No Nukes News: Hiroshima and Fukushima

Sat Aug 6 14:58:19 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

Aug. 6, 2011

"We speak for the children of the next 7,000 generations. As long as there's
one margin of error, it's unacceptable." - Debby Morin
<http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Northern+protesters+begin+walk/517
0779/story.html>  in opposition to nuke waste storage in Saskatchewan

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Japan's Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C.

"There have been massive radiation spikes in Canada because of Fukushima,"
said Gordon Edwards, president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility. "The authorities don't want people to have an understanding
of this. The government of Canada tends to pooh-pooh the dangers of nuclear
power because it is a promoter of nuclear energy and uranium sales."

http://www.straight.com/article-415211/vancouver/fukushima-brings-big-radiat
ion-spikes-bc?page=0%2C0

Japan experiences Black Rain: Fukushima's radiation contamination spreads
globally

11 minute video analysis:
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/nature/2011/07/31/342.html

Fukushima...what you haven't been hearing and why

7 min. video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4WwMISWTy9U>
&v=4WwMISWTy9U

For ongoing updates and analysis on Fukushima, see:

http://fairewinds.com/ and http://www.beyondnuclear.org/ 

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Ah yes, privatization and accident liability - the nuclear lobby's
nightmare.

Nuke plant price prohibitive

"Two things have happened in the past six months which have not made the
price of nuclear any cheaper. One was Fukushima and the other was the
federal government selling AECL," a government source said. "The price of
renewables keeps dropping," the source said.

http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3235628 

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Areva profits fall as Fukushima freezes nuclear spend

Recurring operating profit down 70 pct, orders cancelled 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/27/areva-earnings-idUSLDE76Q1DW201107
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Making Green Choices Affordable: Retrofit plan will save households money
and energy

New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath says a New Democrat government will hit
the pause button on expensive nuclear plans and invest savings in household
retrofits that reduce electricity consumption.

http://ontariondp.com/en/making-green-choices-affordable-retrofit-plan-will-
save-households-money-and-energy

NDP vows to wean Ontario off nuclear power

An NDP government would make retrofitting homes a priority over refurbishing
nuclear reactors
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1034082--ndp-vows-to-wea
n-ontario-off-nuclear-power?bn=1 

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Don't tolerate the electricity shell-game

Beware the Sneaky Nuclear Tax

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3233562 

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Ontario Liberals entrench 1,800 renewable power projects

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1033581--ontario-liberals-entrench-1
-800-renewable-power-projects?bn=1

Gov. Jerry Brown pledges to 'crush' opposition to clean energy

Brown said his office will "act to overcome the opposition," helping
projects overcome permitting and environmental challenges. 

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/07/jerry-brown-pledges-to-cr
ush-o.html

Green jobs at risk, MDs warn

Doctor group and CAW back Green Energy Act

http://www.windsorstar.com/business/1600+Windsor+jobs+risk+Green+Energy+kill
ed+groups+warn/5198993/story.html 

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The Post-Fukushima Arms Race?

Reduced worldwide demand for nuclear plants is pushing nuclear firms into
riskier nuclear markets in the Middle East and Asia, with potentially
drastic security consequences. As past experience with India, Iran, Iraq,
North Korea, and Syria demonstrates, such projects are also bomb starter
kits.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/07/29/the_post_fukushima_arms_rac
e

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Why the UK must choose renewables over nuclear: an answer to Monbiot

There are four main reasons why co-existence between nuclear and renewables
has become a foolish pipedream.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jul/26/george-monbiot-renewa
ble-nuclear

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Northern protesters begin 820-km walk

Fourteen residents of northern Saskatchewan have now begun an 820-kilometre
walk from Pinehouse Lake to Regina to protest nuclear waste storage in
Saskatchewan.

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Northern+protesters+begin+walk/5170
779/story.html

Stand up for entire province

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/todays-paper/Stand+entire+province/520291
4/story.html

Saskatchewan: 800 km Walk Heats Up Nuclear Waste Controversy

http://forum.stopthehogs.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1082 

Express your solidarity with the walkers by emailing hardingd at sasktel.net
(and cc. ccnr at web.ca)

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How Germany plans to succeed in a nuclear free, low-carbon economy

First, energy efficiency 

Second, carbon free energy in all sectors 

Third, strategic focus on the long-term goals

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/29/nuclearpower-energy

Germany's nuclear endgame: the lessons

The historic decision by Germany's government to end the country's
nuclear-energy programme is owed to the enduring vitality of the
anti-nuclear movement. Paul Hockenos maps the implications for the rest of
the world. 

http://www.opendemocracy.net/paul-hockenos/germany%E2%80%99s-nuclear-endgame
-lessons 

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Sellafield MOX plant to close 

The manufacture of mixed oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel at Sellafield is to stop
"at the earliest practical opportunity" to reduce the financial risks to
British taxpayers from events in Japan. 

http://89.151.116.69/WR_Sellafield_MOX_plant_to_close_0308111.html 

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Darlington Declaration: I Choose Green Energy

Please lend your voice to those who support a green energy future. Please
endorse the Darlington Declaration and share with your friends.

http://stopdarlington.org/declaration/

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New Study Links Mountaintop Removal To 60,000 Additional Cancer Cases

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/640652/new_study_links_mountain
top_removal_to_60%2C000_additional_cancer_cases/#paragraph3 

Why Does Massey Energy Get Away With Murder While Environmentalists Are Sent
to Prison?

They violated the Clean Water Act over 4,500 times in a six year time period
and are responsible for the deadliest coal mining accident in over 40 years.

http://www.alternet.org/story/151841/why_does_massey_energy_get_away_with_mu
rder_while_environmentalists_are_sent_to_prison_?akid=7351.290405._k9kXI
<http://www.alternet.org/story/151841/why_does_massey_energy_get_away_with_m
urder_while_environmentalists_are_sent_to_prison_?akid=7351.290405._k9kXI&rd
=1&t=2> &rd=1&t=2

Historic Tree-Sit on Coal River Mountain Enters 10th Day

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/07/29/for-judy-bonds-historic-tree-
sit-on-coal-river-mountain-enters-10th-day/?akid=7351.290405._k9kXI
<http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2011/07/29/for-judy-bonds-historic-tree
-sit-on-coal-river-mountain-enters-10th-day/?akid=7351.290405._k9kXI&rd=1&t=
27> &rd=1&t=27

 <http://thelastmountainmovie.com/> The Last Mountain is a new and FANTASTIC
doc film about coal, and mountain top removal in Appalacia. Ontario buys
coal from Central Appalacia, and that likely means mountain top removal. If
we don't get more green energy, then we get more coal and nuclear. That's
our choice.

This film needs to get out into communities across ON and Canada;
pre-Ontario-election would be best. Do you have a good repertory theatre in
your community that might screen this? I can hook you up with the
distributors. They charge $150 per screening. CAPE has offered to help pay
this fee.

Let me know how I can help facilitate this.   -angela at cleanairalliance.org

Upcoming screenings
<http://www.filmswelike.com/films/lastmountain/screenings/>  of The Last
Mountain <http://thelastmountainmovie.com/> : 

Gimli, MB: July 24 @ 4 pm
Ottawa, ON: Aug 19 - 22
Saskatoon: Aug 26 - Sept 1
Toronto: Sept 6 & 7

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Surplus power costs Ontarians $35M

Paying suppliers to produce less electricity would save money for the system
as a whole, report says

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=5152990
<http://www.ottawacitizen.com/story_print.html?id=5152990&sponsor> &sponsor=

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Renewing renewable energy

Currently, more than 50 per cent of German wind turbines are owned by local
communities, cooperatives and individuals. Contrast this with Ontario, where
the vast majority of wind and other renewable energy projects are
corporately developed. Ontario should stay committed to renewable energy.
But it needs to do more to encourage community-based projects where the
risks and rewards are shared locally.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1033766--renewing-re
newable-energy

Map of New Green Energy Projects in Ontario

http://www.mei.gov.on.ca/en/energy/renewable/index.php?page=new-energy-proje
cts

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Stop the Pipeline! Sit-in at the Whitehouse

>From August 20th - September 3rd we're planning a peaceful protest in
Washington DC to defuse the largest carbon bomb in North America. With
people power and time-tested tactics of civil disobedience - join thousands
of people from across the continent in a wave of sustained sit-ins. Together
we'll amplify our voices and escalate the movement and stop the Keystone XL
pipeline to the Canadian tar sands 

http://www.tarsandsaction.org/ 

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Why the Best Way to Save Water Is to Use Less Energy (and Vise Versa)

Power and water are more interconnected than you might think, and that has
serious consequences for a changing world.

http://www.alternet.org/story/151880/why_the_best_way_to_save_water_is_to_us
e_less_energy_%28and_vise_versa%29?page=entire#disqus_thread 

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The Toronto Hiroshima Day Coalition presents the 66th Commemoration of the
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Faith and Abolition: No Nuclear Weapons, No Nuclear Power

Sat. August 6th , 6:30 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity (10 Trinity Square, behind the Eaton Centre),
Toronto

This year's interfaith commemoration will address the nuclear disaster
continuing to unfold in Fukushima, Japan, connecting our growing concern
about nuclear power and its relationship to nuclear weapons proliferation.

Speakers include Metta Spencer (editor, Peace Magazine), Archbishop Michael
Peers (Anglican Church), Rev. Dr. Seiichi Ariga (United Church), and Angela
Bischoff from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.

For more information: Anton Wagner,  <mailto:awagner at yorku.ca>
awagner at yorku.ca   http://www.myspace.com/hiroshimaday  

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Say NO to Nuclear Cost Overruns

Send a letter now to Premier Dalton McGuinty and Conservative Leader Tim
Hudak and ask them for assurances that SNC Lavalin - or any other nuclear
provider - not be allowed to pass its cost overruns onto taxpayers and
ratepayers. It's your money - make your voice heard now before new nuclear
contracts are signed. http://www.cleanairalliance.org/aecl 

Let's Stop Burning Coal Now

Send a letter now to Environment Minister John Wilkinson and provincial
party leaders calling for a ban on coal-fired electricity exports.
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/wilkinson_letter 

Sign the  <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php> Petition Calling
for a Moratorium on New Nuclear Projects in ON

 <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php>
http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php

Order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets 

They contain postcards to politicians. Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air
Alliance.

 <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets>
http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets 

OCAA's Provincial Election Questionnaire is In

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/997 

Thank you for helping get the word out!

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Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1

160 John St., #300

Toronto, ON  M5V 2E5

angela at cleanairalliance.org

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