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Canada Wants High-Speed Rail. Megaproject Reality Wants a Word.
Canada’s revived high-speed rail (HSR) proposal deserves a serious hearing. It also deserves an outside-view assessment grounded in the history of rail megaprojects, not just the aspirations of sponsors and advocates. The current Alto proposal for a high-speed line between Toronto and Québec City is the most concrete Canadian version … [continued]
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Owen Sound celebrates at 2026 Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards
The newly named Jan Chamberlain Volunteer of the Year award went to board member stalwart Andrew Howlett, and the dependable Harmony Centre volunteer work crew, led by centre co-founder Frank Greaves. Theirs were two of the awards handed out at the biannual Owen Sound Arts, Culture and Volunteer Awards event Thursday at the Harry Lumley-Bayshore […]
Hydropower Generation Expected to Recover Despite Snow Drought in the West
In our April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect U.S. hydropower generation will increase by 5% in 2026 but remain 1.8% below the 10-year average following snow drought conditions in some states. Hydropower generation in 2025 increased to 245 billion kilowatthours (BkWh), about 4 BkWh more than the record-low generation year 2024. … [continued]
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Ford’s Head EV & Tech Guy Leaving
The name Doug Field has been prominent in the EV world for quite some time. He was a top executive at Tesla for five years, after working at Apple for five years. In August 2018, he then went back to Apple for three years to lead Project Titan, the company’s … [continued]
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Heat Pump Water Heater Training for Earth Day with 12 Manufacturers
Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) are one of the key technologies to save this troubled little planet of ours. They are 3–6 times more efficient than other water heaters, save hundreds of dollars on utility bills and 1 ton of CO2 every year compared to water heaters that burn fossil … [continued]
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