Which companies, in Canada, are totally green earth friendly? And what do they sell? Who are the big poluters?

Question

Which companies, in Canada, are totally green earth friendly? And what do they sell? Who are the big poluters?

Answer 1

TORONTO - Ontario's Nanticoke coal-fired power plant is the worst air polluter in Canada and should be converted to natural gas, an independent environment study said yesterday.



The plant, owned by the provincial government's Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and located on the shores of Lake Erie, produced about 5.2 million kilograms of toxins in 1999, including mercury, arsenic, chromium and lead, said Jack Gibbons, head of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.

The alliance said six of Canada's 10 worst polluters are located in Ontario, the country's most industrialized province, highlighting a need for stricter environmental laws.

The study said Ontario plants owned by chemical producer Cabot Canada, nickel miner Inco Ltd. and auto manufacturer General Motors Corp. were among the biggest polluters.

Gibbons said Ontario was the second biggest air polluter in North America after the U.S. state of Texas.

Quoting the figures from the Ontario Medical Association, he said air pollution cost the province about C$10 billion a year in health care, loss of productivity and other costs.

Gibbons said that Nanticoke, the largest coal-fired power plant in North America, had doubled its emissions in the last five years.

Provincial Health Minister Elizabeth Witmer announced last month that OPG's Lakeview coal-fired power plant near Toronto, Ontario oldest power plant, would stop burning coal by 2005.

Gibbons said he hoped the minister would also switch Nanticoke to natural gas, but a spokesperson for Ontario Power Generation said there was no such immediate plan.

The study said the province of Alberta was also home to serious polluters, such as Syncrude Canada, Agrium Inc and Canadian Fertilizers, with emissions of about 3,000 tonnes of toxic gases in 1999.

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Answer 2

If you really mean "totally", as in 100%, then we can rule out companies that use any electricity for any reason whatsoever.

I'd think that pretty much rules out everybody.