The Toronto  medical officer of health recently suggested that it was up to each
of the 2,000,000 individuals who drive in the Toronto area to stop doing so in
order to reduce air pollution. We all know how likely this is to occur.

She said nothing -- at least on the radio interview I heard  -- about the
following!


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 Subject:  [cleanair-l] Nanticoke #1 air polluter







Ontario Power Generation



Æs  Nanticoke coal-fired power plant, on Lake Erie,
produces more air pollution than is reported by ALL polluters in Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia according to a report released by the
Ontario Clean Air Alliance on July 17, 2002.

Our report: 






ôUp the Stack: Coal-Fired Generation






Æs Toxic Impact






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downloaded from our web site: www.cleanairalliance.org.

Please  contact Environment and Energy Minister Chris Stockwell at
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to convert Nanticoke from dirty coal to cleaner-burning natural gas.

Please pass this message on to your friends.

Thank you.

Raví Mark Singh
Communications & Membership Co-ordinator
Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Ph: (416)926-1907 ext. 245
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unions, utilities, municipalities and individuals working for
cleaner air through strict emission limits and a phase-out of
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