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Fossil fuel consumption rising despite ‘net-zero’ plans worldwide

In Canada from 2015 to 2023, the share of fossil fuels in total energy consumption increased from 64.6 per cent to 65.0 per cent.


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In 2009, under the Premiership of Dalton McGuinty, the Ontario legislature passed the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA), an Act that aimed to increase Ontario’s use of renewable energy such as wind power, solar power, biofuels, and small-scale hydropower. The centerpiece of the Act is a schedule of subsidized electricity purchase contracts – called Feed-in-Tariffs – that provide long-term guarantees of above-market rates for power generated by those renewables.