No Nukes News: 4th Revolution - Energy Autonomy

Fri Oct 15 23:15:25 EDT 2010

No Nukes News

Oct. 15, 2010

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"You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't
guarantee that mining uranium will not lead to nuclear weapons." - Anthony
Albanese, Australian Labour Party, quoted in New York Times

"28 years after passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 35 years after the
repository search began, 53 years into commercial nuclear power, and 68
years after Fermi first split the atom during the Manhattan Project, the
U.S. still has no safe, sound, permanent storage plan for high-level nuclear
wastes."  Kevin Kemps from Beyond Nuclear Radioactive Waste 

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1-minute Action: With the click of a
<http://cleanairalliance.org/letter_to_dalton2> button, please send Premier
McGuinty an email telling him that taxpayers and consumers should not pay
for any nuclear cost overruns. Fixed price bids should be required. Invest
in lower cost and lower risk options. 

 <http://cleanairalliance.org/letter_to_dalton2>
http://cleanairalliance.org/letter_to_dalton2 

For more info:  <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/881>
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/881 

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The myth of the peaceful atom

The connection between nuclear power and nuclear weapons proliferation is
the inconvenient truth of the nuclear industry.

http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-myth-of-the-peaceful-atom

And for more info:
http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/nfc/power-weapons/ 

Also, I have copies of Atomic Accomplice for sale which I could mail to you:
http://paulmckay.com/ A must read book.

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Honey, I shrunk the Renaissance, Nuclear Revival, Climate Change & Reality 

The "nuclear renaissance" has proven to be a promotion that cannot pass
economic muster. If taxpayer support for a few first mover reactors won't
lead to meaningful climate legislation, it's time to pull the plug.

http://www.electricitypolicy.com/bradford.pdf

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Nuclear plant wants to ship waste on river 
Plan to recycle generators in Sweden sparks outcry

She said the amount of radioactivity in the generators exceeds the
international atomic-energy limit by eight to 50 times.

<http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20101007/NEWS01/10070314/1002/NLETTER
01/Nuclear-plant-wants-to-ship-waste-on-river?source=nletter-news>
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20101007/NEWS01/10070314/1002/NLETTER0
1/Nuclear-plant-wants-to-ship-waste-on-river?source=nletter-news 

<http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2010/10/15/ship-of-fools-nuclear-waste-on-the-gre
at-lakes/> Ship of fools: Nuclear waste on the Great Lakes

Lake Ontario WaterKeeper's report on the CNSC hearings into the transport of
Bruce Power's radioactive waste through the Great Lakes to Sweeden.

http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2010/10/15/ship-of-fools-nuclear-waste-on-the-grea
t-lakes/ 

Action Alert: Say no to shipping radioactive waste through the Great Lakes!

Send a letter here: it'll only take 1 minute of your time! From the Council
of Canadians.

http://canadians.org/action/2010/great-lakes-1410.html 

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Lepreau refit back to 'square one,' says expert

Decision to remove, correct and replace all calandria tubes could add years
to New Brunswick's nuclear refurbishment project

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1255464 

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<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2010/10/9/nuclear-renaissance-what-renais
sance-continues-to-crash-and.html> Nuclear renaissance (what renaissance?)
continues to crash and burn 

Anti-nuclear activists can be forgiven for launching into a chorus of "na na
hey hey" today as another new U.S. reactor project bites the dust

http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2010/10/9/nuclear-renaissance-what-renaiss
ance-continues-to-crash-and.html 

Why? Because atomic power can't meet construction schedules and can't
compete in an open energy market with either natural gas or renewables. 

http://www.counterpunch.org/wasserman10122010.html 

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Sluggish Economy Curtails Prospects for Building Nuclear Reactors

The government is hardly the only one to question the economics of nuclear
power right now. The would-be builders of seven reactors around the country
have deferred their projects in the last few months.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/energy-environment/11power.html?_
r=3
<http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/energy-environment/11power.html?
_r=3&src=busln> &src=busln

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Who knew? World's largest solar PV plant is now in Ontario

http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2010/09/30/who-knew-worlds-largest-solar-power-plan
t-is-now-in-ontario/

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Renewables Gaining Ground Without Congress' Help

Renewable energy is almost tied with nuclear power in terms of U.S. energy
production. The latest figures from the U.S. Energy Information
Administration's Monthly Energy Review finds that renewable energy
sources-biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar and
wind-provided 11.14% of domestic U.S. energy production during the first six
months of 2010. 

http://www.emagazine.com/view/?5353 

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<http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/864152--critics
-deride-ontario-s-energy-plan-review?bn=1> Seeking Input from Ontarians
<http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/864152--critics
-deride-ontario-s-energy-plan-review?bn=1> 

The Ministry of Energy is "seeking input from Ontarians" as it updates the
electricity-plan-that-never-was. One of the questions on the government
on-line survey is "What role should nuclear power play in Ontario's future
supply mix?" Tell 'em what you think! Phase out nuclear - Shut down coal -
Conservation is the biggest and best "new" supply of electricity followed by
renewables - We must move swiftly to 100% renewable grid!

Link to the questions is at http://www.mei.gov.on.ca/en/energy/

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Renewable Energy Produces Jobs - lots of them!

A new report from the German government's Federal Environment Ministry found
that as of the end of 2009, there were 340,000 jobs in the German renewable
energy industry. 

This is more than double the figure for 2004 (160,000 jobs) and the report
also predicts that this will continue to grow, so that by 2030, the gross
employment will increase to more than half a million workers. Their modeling
work also found that in the same period, the net employment effects of
renewable energies in Germany are positive in almost all scenarios.

http://www.bmu.de/erneuerbare_energien/downloads/doc/46538.php 

Wind power to provide a fifth of world's electricity by 2030 - and 3 million
jobs!

In addition to environmental benefits, wind energy is becoming a substantial
factor in economic development, providing more than 600,000 'green collar'
jobs today both in direct and indirect employment. By 2030, the number of
jobs is projected to increase to over 3 million.

http://www.gwec.net/ 

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'Don't Worry, Be Happy': Canada Sees Climate Change Prosperity Instead of
Calamity

The first comprehensive look at the expected impacts of climate change on
Canada offers an embarrassing and misleading "don't worry, be happy" vision,
citing more golf days and better access to northern deposits of oil and gas
courtesy of global warming, critics say. "How can we (Canada) talk about
profiting from climate change when most of the world will suffer devastating
impacts, in part because of our emissions?" Harvey said. "It is disgusting."

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/10/08-5

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The Strangest Dream

The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the only nuclear
scientist to leave the Manhattan Project, the US gov't's program to build
the first atomic bomb, on moral grounds. The film retraces the history of
nuclear weapons, from the first nuclear test, in New Mexico, to Hiroshima,
where we see survivors of the first atomic attack. Branded a traitor and
spy, Rotblat went from designing atomic bobms to researching the medical
uses of radiation. Together with Bertrant Russell he helped create the
modern peace movement.

The film is now available in its entirety for free on the NFB website:

http://www.nfb.ca/film/strangest_dream

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German politician, environmental champion Hermann Scheer dies - Father of
the Feed-in Tariff

Hermann Scheer, one of the world's leading advocates for solar power, has
died at the age of sixty-six. The German economist and politician helped
make Germany a renewable energy powerhouse and inspired many across the
world to expand the use of solar power. Scheer had been member of the German
Parliament for three decades and was the president of EUROSOLAR, the
European Association for Renewable Energy. In 1999, he won the Right
Livelihood Award for his "indefatigable work for the promotion of solar
energy worldwide." When he received the award, he described solar energy as
the energy of the people. 

http://www.recycle.co.uk/news/2700000.html 

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/15/hermann_scheer_1944_2010_german_lawma
ker

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Planet in Focus Environmental Film and Video Festival
<http://www.planetinfocus.org/>  presents.

Land of Destiny
World Premiere - Director Brett Story in Attendance
Canada / 2010 / 78 min / Documentary
Sarnia, a petrochemical town in Southern Ontario known for its factories and
hardworking people, is on the brink of de-industrialization and a high rate
of unemployment. To make matters worse, there is ever-growing evidence of
cancer and other health issues caused by environmental contamination. Land
of Destiny is a beautifully filmed and compelling story about work,
community, class and the dirty secrets that are finally coming to light.

U: Uranium
short - Canadian Premiere
USA / 2010 / 11 min / Documentary
English / Navajo with English subtitles
In the southwestern United States, millions of tons of radioactive waste
from thousands of abandoned uranium mines have damaged water quality and
public health. As new uranium mining developments are proposed, the people
of the area are concerned about the government's refusal to address the
harmful and now visible effects of the uranium mining wave of the 40s and
50s. 

Sat. Oct. 16, 7:15 pm, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto

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The 4th Revolution - Energy Autonomy

86 min., Germany

Toronto Premiere - Director in attendance

Sun. Oct. 17, 1:15 p.m.

Royal Ontario Museum (Avenue Road and Bloor) Toronto

After the "agrarian revolution," the "industrial revolution" and the
"digital revolution," energy autonomy will be the fourth revolution,
shifting power relations by democratizing power generation. Such is the
persuasive argument of The 4th Revolution. Examining proponents and
opponents of getting off the fossil and nuclear powered grid, the film
highlights how changing to renewable sources is not only necessary but also
possible. With discussions and examples from Mali to Denmark, the film moves
the energy debate beyond CO2 emissions, and calls for the borderless
democratization of energy generation. The energy turn is not a technological
issue, but an ideological one based on power relations and ownership
structures: whoever owns the power, controls the power. 

http://planetinfocus.bside.com/2010/films/the4threvolution_carlafechner_plan
etinfocus2010

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No Tar Sands Oil in B.C. Water 

Sunday Oct. 17, 3 - 4:30PM

Steelworkers Hall, 25 Cecil Street (south east of College/Spadina), Toronto

The tar sands oil companies are trying to make Vancouver Harbour their crude
oil  shipping port. Join with people of BC in saying NO TANKS!

Sponsors: Code Pink Canada, Council of Canadians, Indigenous Environmental
Network, Post Carbon Toronto, Science for Peace, Toronto Climate Campaign,
Rabble.ca

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Burning Water - The Passionate Eye

Flammable tap water pits an Alberta farm family against Big Gas and the
government.

Mon. Oct. 18, 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC TV
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyeshowcase/2010/burningwater/

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Order free anti-nuke and anti-coal postcards/leaflets
<http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets>  to
distribute to your friends and neighbours!

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Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246

625 Church Street, #402

Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1

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