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Energy East Pipeline – Get Informed
Posted 8 March 2014
The Energy East Pipeline Pre-Application was just filed by TransCanada, and public consultation is beginning.
You can register for the OEB Province-Wide Stakeholder Community Discussion Meetings here, and find details of when and where discussion meetings will take place here.
Volume 2 of their Project Description, section 1.11, lists the Ontario rivers that would be impacted, which are listed below for your convenience.
1.11.4 Ontario Water (Volume 2)
In ON, the ON West, Northern Ontario, and the North Bay Shortcut segments cross two primary watersheds (the Nelson River and Great Lakes–St. Lawrence watershed) and 41 named river crossings including:
- Winnipeg River
- Wabigoon River
- Dog River
- Black Sturgeon River
- Kenogami River
- Pagwachuan River
- Nagagami River
- Kabinakagami River
- Opasatika River
- Kapuskasing River
- Mattagami River
- Frederick House River
- Blanche River
- Montreal River
- Madawaska River
- Mississippi River
- Rideau River
- South Nation River
Preliminary List of Watercourse Crossings Requiring a Site Specific Design by Province of Ontario:
- Hoasic Creek
- Hoople Creek
- Raisin River
- McIntyre Creek
- Riviere Beaudette
- Riviere Delisle
- East Rigaud River
- Rigaud River
1.11.5 Ontario Wetlands (Volume 2, P1-48)
In Ontario, three wetland areas crossed by the Project have been designated as provincially significant. These include:
- Delisle River (0.3 ha)
- Froatburn Swamp (8.3 ha)
- Glen Becker Swamp (5.6 ha)
- Hosaic Creek (1.2 ha)
- Ingleside (4.2 ha)
There will be up to 72 pumping stations which may carry an increased risk of spills. Locations are yet to be determined through public and First Nation consultations.
Experimental Lakes Research in Kenora Reveals just how Dirty Hydroelectric Really Is – Groundbreaking Information
Harper seals our fate on water and energy sustainability
By Emma Lui | March 5, 2013
Note: This is an excerpt of the original article – access by clicking here.
The federal government states that Fisheries and Oceans Canada no longer need to do this type of research. And yet when we look at the research being conducted at the ELA, the scientific data is sorely needed for a sustainable energy strategy.
One ELA study assesses the effects of hydroelectric development. Hydroelectric dams are often touted as a ‘clean’ energy solution. However, the ELA study raises questions about whether hydroelectric dams have similar impacts as burning fossil fuels.
“There’s a new idea around that reservoirs may be significant sources of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. And we want to test that idea, ”says Drew Bodaly, Research Scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in this Experimental Lakes video (see below). Continue reading