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Mark Holmes, Xeneca updates Elliot Lake City Council on 2 Hydroelectric...

Interesting to note that Mark Holmes didn’t mention that Xeneca is awaiting a decision from the Minister of the Environment on a Part II Order request made by ORA in September 2011 and ORA’s Supplement...

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Part II Order Request – The Chute, Ivanhoe River GS Proposal – MOE to ORA

Backgrounder: ORA to MOE – Part II Order Request – 9 September 2011 MOE response to Xeneca – The Chute – 2 March 2012 Miscellaneous – Minutes & Correspondence MOE to ORA – Four Slide Falls, Serpent...

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MOE Response to ORA – Ivanhoe, Serpent & Frederick House Rivers – Part II...

Good morning Ms. Linda Heron: As you are aware, Xeneca Power Development Incorporated (Xeneca) is currently completing additional work required for The Chute Hydroelectric Generation Station Project...

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Ivanhoe River, The Chute Proposed Generating Station – Garcia-Wright,...

Download full 2 March 2012 – MOE toXeneca-TheChute-ER

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MOE to Xeneca – Minutes-Correspondence regarding Ivanhoe River, The Chute...

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PRESS RELEASE: Ministry of Environment Rejects Hydro Developer’s...

3 May 2012 In March of this year Ontario Rivers Alliance (ORA) received notice with respect to its Part II Order request made on the hydroelectric proposal by Xeneca Power Development Inc. (Xeneca) for...

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OPSEU Pension Trust (OPTrust) funds many Hydroelectric Proposals

Is this How You Want to See Your OPSEU Pension Fund Invested? It has come to our attention that at least 18 modified run-of-river hydroelectric proposals are funded through the government employees’...

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Proposed Amendment to the Class Environmental Assessment for Waterpower...

September 16, 2012 Agatha Garcia-Wright Director – Environmental Approvals Branch Ministry of the Environment 12A Floor 2 St Clair Ave W Toronto, ON M4V 1L5 Email: Agatha.GarciaWright@ontario.ca Re:...

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Rivers at Risk – The Chute and Triple Falls, on the Ivanhoe River – Paintings...

Ivanhoe “The Chute” (oil on canvas 12 x 16) Sold – 23 September 2012 Aleta Karstad – The middle fall of Triple Falls on the east side of the Ivanhoe River, 40 km north of Foleyet, Ontario – another in...

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Precious Wild Rivers – Calendar, by Aleta Karstad

ORA FUNDRAISER – 50% of the profit from the purchase of these calendars will go to help Ontario Rivers Alliance in our mandate to protect, conserve and restore riverine ecosytems.   This calendar would...

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ORA Actions Have Significant Impact on Protection of Rivers

Posted 8 March 2014 A number of environmentally harmful hydroelectric projects would likely be under construction by now if not for actions taken by ORA and our members. In the fall of 2011, ORA was...

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Ivanhoe River Environmental Report – The Chute and Third Falls – ORA Part II...

Excerpt: Healthy rivers are vital to our survival on this planet. Damming rivers to provide income for this generation is short-sighted and ill-advised, and will diminish a life-giving resource that...

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Canada’s Freshwater in the 21st Century, 2014, Dr. David Schindler

Freshwater is widely recognized as the most pressing environmental issue of the coming century, as roughly 2 billion humans suffer from scarcity of water for drinking or sanitation. Despite its...

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If Hydro is getting cheaper why is it costing us more? Bala Falls – Alan...

A great explanation of why our hydro bills have gone up by 1,200%, when the market price has fallen by 46%.  Check out this great interview by Alan Turnbull on Green Tapestry: The post If Hydro is...

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A Follow-up on the Elwah River Dam Removal – Could this be a Template for...

  For more information go here. The post A Follow-up on the Elwah River Dam Removal – Could this be a Template for other Restoration Projects? appeared first on Ontario Rivers Alliance.

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ORA Energy East Pipeline Meeting – 7 February 2015

The following presentations were made at ORA’s special Energy East Pipeline Project meeting, held on Saturday, 7 February 2015, at the North Bay Public Library.  Meeting notes will be posted shortly....

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FIT and mFIT Discussion Papers – ORA Feedback Comments

ORA’s ongoing work to improve government policy as it relates to healthy rivers: Download (PDF, 416KB) The post FIT and mFIT Discussion Papers – ORA Feedback Comments appeared first on Ontario Rivers...

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OPA Large Renewable Procurement – Request for Procurement – ORA Feedback

ORA’s ongoing work towards improving government policy as it relates to healthy rivers: Download (PDF, 115KB) The post OPA Large Renewable Procurement – Request for Procurement – ORA Feedback appeared...

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Discussion Paper on Climate Change – EBR 012-3452 – ORA Submission

Water is a renewable, but finite resource. Climate change will impose some of its greatest effects on both the long-term availability and the short-term variability of water resources in many regions...

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Xeneca to Valued Stakeholders

Given your past interest in one or more of our projects we wish to advise that Xeneca Power Development is proceeding through a restructuring process brought about by significantly extended development...

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