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UCPR council discusses what to do with plastic waste while province announces changes to recycling program

August 20, 2019 James Morgan Ontario, Prescott-Russell bale wrap, environment, farm plastic waste, plastics, recycling, waste disposal

While local municipalities deal with how to manage a growing backlog of plastic waste, responsibility for recycling programs in Ontario

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UCPR council learns about turning trash into fuel

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 James Morgan Ontario, Prescott-Russell environment, fuel, Sustane Technologies, UCPR council, waste

Imagine fueling your truck with garbage.  A Nova Scotia-based company is turning garbage into fuel products, and representatives of it

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Learn about being green at Glengarry Earth Day on April 27, 2019

April 12, 2019April 16, 2019 Louise Sproule Alexandria

St. Patrick’s Day is long gone, but organizers hope everyone will be thinking green after attending this event. Glengarry Earth

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Energy Letter to the Editor 

Let’s help people get heat pumps.

March 31, 2019April 2, 2019 Submitted Ontario

To The Editor, It might be cheaper to just give people heat pumps than to expand natural gas service to

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MPP Simard questions minister on Eastern Fields, objects to comment by former PM

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 James Morgan Ontario, Prescott-Russell Eastern Fields, Franco-Ontarian, francophone issues, MPP Amanda Simard, Ontario legislature

The MPP for Glengarry-Prescott and Russell was not satisfied with the answer she got in the legislature on March 18

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Energy Letter to the Editor 

More questions than answers on Eastern Fields wind power project

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 Submitted

To The Editor, There are more questions than answers provided by the UK-based power developer RES in its claim to

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Eastern Fields wind project “on hold indefinitely”

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 James Morgan Champlain, La Nation, Ontario, Prescott-Russell and Mines, Eastern Fields, Green Energy Act, IESO, Northern Development, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Ministry of Energy, renewable energy, Renewable Energy Solutions, Save The Nation/Sauvons La Nation, wind turbines

Do not expect wind turbines to rise on the landscape in the St-Bernardin area anytime soon. The Eastern Fields wind

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Confusion leads to more conversation about proposed medical cannabis production plant in Brownsburg-Chatham

March 4, 2019 James Morgan Argenteuil, Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec AAA Trichomes, Hydro-Québec, infrastructure, medical cannabis, municipal council, planning, zoning

More time is needed for discussion with residents before zoning changes go ahead to allow a new medical cannabis growing

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Energy News 

No electricity for part of Lachute on March 6

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 James Morgan Argenteuil, Lachute, Quebec electricity, Hydro-Québec, power outage, preparedness

A major, scheduled power outage is taking place in Lachute on March 6. Hydro-Québec and Bell Canada are replacing many

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Power interruption January 19 in Hawkesbury

January 15, 2019 Louise Sproule Hawkesbury

A short power interruption will take place in Hawkesbury on Saturday, January 19 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., to

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