Ontario Beats U.S. In Curbing Smog, Clean-Air Forum Told

Ontario has issued smog advisories covering 23 days this year, tying the record set in 2001. The provincial Liberal government has come under fire for delaying by 15 months the closure of Nanticoke, the giant coal-fired plant on Lake Erie, which is the largest single polluter in Canada. It was supposed to close by the end of 2007, but that has been pushed back to 2009. "The commitments of the government of Ontario to close the biggest polluting sources in the province, from the United States perspective, are really terrific," Lehner told reporters after a taped message from New York Governor George Pataki was played. More: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1119304212234&call_page=TS_Ontario&call_pageid=968256289824&call_pagepath=News/Ontario&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

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