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November
24, 2004
New poll confirms Canadians
want Green Power
Toronto,
ON — Eighty-seven per cent of
Canadian voters support the use of green power as a source of electricity, according
to a national poll on Green Power released today by Oraclepoll
Research on behalf of Pollution Probe.
The research shows:
- Three-quarters of Canadians believe that it is
very important for the federal and provincial governments to work together
to develop Green Power in Canada over the next twenty years.
- Green Power (i.e., wind, solar, small hydro, geothermal) is the preferred electricity supply source
for 60% of Canadians followed by large hydro projects (20%) and natural
gas-fired power plants (15%). Nuclear power is the preferred electricity
source of only 5% of voters. At
the bottom of the list is coal-fired power which is the preferred option
for only 1% of Canadians.
- Canadians are willing to pay extra for Green
Power to improve air quality, with 48% prepared to pay more than $5 per
month and 60% prepared to pay more than $2 per month.
“It’s time for Canada’s
federal and provincial governments to develop aggressive policies to promote
the use of green power,” said Ken Ogilvie, Executive Director of Pollution
Probe. “We believe that green power has the potential to supply at least 25
per cent of Canada’s electricity by 2025 and 50 per cent in the long
term.”
For the National Survey Report
on Green Power (complete poll results) and for more information on Pollution
Probe’s Green Power Vision and
Strategy for Canada please visit www.pollutionprobe.org/whatwedo/greenpower/index.html.
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For more information:
Mary
Pattenden, Director of Climate Change
(416) 926-1907 x243
mpattenden@pollutionprobe.org
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