toronto's Medical Officer of Health opposing the project: http://www.toronto.ca/health/hphe/pdf/greenfieldProject.pdf

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/StopTheSherwayPowerPlant

 

A concerned Alderwood Resident,

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SchteeviePermalink Reply by Schteevie on August 18, 2011 at 9:38pm

I signed, but based on the chronology, it seems like the train has left the station on this...

All permits were issued and the construction is underway.

How can it be stopped now?

 

 

Michael LaxerPermalink Reply by Michael Laxer on August 19, 2011 at 1:35am

I have no issue with this petition in a sense. But maybe we should call for people to use their air conditioners less, their appliances less, their computers less, etc...

We in Toronto consume by far the greatest proportion of Ontario's energy. We do so with little thought for the consequences of this. And in a suburban neighbourhood like this we consume resources FAR in excess of what we contribute.

So why, exactly, should this power plant be outside the GTA? And why should other people have to deal with the consequences of what our choices as a city have brought? Why should they pay for decisions Toronto has refused to make for decades, including when we recently elected an anti-transit, anti-enviornmental idiot for a mayor. 63% of us did this in this area, but now, as he does by asking Ontario, cap in hand like some kind of farcical beggar,  to pay for his election fictions, we here ask others, in other places, to deal with the pollution WE need generated to sustain our lifestyle in this city?

Why should they?

This is NIBYISM at its worst. Make our overconsumption of energy another city's problem, make our inability to conserve now  a way to pollute rural Ontario. So where should YOUR power come from...somewhere else I guess.

That is what this advocates.

I am a concerned resident of the world. Make your petition about fighting pollution in Ontario, I will sign it. Make it about forcing corporations to pollute less, I will sign it. Make it about making people in OUR community live a sustainable lifestyle so we do not need new power plants and I will sign it.

But that is NOT what this is about.

This is about property values plain and simple...and if you move the factory somewhere else, the province and city you live in will still pay. But I suppose you have made it another person's immediate health problem.

 

 

JerryPermalink Reply by Jerry on September 6, 2011 at 12:29am

Michael,

 

I'm sure you're aware that we Canadians are some of the biggest users of energy per capita out of all the G8 countries. Naturally we consume the most energy, because Toronto is the most populated region not only in Ontario, but in all of Canada.

 

If we are going to be building natural gas power plants  (which I believe are NOT the solution), or power plants of any other kind, we should not be building them in densly populated areas. This power plant will add several hundred thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions, which will contribute to the city's smog problem in the summer.

 

This campaign is NOT at all about property values. We don't mention this ANYWHERE in any of our literature.

Paul ChomikPermalink Reply by Paul Chomik on February 5, 2012 at 2:54pm

Sorry.

 

CO2 emissions have nothing to do with the problem of smog in Toronto (or anywhere else), because it is not a component of smog in North America.

 

Smog in Toronto primarily comes from motor vehicles, space heating (in winter) and transboundary sources.  Only a small percentage of smog can be attributed to coal-fired generating stations (Ontario's coal-fired stations contributed about 2% to smog in southern Ontario back in 1995 or so, when their output was significantly higher than today).

Tom CarnwellPermalink Reply by Tom Carnwell on September 15, 2011 at 3:04pm
Just saw your post today, have to agree 100%. All of the complaining about power generation is pretty hypocritical as long as we continue to gobble up energy at a voracious rate. If every one who signs this petition against the generating station were to cut back on their consumption of energy by 15%, then they might have some credibility.Until then, this is just NIMBYism extremis.
JerryPermalink Reply by Jerry on August 22, 2011 at 1:51am

It can be stopped if enough pressure is put on the Liberal provincial politicians, who approved this plant.

 

Attend the rally at Le Treport on Queensway Ave on Sept 15 (http://www.miranet.ca/citizen_calendar.htm#Sherway_plant)

 

E-Mail your provincial Politicians stating that you're against the power plant in such a location.

Peter KearnsPermalink Reply by Peter Kearns on August 22, 2011 at 11:26am
The project is in Mississauga.  Writing to Ford, Grimes, and Milczyn is pointless.   They have ZERO jurisdiction.
EricPermalink Reply by Eric on September 27, 2011 at 9:29pm

Well everyone if you are following the election, here's hoping this might get canceled.... and regardless of who comes in to power, if gets canceled this would be totally awesome. I am not saying vote Liberal.... vote for whoever you want.

If the outcome is the same (no power plant) what does it matter.... Feel free to harass your local MPPs and then vote the other way (if you can handle that karma, LOL)

 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/provincialelection/arti...

EricPermalink Reply by Eric on November 21, 2011 at 11:32pm
Tom CarnwellPermalink Reply by Tom Carnwell on November 22, 2011 at 7:30pm

The construction may have stopped but the penalties have just begun!

SchteeviePermalink Reply by Schteevie on November 23, 2011 at 11:42pm

wuh?

MarkPermalink Reply by Mark on November 24, 2011 at 11:56am

"The recently-cancelled construction project ... did not have a “termination-for-convenience” clause and cancellation could cost upwards of $1 billion."  Link.

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