No Nukes News - action
Angela Bischoff
greenspi at web.ca
Sat Jun 6 12:24:39 EDT 2009
No Nuke News
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Upcoming leaflet blitzes
Despite our good work, most people still don’t know that the
province is planning on building 2 new nuclear reactors at Darlington
at taxpayers’ expense, so let’s tell them!
Let me know if you can attend any of the following Toronto leaflet
blitzes.
- Sat. June 6th, 2 – 4 p.m. – Jazz Festival, Distillery District,
Main Gate on Mill St. east of Parliament
- Tues. June 9th, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Church and Wellesley
- Fri. June 12th, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Carlton and Yonge
- Sat. June 13th, St. Jamestown Festival, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Sun. June 14th, Woofstock, Church and Front St, 2 – 4 p.m.
- Luminato Festival – work the crowds!
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
angela at cleanairalliance.org
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Ride for Renewables!
No more nuclear bailouts!
On Sunday June 28th, hundreds of cyclists will ride with a message –
we want a 100% renewable energy grid.
Starting at the wind turbine at the Exhibition Grounds in Toronto,
and ending at federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s office in
Whitby, cyclists will bring their message to the public, the media
and politicians.
Join us for all or part of this 60 km journey along the shores of
Lake ON.
For more info and to register, go to: http://
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/rfr.php
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McGuinty wants federal taxpayers to subsidize new nukes for Ontario.
Click here to contact Prime Minister Harper and the leaders of
Canada’s other federal parties and tell them that you don’t want
your tax dollars used to subsidize new high-cost nuclear reactors for
Ontario.
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/send_a_message
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Expansion of East-West Grid Can Replace Aging Nukes
Hydro-electricity imports from Quebec and the development of the
Lower Churchill Falls Project in Labrador can replace Ontario’s
aging nuclear reactors according to a report released by the Ontario
Clean Air Alliance (OCAA) today.
“Water power from Quebec and Labrador are Ontario’s lowest cost
supply options for additional renewable electricity. The cost of
water power from Quebec and Labrador would be at least 40% lower than
the cost of building new nuclear reactors at the Darlington Nuclear
Generating Station east of Oshawa”, said Jack Gibbons, Chair of the
OCAA.
Instead of seizing this option to move Ontario towards a 100%
renewable electricity grid, Premier Dalton McGuinty is asking Prime
Minister Harper to subsidize Atomic Energy of Canada’s costs of
building two new nuclear reactors in Ontario. “Canadian taxpayers in
Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Montreal and St. John’s should not be
required to subsidize Ontario’s bloated electricity consumption and
high-cost and unreliable CANDU nuclear reactors”, said Mr. Gibbons.
“Prime Minister Harper should protect all Canadian taxpayers by
saying ‘no’ to Premier McGuinty’s plea for another nuclear
bailout”, Mr. Gibbons added.
The Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc.’s report, Powerful
Options: A review of Ontario’s options for replacing aging nuclear
plants, can be downloaded from here: http://www.cleanairalliance.org/
files/active/0/replacingnuclear.pdf
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There has Never Been a Better Time Not To Buy a Reactor
Groups ask McGuinty to delay buying new reactor and instead replace
aging reactors with green power
Toronto, June 2, 2009 – Conditions have changed and the McGuinty
government should support its own Green Energy Act by deciding
against buying new nuclear reactors this summer, say twelve prominent
environmental organizations in an open letter to the Premier.
The groups say there has never been a better time not to buy a
nuclear reactor, and they urge the Premier to forgo spending billions
on new nuclear and instead put his Green Energy Act to work by
replacing the aging Pickering B nuclear station with green energy.
Renewable is doable http://www.renewableisdoable.com/media-release/1840
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Take our power -- please!
Province heavily discounting surplus hydro to businesses and
Ontario's neighbours
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of times Ontario has
been forced to dump its surplus electricity at a loss to American and
other big consumers.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been 232 instances where
the province has had to pay business customers and neighbouring
jurisdictions like New York State to take the power, the Independent
Electricity System Operator (IESO) told the Toronto Sun.
Jack Gibbons, of Ontario Clean Air Alliance, said the fact the IESO
has to pay Americans and large industrial users to take power is
evidence that the province has too much nuclear base load capacity,
yet Energy Minister George Smitherman is poised to sign new contracts
for two nuclear reactors.
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/28/9594831-sun.html
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U.K. Expert: U.S. is Not Losing International 'Race' on Nuclear Power
With France and Other Nations
Lobbyists and utility company officials who claim that the United
States is missing out on a so-called "Nuclear Renaissance" have their
facts wrong about what is going on in Europe with nuclear reactors,
according to University of Greenwich Professor of Energy Studies
Stephen Thomas.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090520/pl_usnw/
u_k__expert__u_s__is_not_losing_international__race__on_nuclear_power_wi
th_france_and_other_nations
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Canada 'very close' to inking nuclear deal with India: Day
Canada is poised to sign a deal with India to sell nuclear technology
and materials to the energy-starved South Asian juggernaut,
International Trade Minister Stockwell Day said Wednesday.
The pact will open up the lucrative Indian market to Canadian nuclear
exports for the first time in more than three decades.
The international community lifted a three-decade ban on nuclear
trade with India last September - even though India still refuses to
sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
AECL's future hinges on a successful bid to build two nuclear
reactors in Ontario and continued sales and maintenance work abroad.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/
ALeqM5he0lUlue7IEyFafuzdHLcBajn8ug
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Toxic link: the WHO and the IAEA
The Guardian (London)
A 50-year-old agreement with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy
Agency) has effectively gagged the WHO (UN World Health Organization)
from telling the truth about the health risks of radiation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/28/who-nuclear-power-
chernobyl
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British Farmers Still Restricted by Chernobyl Fallout
The British government has admitted that nearly 370 farms in the
country are still restricted in the way they use land and rear sheep
because of radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear power
station accident 23 years ago.
Dr David Lowry, a member of Nuclear Waste Advisory Associates, said
the figures demonstrated the “unforgiving hazards” of
radioactivity dispersed into the environment, whether from Chernobyl
in Ukraine, thousands of miles away, or over decades from the Faslane
nuclear submarine base in Scotland.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/12/farmers-restricted-
chernobyl-disaster
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TAP – Tritium Awareness Project
Tritium is a serious hazard in Canada, requiring urgent action by the
public and legislators alike.
On this website you will find scientific documents, media reports,
personal stories and fact sheets.
http://www.tapcanada.org/en/
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The schoolhouse from Chernobyl
a very short story
http://thecornerobserver.blogspot.com/2009/05/schoolhouse-from-
chernobyl.html
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Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty
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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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