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Walker conducting studies to find ways to recycle rock wool and keep it out of landfills, thanks in part to provincial government funding through the Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative.

Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, and Bill Walker, Associate Minister of Energy, joined representatives from Enbridge and Walker Industries in Niagara Falls to formally announce the new $42-million renewable natural gas (RNG) facility.

Walker has committed to donating $250,000 to Ernestine's Women's Shelter in Toronto over the next five years to put healthy, nourishing food on the tables of vulnerable women and children, who in many cases have fled abusive relationships.

Walker has pledged to donate $1.5 million to Hospice Niagara towards the development of two new Hospice Palliative Care Centres of Excellence in Fort Erie and Welland for residents from across Niagara.

General Motors expects to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent while reducing its reliance on hydro using renewable landfill gas piped in from Walker Industries' Niagara landfill.