Partial Eclipse of the Capital

 You can probably hear Bonnie Tyler’s 1983 hit “Total Eclipse of the Heart” on a radio station somewhere on the planet at least once a day but today’s total solar eclipse is a much rarer event (at least in our neck of the orb). It’s a fair bet that most

An Alternate View on Pipelines — Transport Ammonia not Crude

 TransCanada Corporation’s (TCC) Energy East Pipeline (EEP) has been getting a lot of coverage in the news lately. Rather than building additional capacity in Alberta to refine Canadian bitumen and crude oil into high value finished products, the oil industry has been looking for ways to export oil to U.S.

Putting the “Science” in “Science Fiction” – Solar Power

 As I have discussed several times in the past, one of the main issues that we are currently facing, and that limits our development into the future, is our need for renewable, safe, and sustainable ways of harvesting energy. By far one of the safest, cleanest, and most renewable sources

Ontario Energy Conservation: Finally Heading in the Right Direction

 Kathleen Wynne was thinking about energy conservation in Ontario long before she became Premier of Ontario. The ideals associated with the Green Energy Act mirrored Wynne’s determination to champion clean and renewable energy in the province. Although controversy was raised by the Green Energy Act under then-Premier Dalton McGuinty, Wynne