EDMONTON—Premier Kathleen Wynne said Thursday that Ontario won’t ban the use of natural gas for home heating as part of its climate change action plan. But in her strongest statement yet on the issue, Wynne called the report “false,” and said natural gas will “absolutely” be used to heat Ontario homes in the future. Natural gas is used to heat more than three-quarters of the homes in the province, and critics — as well as natural gas suppliers — warned that phasing it out would drive up energy costs for everyone. “The criticism that we have been getting is that we were going to be banning natural gas, and that is not something that we’re doing,” Wynne said after meeting Alberta Premier Rachel Notley in Edmonton. The plan hasn’t been released yet, but the Liberals had been coy about details ever since a published report based on a leaked draft copy said the province would phase out fossil fuels for home heating.

Source: thestar May 26, 2016 17:00 UTC