No Nukes News: Italians join Germany, Switzerland and Japan in rejecting nuclear

Tue Jun 14 10:48:08 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

June 14, 2011

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Italians say no to nuclear energy in referendum

Berlusconi said on Monday, "We must probably say goodbye to the possibility
of nuclear power stations and we must strongly commit ourselves to renewable
energy." Shares of Italian renewable energy companies rose after his
comments, made at a news conference.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/06/13/uk-italy-nuclear-idUKTRE75C3P020110
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Nuclear fuel has melted through base of Fukushima plant – “melt through”
described as “far worse than a core meltdown”

The nuclear fuel in three of the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear
plant has melted through the base of the pressure vessels and is pooling in
the outer containment vessels, according to a report by the Japanese
government. The findings of the report, which has been given to the
International Atomic Energy Agency, were revealed by the Yomiuri newspaper,
which described a "melt-through" as being "far worse than a core meltdown"
and "the worst possibility in a nuclear accident." Tepco said it is trying
to contain the contaminated water and prevent it from leaking into the sea,
but elevated levels of radiation have been confirmed in the ocean off the
plant. Studies have estimated that the cost of the accident at Fukushima may
rise as high as $250 billion over the next 10 years.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8565020/Nuclear-fuel-has-melted-through-base
-of-Fukushima-plant.html

Some Fukushima soil same as Chernobyl 'dead zone'

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110601n1.html

Fukushima in Our Food: Low Levels of Radiation from Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown
Detected in Milk, Fruit and Vegetable Samples Tested from California Farms

http://www.compassnaturalmarketing.com/2011/06/01/fukushima-in-our-food-low-
levels-of-radiation-from-japans-nuclear-meltdown-detected-in-milk-fruit-and-
vegetable-samples-tested-from-california-farms/ 

Fukushima, Chernobyl and You

http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/fukushima-chernobyl-and-you-0

Fukushima Reactor No. 1 more radioactive than ever

<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/04/fukushima-reactor-no-1-more-radioacti
ve-than-ever/>
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/04/fukushima-reactor-no-1-more-radioactiv
e-than-ever/

Japan may have no nuclear reactors running by next April

All 54 of Japan's nuclear reactors may be shut by next April, adding more
than $30 billion a year to the country's energy costs, if communities object
to plant operating plans due to safety concerns, trade ministry officials
said on Wednesday.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-japan-nuclear-reactors-idUSTRE7
572P920110608

Protests Challenge Japan’s Use of Nuclear Power – 20,000 in Tokyo

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/t/hiroko_tabuc
hi/index.html?inline=nyt-per

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After Japan, Where's The Next Nuclear Weak Link? 

Imagine a country where corruption is rampant, infrastructure is very poor,
or the quality of security is in question. Now what if that country built a
nuclear power plant?

It may sound alarming but that is what could happen in many developing
countries which are either building nuclear power plants or considering
doing so - a prospect that raises serious questions after Japan's experience
handling a nuclear crisis.

http://planetark.org/wen/62294

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Port Hope Contaminated Homes: A Tough sell

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1006749--tough-sell

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Why The Northern Saskatchewan Forum Voted To Ban Nuclear Wastes

The NWMO is following a two-track strategy in the north. On the one hand it
says that a community has to agree to “host” a nuclear dump; that there must
be “informed consent”. On the other hand it works behind the scene, with
multi-million dollar inducements, to make sure some people are already
benefitting, while sugar-coating a nuclear dump to sound good for the north.
Several Métis and First Nations leaders spoke eloquently about how NWMO’s
process is undermining the duty to consult. NWMO’s deceit is starting to
unravel.

https://sites.google.com/site/cleangreensaskca/Home/jim-harding-s-column/why
-the-northern-saskatchewan-forum-voted-to-ban-nuclear-wastes

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Spent Nuclear Fuel Pools in the US: Reducing the Deadly Risks of Storage

http://www.ips-dc.org/reports/spent_nuclear_fuel_pools_in_the_us_reducing_th
e_deadly_risks_of_storage 

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McGuinty's green energy 'explosion' more of an implosion

<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/barrie-mckenna
/mcguintys-green-energy-explosion-more-an-implosion/article2057633/>
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/barrie-mckenna/
mcguintys-green-energy-explosion-more-an-implosion/article2057633/ 

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US solar power nears competing on price

US solar power
<http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/93e83104-91f3-11e0-b8c1-00144feab49a.html>
will compete on price with conventional generation within three years
without subsidy thanks to plummeting costs, industry leaders say.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/05a4354a-91fe-11e0-b8c1-00144feab49a.html#axz
z1OitvWeyl

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Soaking up the sun

Installing solar panels offers a great return if you can afford the initial
cost, but provincial payback may be running out

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Soaking/4929485/story.html 

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Science doesn't back the campaign of fear on wind power, Sierra Club argues

Ottawa Sierra Club Canada has waded into the increasingly heated debate over
wind power in Ontario with a report that draws on scientific literature to
counter "a campaign of fear" from wind opponents. The report, titled The
Real Truth About Wind Energy, concludes there's "no evidence of significant
health effects" from wind power. "A link between well-sited wind turbines
and health concerns is unfounded," it flatly declares.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/mobile/iphone/story.html?id=4920202 

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The Economic Impacts of the Wind Energy Sector in Ontario 2011 – 2018

The new report by Clearsky Advisors demonstrates the huge economic boost
Ontario is getting from the renewable energy sector - thanks to its
Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) program.  Some highlights:

*	80,000+ person years of employment from 2011-2018 in the wind sector

*	38,000 Direct Jobs

*	42,000 Indirect Jobs

*	An incredible 5.6GW (nameplate) of wind energy will be added to the
Ontario grid by 2018 - for a total of 7.1GW in Ontario.

*	Wind will bring a total market value of $16.4 Billion - with over
8.5 Billion remaining in the province. That is $1 Billion per year staying
in Ontario.

*	$1 Billion in payments will be made to landowners over that time
frame

*	$245 Million paid in municipal taxes

<http://www.canwea.ca/pdf/economic_impacts_wind_energy_ontario2011-2018.pdf>
http://www.canwea.ca/pdf/economic_impacts_wind_energy_ontario2011-2018.pdf

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Support Sustainable Energy!  - Support the Green Energy Act

WattsNEXT? sustainable energy contest open to all Ontarians 
New website and contest tells what's watt in Ontario and gives a chance to
win a $70,000 solar system! 

http://www.wattsnext.ca/index.php 

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Open Letter in Support of Ontario’s Green Energy Act and Feed-in-Tariff

Do you represent a business? We're asking businesses to sign the Open Letter
to Ontario’s political party leaders to save the feed-in-tariff program and
Samsung green energy deal. Ontario is poised to be a world leader in
renewable energy energy development, already creating more than 13,000 jobs
and millions of work hours for those in trades and construction. This is an
enviable position that we can ill-afford to jeopardize. Please sign the
letter and urge your associates to do the same. To read and sign it visit:
<http://www.citizensclimatelobby.ca/content/green-energy-act-open-letter>
www.citizensclimatelobby.ca/content/green-energy-act-open-letter 

Background information about the Green Energy Act is available at
http://citizensclimatelobby.ca/content/green-energy-act.

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How Much Time? Urgent priorities for averting climate crisis

A Town Hall Meeting with a focus on opportunities in building the clean
energy economy

Wednesday, June 15, 7-9 pm

In the Paris-London Room of the International Living Learning Centre,
Ryerson University, 240 Jarvis St. (between Dundas & Gerrard), Toronto

Speakers:

Hon Glen R. Murray, MPP [Toronto Centre], Minister of Research and
Innovation

Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu (Climate Change critic for the Green Party of Canada)

Moderator: David Macdonald (United Church of Canada Minister; former MP
[Rosedale]; former chair of the standing committee on the environment (1990)

Sponsored by JustEarth ( <http://www.justearth.net> www.justearth.net)

Co-sponsors: Citizens Climate Lobby, Science for Peace, Greenspiration,
Transition Toronto, Green 13

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The Elliott Allen Institute for Theology & Ecology (EAITE), at St. Michael’s
College, University of Toronto presents:

A Universe Story – Canadian Premiere

We are part of an immense universe and this changes everything

 <http://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org> www.journeyoftheuniverse.org

Wed. June 15, 7:30 p.m.
Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, Room 100, St. Michael’s College, 121 St. Joseph
St., Toronto

This film project and companion book is a collaboration of evolutionary
philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme and historian of religions Mary Evelyn
Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in
astronomy, geology, and biology with humanistic insights concerning the
nature of the universe.

The film will be introduced by 2 highly acclaimed Thomas Berry scholars who
have worked on its production and content, and will be followed by
discussion.
·       Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University; author of: Worldly Wonder:
Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase; Moral and Spiritual  
Cultivation in Japanese Neo-Confucianism, and The Philosophy of Qi.
·       John Grim, Yale University; author of The Shaman: Patterns of
Religious Healing Among the Ojibway Indians and editor of Indigenous
Traditions and Ecology: the Interbeing of Cosmology and Community.

For more info:  <mailto:Dennis.ohara at utoronto.ca> Dennis.ohara at utoronto.ca
Donations accepted.

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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

And 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 

Thank you for helping get the word out!

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Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1

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Toronto, ON  M5V 2E5

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