First, natural gas power plants are vastly cleaner than the coal plants they are replacing. They significantly reduce emissions of mercury, nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide, which contribute to smog, acid rain and poor air quality.

They also reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the associated impact on climate change by approximately 60 per cent. Fine particulate concentrations are decreasing across the province; this is due, in part to better vehicle emission standards. However, the closing of the coal-fired Lakeview Generating Station in Mississauga has contributed greatly and we can expect to see further improvements as the phase out of coal is completed. This is precisely why many health and environmental... [continue via Web link]