"Air pollution poses significant respiratory and cardiac health risks and is responsible for thousands of deaths in our province every year. Making the choice for clean, renewable electricity is a meaningful and significant action individual Ontarians can take to help clean up our air and leave a healthier environment for our children."

Dr. Michael Evans MD, CCFP
University Of Toronto Chief Medical Editor, HealthyOntario.com

Ontario's coal-fired plants are the largest industrial source of greenhouse gas emissions, sulphur dioxide (SO₂) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in the province. Source: Ministry of Energy; www.energy.gov.on.ca

CanWEA (Canadian Wind Energy Association)
Wind power is among the fastest growing sources of energy, globally. It's reliable, efficient, environmentally low-impact and does not contribute to air pollution. Canada offers the ideal environment for developing more wind power. Find out why at the CanWEA site. www.canwea.ca

World Wildlife Fund PowerSwitch! Campaign
PowerSwitch! is WWF's global campaign to stop climate change. The campaign aims to make the world's power sector CO₂-free by encouraging all of us to make the switch from coal to clean, renewable power. Find out more at http://www.wwf.ca/HowYouCanHelp/powerswitch.asp

Health Canada
Smog. It's not just a city problem. It's not just a summer problem.Health Canada's Health and Air Quality report states that: "Air pollution is largely caused by the by-products of our use of fossil fuels.Air pollution has no boundaries. You can be exposed in either urban or rural environments. And it also occurs in the winter."

Learn more at: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/climat/index_e.html

Ontario Medical Association
The Ontario Medical Association predicts that air pollution in Ontario will result in almost 5,800 premature deaths this year and cost the province almost a billion dollars. Read the full report, Illness Cost and Air Pollution, here.

Pollution Probe
Renewable energy can make a real and critical difference to our air quality. Check out the facts. Read the primer on renewable energy and its many benefits at Pollution Probe's site: www.pollutionprobe.org/Reports/renewableenergyprimer.pdf

The Pembina Institute
The Pembina Institute is an independent, not-for-profit environmental policy research and education organization. The Pembina Institute's major policy research and education programs are in the areas of sustainable energy, climate change, environmental governance, ecological fiscal reform, sustainability indicators, and the environmental impacts of the energy industry. Visit www.pembina.org