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  1. The misguided attraction of energy conservation

    Appeared in the Financial Post At the end of March, the CEO of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) issued a directive regarding the implementation of Ontario's "Long term energy plan," which spells out  what the provincial energy regulator ...

  2. Chronic worrywarts are the enemies of a cleaner future

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald In The Future and Its Enemies— The Growing Conflict over Creativity, Enterprise and Progress, a book published shortly before the millennium, author Virginia Postrel decried widespread pessimistic attacks on humanity's ...

  3. On Green Energy Act, Ontario government still sees no evil

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun Earlier this month the Fraser Institute published a report sharply critical of one of the flagship policies of the Ontario government, namely the Ontario Green Energy Act (GEA). We found that the Act is costing Ontario over $5 ...

  4. Environmental and Economic Consequences of Ontario's Green Energy Act

    This report investigates the effect of the Green Energy Act(GEA) on economic competitiveness in Ontario. It focuses on three questions: (1) Will the GEA materially improve environmental quality in Ontario? (2) Is it a cost-effective plan for accomplishing ...