Introduction

Open Letter to All Senators

February 15, 2011

Dear Senators,

DIRTY COAL

Pollution from generating electricity using dirty coal caused over 300 deaths in Ontario in 2010, 440 hospital admissions, 522 emergency room visits and 158,000 minor illnesses such as asthma attacks. Ministry numbers put the health and environmental costs of coal at three billion dollars annually. Coal plants release harmful particulate matter, lead and mercury into the air we breathe and are responsible for thousands of tonnes of climate change-causing greenhouse gases. It is crucial that clean, green alternatives be found to end Ontario’s dependence on dirty coal.

Registration Regulation Review
College of Nurses of Ontario
101 Davenport Road
Toronto, ON. M5R 3P1

Via email: regulations@cnomail.org

November 29, 2010

Dear Anne,