Recent Muskoka Drawdown Guests
- Jamie Kneen of Mining Watch discusses the ecological and human costs of mining.
- David Smith, spokesperson for Seniors for Climate, a Canada-wide community of seniors demanding faster and bolder government action on the climate crisis.
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Shopping for an electric vehicle in Ontario? Canada’s new $5,000 rebate is now available
February 19, 2026 – MuskokaRegion.com
The new electric vehicle affordability program (EVAP) became available Monday, Feb. 16.
For 2026, EVAP offers a rebate of up to $5,000 for the purchase or lease of an electric vehicle (EV) and up to $2,500 for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). For leases, the full amount is available on terms of at least 48 months and the rate is lower for shorter leases.
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The sun is shining on Nanticoke
February 11, 2026 – cleanairalliance.org
Ontario’s Nanticoke Generating Station on Lake Erie was once the world’s largest coal-fired power plant. The health, climate and air quality impacts of this massive polluter were felt throughout southern Ontario.
Fortunately, the coal era came to an end in Ontario in 2014 and the Nanticoke plant was demolished in 2019. In its place, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and its partners — Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation — built a large solar farm with nearly 200,000 panels.
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The multi-billion problem Canada’s oilpatch doesn’t want to disclose
February 2nd 2026 – By Chris Hatch – Opinion
Here’s a striking trivia factoid: the biggest dam in the world is in northern Alberta. If you rank dams by the amount of construction material piled into them, the winner is the Syncrude Tailings Dam in the oilsands. Much less trivial is the astonishing amount of toxic waste and looming cleanup costs swelling behind it and the many thousands of other fossil fuel operations spread across the land.
Canada’s oil and gas industry is steadily building an environmental time bomb. It’s one that communities, particularly First Nations downstream, have been struggling to highlight for many years.
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The climate crisis is urgent, so it’s critical that the solutions are fast-acting and effective.
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How Pakistan pulled off one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world | CNN
Glimmering, deep-blue solar panels carpet rooftops in Pakistan’s largest cities and dot the perimeters of houses in villages across the country. There’s one particular aspect fascinating experts: the solar boom is a grassroots revolution and almost none of it is in the form of big solar farms.
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And as a Result…
Pakistan cancels Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) cargoes.
Pakistan has struck a deal to cancel 21 liquefied natural gas cargoes under its long-term contract with Italy’s Eni (ENI.MI) as part of a plan to curb excess imports that have flooded its gas network, according to an official document and two sources.
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Australia has so much solar that it’s offering everyone free electricity
The Australian government plans to share the benefits of solar power with everyone on the grid, daily offering totally free electricity to ratepayers for three hours in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining the strongest.
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Watch the Video: Bill McKibben on Free Solar in Australia. Starting in 2026, Australians will get three free hours of electricity every single day. Author and journalist Bill McKibben discusses this news and the bright future of solar energy. . From Financial Post.
South Korea to turn large parking lots into solar power farms – Electrek
Nov 2, 2025 – Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports. But, unlike similar laws that have been proposed in the US, this new law doesn’t just apply to new construction – existing lots will have to comply as well.
In addition to creating jobs and working to stabilize the local grid with more renewable energy, the solar canopies will offer a number of practical, day-to-day benefits for Korean drivers.
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FYI
A household in Toronto that replaces gas-powered vehicles with equivalent electric versions, installs a heat pump, forgoes natural gas appliances and makes a few other energy efficiency upgrades could save $550 per month. That’s $6,600 per year.