50 grassroots organizations reject energy sell-off in BC
  Environmental, indigenous, community and labour groups unite against privatized "run-of-the-river" power projects.

A dozen key problems with the BC Energy Plan
  Plan will privatize BC's watersheds and power production, erode public utility, and export electricity to the US market.

AECL's viable assets to be sold
  Taxpayers will be on hook for liabilities and toxic assets.

Alberta's electrical deregulation handed $500M bonanza to BC Hydro
  Contrary to expectations, free market has neither lowered prices nor increased generation for Albertans.

Atomic Energy to be privatized?
  Review of AECL is expected to be finished by the end of the year.

BC public employees join call for moratorium on private run-of-river power
  Groups want proper environmental assessments, local governance and community voices restored.

BC Utilities Commission pulls plug on government plans to privatize power
  Regulatory body confirms province's need for additional power was grossly exaggerated.

Can municipalities afford to sell electric utilities?
  Revenue flow and control over core city function are lost.

Disturbing trend towards criminalizing public dissent in Ontario
  Police compile list, lay charges against rural retirees who oppose dump site.

Do our federal politicians still believe in Canada?
  Bold, visionary national leadership needed, not more off-loading of responsibilities.

Edmonton privatizes public power utility behind closed doors
  Civic stakeholders, competitors find out about deal only after finalization.

Environmental groups frustrated with climate change and energy outcomes of Muskoka G8
  Having stalled climate action in Canada for the last 4 years, the Harper government has successfully stalled it at the G8.

Final G20 Draft
  Clean energy hoovered out of G20 final communique - WWF

First of its kind report tracks water pollution caused by air contaminants
  Protection plans for drinking water for 11M Ontarians under development.

General Electric and BC's private power gold rush
  When cash-poor Finavera needed backers for its Peace River wind farms, who stepped up? First, an aging Irish tycoon cut his sweet deal, then giant GE gained the 'lions share' of profits.

Half-hearted budget won't help the hard-hit
  Tax cuts, corporate handouts, minor benefits seriously underestimate the job at hand.

Hotel among first in Toronto to subsidize transit pass for workers
  TTC urging hotels and businesses to make program part of green strategy.

How Canada can beat tough times
  Government bonds would give citizens a choice as to where they direct their support.

Huge profits from BC private power raise alarms
  Corporations pocket green energy subsidies.

Hydro Québec's decision to privatize wind power condemned
  Charest government's decision wrong, public union says.

Leaked declaration sees G20 back off plan to stop subsidies for Big Oil and Coal
  Commitment is watered down in draft statement - Greenpeace.

Mainstream media misses the boat on BC river privatization
  Power, tax revenues go south at a loss, local market prices triple.

Maryland rethinks utility deregulation: thousands face cut-off
  Service interruption stayed for 117,000 pending review of doubled, tripled rates.

Mexico: Oil privatization halted by mass protests
  "Citizen's army" operated in shifts to blockade government buildings.

Montreal auditor general pulls plug on water meter privatization contract
  Rates hikes of 167 percent, spiraling costs, conflict of interest cited.

Municipal governments organize for protection from NAFTA, WTO
  Delegates to national conference demand open public consultation, protection for democratic governance.

New Brunswick being run by "shadow government", letter to the editor
  PV reader underlines value of social networking for grassroots organizing against sale of NB Power.

New Brunswick power deal axed
  Grassroots protest congratulated on putting pressure on government to abandon plan.

New film: You, Me and the SPP
  What was the real agenda behind North America's overreaching security agreement? Market accessibility.

New resources, research to help battle privatization in BC
  Lengthy contracts signed with private corporations to operate previously public services.

New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit
  US commentator asks: when did the profit motive become the new patriotism?

Nuclear safety threatened by cost cuts
  Safe operation, adequate oversight worth more than possible savings of $7 million.

Obama missed three significant opportunities to green American economy - Klein
  Other countries were poised to follow American lead.

On the heels of federal-provincial budget talks: a real plan to deal with the economic crisis
  Cutting interest rates is not enough

Ontario passes Green Energy Act
  Groundbreaking legislation heralded by coalition of leading environmental groups.

Plan to privatize AECL like dismantling Avro
  Would jettison only most valuable portions, keep money-losers as Crown assets.

PM urged to "put people first" in budget
  Economic recovery needs quality public services, retirement security, adequate EI benefits.

Political leaders lacking vision with traditional "shovel ready" spending
  Purchase of local, sustainable and nutritious groceries could create "virtuous-circle" economics to finance stimulus.

Post-Katrina New Orleans is "SPP made real"
  Recovery led by profiteers, volunteers and NGOs rather than the public sector.

Privatization in many forms looms as potential election issue
  Another public service nightmare story could galvanize debate.

Provincial safety review of Sunrise Propane explosion fails to consider fundamental problem
  Mayor, councilor of affected ward had both expected to see privatized regulating body abolished, safety regulation revert to government control.

Prudent long-term electricity planning also needs reasonable investment
  Chasing votes does little to develop requirement guidelines, reserve capacity.

Public policy in UK shifts from growth to wellbeing, sustainability
  Watchdog organization keeps British government on track for 'prosperity without growth'.

Public-private partnerships put corporate paws in public pockets
  Bargain basement highways, meter-collecting revenues and public buildings give complex tax advantages to investors.

Ride for free: The case for free public transit
  Belgium's free public transit is a how-to success story.

Saskatchewan Crowns (corporations) on endangered species list
  Grassroots group fights to save affordable, accessible services from extinction.

Selling Ontario Power Generation would take the lid off electricity prices
  The only thing that stands between Ontarians and soaring deregulated electricity prices are government caps.

The plan: strong economy, fair society, clean environment
  Reports, petition, Facebook group promote ways to change Canadian society for the better.

Time for Canada to have an adult conversation about climate change - Pembina Institute
  Country can meet target to cut greenhouse gas pollution and enjoy solid economic growth.

Toronto council votes to keep power in public hands
  Publicly-owned and delivered electricity has helped Toronto prosper.

Toronto Hydro Telecom sold to Cogeco
  Union conferring with lawyers over City of Toronto's lack of public process.

Toronto Hydro: Keep Telecom Public!
  CUPE Local One members from Toronto Hydro Telecom take their anti-privatization message to the streets.

Toronto propane explosion: who watches safety risks?
  Preventable disaster shows how badly industry 'self-policing' can fail.

Urgent call for action to stop sale of BC's rivers
  Private run-of-river power projects sidestep public, environmental accountability.

US needs trillion dollar recovery package
  'You can't put out a forest fire with a squirt gun,' says Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Worldwide inventory of infrastructure spending plans
  Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada surveys world government reactions to crisis.

Yukon energy privatization attempt brings resignations, backpeddling
  Premier vows no privatization, but talks continue.