No Nuke News - INfo and OUTreach
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Tue Apr 28 21:52:55 EDT 2009
No Nuke News
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Now province pays to give away electricity
Seasonal surpluses and nuclear inflexibility seen undercutting
incentive for renewable sources
Toronto Star, April 21
Just a few years ago we were worried about having enough power to
keep Ontario running. These days, we're paying people to take it.
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/697
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No need to build new U.S. coal or nuclear plants -- FERC chairman
No new nuclear or coal plants may ever be needed in the United
States, the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said
today.
"We may not need any, ever," Jon Wellinghoff told reporters at a
U.S. Energy Association forum.
Wellinghoff said renewables like wind, solar and biomass will provide
enough energy to meet baseload capacity and future energy demands.
Nuclear and coal plants are too expensive, he added.
He added, "People talk about, 'Oh, we need baseload.' It's like
people saying we need more computing power, we need mainframes. We
don't need mainframes, we have distributed computing."
The technology for renewable energies has come far enough to allow
his vision to move forward, he said. For instance, there are systems
now available for concentrated solar plants that can provide 15 hours
of storage.
Wellinghoff's statement -- if it reflects Obama administration policy
-- would be a huge blow to the U.S. nuclear power industry, which has
been hoping for a nuclear "renaissance" based on the capacity of
nuclear reactors to generate power without greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?
Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=574&topicId=25148&docId=l:
959965145&start=4
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Catch these very entertaining short videos about energy in Ontario.
“Clean Coal Clean” and “Good Things Exploding” are especially
noteworthy.
http://www.globalenviroactiongroup.com/video.html
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Bad Reactors
Rethinking your opposition to nuclear power?
Rethink again.
"The numbers have simply gone flying past our highest 2007
estimates," says Jim Hempstead, a senior vice president at Moody’s,
which now predicts new nuclear power plants will cost $7,500 per
kilowatt to build. That’s more than double the capital costs for
solar power and three and a half times the cost for wind.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2009/0901.blake.html
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The Gospel of Green
As the world confronts the reality of global warming and the
inevitable end of oil, the questions of what to do and how to sustain
energy without oil or fossil fuels becomes more urgent. Bob McKeown
and a fifth estate team travel to Germany to meet Hermannn Scheer,
called "Europe's Al Gore," a parliamentarian who is leading the way
to increase Germany's reliance on renewable energy sources such as
wind power and solar power. To date, 15% of Germany's energy comes
from renewable sources. Scheer estimates that if Germany continues on
this course, by 2030 that will be 100%. So, if one of the world major
industrialized nations can achieve this, why can't a country like
Canada? The answer may lie in the fifth estate's investigation of the
influence, in this country, of conventional energy industry on
politicians.
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2008-2009/the_gospel_of_green/video.html
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Counting the Costs
A Four-Part Radio Series
The audio podcasts described below are all posted at:
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thechoice/
Three Mile Island - Part One (about 1 hour)
Three Mile Island - Part Two (about 1 hour)
From Chalk River to Chernobyl (about 1 hour)
From Darlington to Decommissioning (about 1 hour)
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Chernobyl Could Happen Here
A catastrophe like Chernobyl could happen here. It's the radioactive
core of the second biggest lie in US industrial history.
The atomic pushers say such a disaster is “impossible” at a US
reactor. But Chernobyl's explosion spewed radiation all over the
world. And Sunday’s tragic 23rd anniversary reminds us that any
reactor on this planet can kill innumerable people anywhere, at any
time, by terror, error and more.
It further clarifies why yet another grab at billions of taxpayer
dollars for new reactor construction must be stopped NOW!
http://www.counterpunch.org/wasserman04222009.html
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Help us get the word out!
As you all know, the province of Ontario is expected to sign a
contract sometime in June for 2 new nuclear reactors to be built at
Darlington at a cost of $26 billion. We think they should invest that
money on renewable energy instead, moving us toward a 100% renewable
energy grid.
To get the word out we’re distributing leaflets http://
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/Nukes_Money.pdf around Ontario. To date
we’ve distributed 90,000, if you can believe it. With your help we’ll
distribute many thousands more. Can you help? It’s simple, fun and
empowering to engage people in this issue. 9 out of 10 people we talk
to are anti-nuke, I kid you not. They just don’t know the gov’t is
planning new nuke builds. Let’s tell ‘em!
If you're in Toronto, please pick a shift or 2 and let me know which
one/s you’ll show up for (so that I can let you know if things change
unexpectedly):
- Fri. May 1, 7:30 p.m., Toronto Reference Library (Bloor and Yonge),
Sally Armstrong on Moral Courage (June Callwood Lecture Series)
- Sat. May 2, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Environment Day, the Esplanade (at
Sherbourne)
- Sat. May 2, 1 p.m. – May Day Rally and March, meet at Sherbourne
and Carlton
- Sun. May 3, noon – 5 p.m. – Trinity St. Pauls Church (Bloor and
Spadina), Ecofestival
- Sat. and Sun. May 2 and 3, Jane’s Walk http://www.janeswalk.net/
(there are more than 90 walks to choose from)
- Fri. May 8, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Church and Wellesley intersection
- Sat. May 9, noon – 2 p.m. – Summerville Liquor Store/stripmall (at
Summerville subway station)
- Hot Docs (documentary film festival) is happening http://
schedule.hotdocs.ca/ April 30 – May 10. If you go to any of the 150
films, please leaflet the lineups. People are just standing around,
and you can give out 100 leaflets and talk to as many people in 15
minutes. Let me know which lineups you plan to leaflet. Here are some
recommended enviro and activist films:
http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/index.php/2009/subjects/Activism/P12/
http://schedule.hotdocs.ca/index.php/2009/subjects/Ecology%20&%20the%
20Environment
- Blitzing residences: We’re now doing apartment blitzing. If you can
help, let me know. We’ll plan a blitz that works for you.
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Online Petition – No nuclear subsidies!
If you haven’t signed the online petition yet, do it now! http://
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition.php
And send the link to all your friends!
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THANKS for all your help!
Questions? Comments? Ideas?
Contact me!
Angela Bischoff
Campaign Manager
Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246
625 Church Street, #402
Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1
angela at cleanairalliance.org
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca
www.cleanairalliance.org
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