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OPINION: The Tories want to get more sources of clean electricity on Ontario’s grid. But technologies are changing so quickly, it can be hard to know which direction to go in.

Nevada-based NV Energy is deploying solar-plus-storage to generate half its electricity with renewables by 2030 and all of it by 2050.

Internal call reveals execs applauded their own ‘tactics’ in Meaford, Ont., and heard from the federal environmental regulator about those efforts in the Georgian Bay area.

Unlike a wind or solar farm, the pumped hydro project in Meaford wouldn’t generate any new electricity. Instead, it would use surplus power generated by wind at night to pump water from Georgian Bay up 150 metres to a reservoir at the top of the Niagara Escarpment.

Executives at the fossil fuel giant were recorded discussing tactics and successes in garnering support from Indigenous communities and how even Indigenous ‘non-objection’ helps them get projects approved.

Leaked recordings of TC Energy meetings revealed key strategies allegedly used by staff to influence governments, media and sway public opinion. We break down the details.

Recordings reveal TC Energy’s alleged attempts to influence governments in North America through sophisticated intelligence gathering, fostering relationships with national security officials and countering opposition to fossil fuel developments.

Leaked recordings reveal how a TC Energy exec claimed to influence the B.C. government on climate policy — ‘leveraging’ everything from relationships with ambassadors to shopping at the same grocery stores.

In a leaked recording, a TC Energy executive — and former BC NDP staffer — made bold claims about how the fossil fuel company leveraged political connections to weaken government climate policy.

We’ve been given opportunities to write entire briefing notes for ministers and premiers and prime ministers,’ Liam Iliffe told attendees at a TC Energy ‘lunch and learn’ session.