Premier Kathleen Wynne says Ontario won't ban the use of natural gas for home heating as part of its climate change action plan. 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. 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. "Some argue that climate change is either not real, or at least not caused by humans," she said. The Liberals promised $900 million to retrofit social housing and apartment buildings to make them more energy-efficient, and $100 million to introduce so-called renewable natural gas into the supply mix.

Source: CBC News May 27, 2016 04:31 UTC