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No Mention of the tons of Water Vapor being released when Canadas hydroelectric industry forces , some of its' largest rivers, to flow with warmed waters in the Arctic and sub Arctic all winter long.

Maybe Steven might like to comment on what all the stored freshwater is doing as it sits stagnant all summer long warming in the sun, melting permafrost, with high levels of evaporation and humidity, this in an area that has historically been arid and cold. Only in winter then Hydroelectricity is made as these sea-size floodland reservoirs are drawn back to the turbines at the dam, warmed thru the summer and chemically altered with centuries old permafrost melt-water.

In winter It's full steam ahead as these warmed ,considerably above freezing, and infected industrial waters shoot down the penstock and thru the turbine, then spit out into the frigid cold of an Arctic/sub ar\Actic winter. Now Unlimited heat in the form of Water Vapor coming off this water descends througthout the rivers valley, doing it all winter and now for about 70 years. How Atmospheric Water Vapor Supercharges Earth’s Greenhouse Effect by Alan Buis, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, February 8, 2022) https://climate.nasa.gov/ask-nasa-climate/3143/steamy-relationships-how-atmospheric-water-vapor-supercharges-earths-greenhouse-effect/

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One of the single most significant climate change reduction initiatives in the world that has been achieved was the phase-out of coal in Ontario. This was shared in the Past Coal report your department supported issuing at COP27, but the report failed to mention that over 90% of the electricity to phase out coal in Ontario was nuclear power. Policy alone will not reduce emissions, we see this with Nova Scotia legislating 40% renewables by 2020 in 2011 and Nova Scotia has not yet achieved 40% renewable energy. Canadians need the department of environment and climate change to include the context of the solutions that eliminated Ontario's coal when sharing Ontario's story. By sharing Canadian solutions like non-emitting nuclear energy other nations can emulate our success. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/canadas-cop27-failure-ross-horgan/

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