Green

By James Neeley A new renewable source of energy is all around us just waiting to be capitalized upon: Biomass plant material, vegetation, chipped wood and agricultural waste is a permanent natural resource in Northern Ontario.

By Tim Perry Geothermal energy systems can drop the average person’s energy costs to one-half or one-third, said Robert Belanger, service manager for Campeau Heating.

Storing nuclear waste in the deep confines of the Canadian Shield has always evoked a basic gut level reaction from Northerners.

On a frosty, cobalt blue Sudbury morning, Richard Munn at the Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation won't complain too much about heating bills.

The real future of construction across all of North America, lies in the sustainable building sector, according to international “green” building guru David Johnston.

As Luc Duchesne edges closer to bringing his mini bio-diesel refinery machine to the fuel-consuming masses, the normally talkative entrepreneur is becoming less expansive than usual.

Essar Global is reportedly eyeing both Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie for a wide diameter pipe mill to supply the oil and gas industry. The proposed plant could provide more than 200 jobs.

Gord McGuinty has every confidence his Adams Mine project will be up and operating by the end of 2005.

As if municipalities in Northern Ontario did not have enough to worry about with the collapse of the forest industry, "competitive" granting programs, the loss of the secondary industry, skilled labour, declining population and assessment and increas

Northwestern Ontario is a treasure trove of untapped mineral wealth with vast opportunities for sustainable development, but Ottawa and Queen's Park must collaborate on a regional strategy and respect First Nation treaty rights, say community leaders