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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="6" color="#0032e6" style="font: 27.0px Helvetica; color: #0032e6">No</font><font face="Helvetica" size="6" style="font: 27.0px Helvetica"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="6" color="#237b7c" style="font: 27.0px Helvetica; color: #237b7c">Nuke</font><font face="Helvetica" size="6" style="font: 27.0px Helvetica"> </font><font face="Helvetica" size="6" color="#f4723e" style="font: 27.0px Helvetica; color: #f4723e">News</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> (sorry for duplicates)</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 13.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="7" color="#0032e6" style="font: 32.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6">Upcoming leaflet blitzes</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 13.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">We’ve got maybe a month to derail the signing of the contract, essentially a BIG blank cheque that will amount to $26 billion – or more – for 2 new nuclear reactors to be built at Darlington. Help us distribute our leaflets which contain a postcard to be sent to Energy Minister Smitherman. <a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/Nukes_Money.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/Nukes_Money.pdf</u></font></a> We suspect he’s gotten thousands of them already, which would explain why he’s now asking federal taxpayers to cover all cost overruns – as if Nova Scotians or BC’ers should be subsidizing ON’s nuclear ambitions!</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">It really is a hoot engaging people about this issue. People get it, and are concerned – they just don’t know it’s happening. So let’s tell them!</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Let me know if you can attend any of the following blitzes.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>- Wed. May 27</b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#f4723e" style="font: 13.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b><sup>th</sup></b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Wellesley and Church St.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>- Fri. May 29</b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#f4723e" style="font: 13.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b><sup>th</sup></b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>, 3:30 – 5:30 – St. Clair subway station</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>- Sat. May 30</b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="4" color="#f4723e" style="font: 13.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b><sup>th</sup></b></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>, 10 – noon – Brick Works Farmers’ Market (in the Don Valley, north of Castlefrank subway)</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>- Tues. June 2, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Sherbourne subway</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#f4723e" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #f4723e"><b>- Fri. June 5, 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Carlton and Parliament</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 13.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact me. <a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>angela@cleanairalliance.org</u></font></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 13.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Arial"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana">Some environmental groups argue that increased instances of surplus baseload against a backdrop of falling demand call into question the need for new nuclear generation in Ontario.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Verdana"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Georgia" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Georgia; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/640257"><u><i>http://www.thestar.com/business/article/640257</i></u><u><i></i></u></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Georgia" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Georgia"><i> </i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Next month's deadline for selecting the company to build Ontario's new nuclear reactors will likely be delayed, admits Energy Minister George Smitherman.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Smitherman said AECL's problems with its aging NRU reactor in Chalk River, which could be out of service for months, wreaking havoc on the world supply of isotopes used in medical imaging, would have no impact on Ontario's eventual decision.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/639107"><u>http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/639107</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#237b7c" style="font: 29.0px Arial; color: #237b7c">Power struggle</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">An Ontario environmental alliance is floating the proposed Lower Churchill Falls hydroelectric project as a better alternative to nuclear power in that province.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The development of the Lower Churchill Falls project in Labrador and hydroelectricity imports from Quebec can replace Ontario's aging nuclear reactors, according to a report released by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=254550&sc=82"><u>http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=254550&sc=82</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 15.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="6" color="#f4723e" style="font: 24.0px Verdana; color: #f4723e"><b>'Distributed power' to save Earth</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 22px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646">Economist Jeremy Rifkin galvanised the Research Connections 2009 conference in Prague with a roadmap to simultaneously solve the economic and energy crises.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 22px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646">He proposed a pan-European strategy of small-scale energy generation and smart energy grids that make everyone a partner in energy.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 22px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646">What is more, he said, the plan would create millions of jobs and foster investment that would see the end of the current economic crisis.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 22px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646">Mr Rifkin leads a roundtable of 100 top CEOs and government officials who have subscribed to the plan.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 22.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#464646" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #464646"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8043397.stm"><u>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8043397.stm</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 13.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="6" color="#4dc5c6" style="font: 21.0px Verdana; color: #4dc5c6">Ontario Gives Green Energy Act the Green Light: A first for North America </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="6" color="#ee4fef" style="font: 21.0px Verdana; color: #ee4fef">Ontario's Green Energy and Economy Act becomes law (May-14-09)</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#3b613a" style="font: 16.0px Verdana; color: #3b613a"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Verdana">Members of the Green Energy Act Alliance, a coalition of leading environmental groups, industry associations, farmers and labour groups, were at Queen's Park today to congratulate the Liberals and NDP on the adoption of the Green Energy and Economy Act. The Act outlines an ambitious and globally significant strategy to improve conservation, increase renewable energy generation and create green jobs.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Verdana"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Verdana" size="4" color="#0032e6" style="font: 13.0px Verdana; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.greenenergyact.ca/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=1259&AA_SiteLanguageID=1"><u>http://www.greenenergyact.ca/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=1259&AA_SiteLanguageID=1</u><u></u></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Verdana" size="3" color="#3b613a" style="font: 12.0px Verdana; color: #3b613a"><b> </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="7" color="#914165" style="font: 32.0px Times New Roman; color: #914165">McGuinty's green plan pollution as usual</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Peter Tabuns, NOW Magazine</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#282828" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; letter-spacing: 0.1px color: #282828">If we want to encourage people to generate more green energy, we need to guarantee they will have markets to sell it. Just like Germany and Denmark, two of the world’s green energy leaders, already do. Local companies want Ontario to as well.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#282828" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; letter-spacing: 0.1px color: #282828">The government has other ideas, which threaten to undermine the good intentions behind the proposed law. Simply put, instead of guaranteeing markets for renewable energy like wind or solar, McGuinty is guaranteeing the nuclear industry at half or more of Ontario’s electricity market. And when the nuclear power plants generate more power than the system can use we pay customers to take it.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=169479"><u>http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=169479</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 13.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#f4723e" style="font: 24.0px Arial; color: #f4723e"><b>AECL favoured to build Ontario reactors: sources; Risk-sharing deal with Ottawa sought</b></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Globe And Mail</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Friday, May 15, 2009</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The Ontario government has selected Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. as the leading bidder to build the province's first new reactors in a generation, but wants assurances Ottawa will share the risks on the multibillion-dollar project, sources say.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">A key issue is how much risk the federal government would assume for any cost overruns. The province wants a company to design and build reactors on a so-called turnkey, fixed-price basis in the hopes of avoiding the mistakes associated with previous projects, which saddled Ontarians with $12-billion in debts.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">The new reactors are part of the Ontario government's plan to spend $26- billion expanding and refurbishing its fleet of reactors to help meet the province's electricity needs over the next two decades. But such projects can be politically risky because costs for raw materials and labour are rising.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">George Smitherman, the province's Deputy Premier in charge of infrastructure, "had sticker shock at all the bids," a source said.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: 13.0px Arial">Sources say Ontario wants Ottawa to provide financial support and backing for AECL's price guarantees. At the same time, Queen's Park has long worried about Ottawa's commitment to AECL - the federal government is mulling either selling a majority or minority interest in the company. But AECL's future is intrinsically linked to Ontario, because its value will depend on whether it can sell reactors in its home province.</font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wnuke15art22242/BNStory/energy/home"><u>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090515.wnuke15art22242/BNStory/energy/home</u><u></u></a></font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council commissioned the report from the German Aerospace Center. <br> Download the document: <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/canada/en/documents-and-links/publications/energy-revolution-report-2009.pdf"><font color="#0032e6" style="color: #0032e6"><u>http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/content/canada/en/documents-and-links/publications/energy-revolution-report-2009.pdf</u></font></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#44926a" style="font: 24.0px Arial; color: #44926a"><b><i>Power board chair recuses himself from nuclear discussions</i></b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 4.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="5" color="#44926a" style="font: 17.0px Arial; color: #44926a"><b>Worried about possible conflicts over bids for building new Darlington power station</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">The Ontario Power Authority masterminds the planning of the electricity system for the Ontario government, but the chairman of its board of directors is recusing himself from discussions over nuclear power because he might be perceived as having conflicts of interest.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px"><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman">The OPA chairman, John Beck, also heads Toronto-based Aecon Group Inc., one of the country's largest construction companies.</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="5" color="#0032e6" style="font: 16.0px Times New Roman; color: #0032e6"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090515.OPA15GTAART2240/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/"><u>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090515.OPA15GTAART2240/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/</u><u></u></a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">-------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 13px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">------------------------------------------------------------------------- </font></div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 18.0px 0.0px"><font face="Arial" size="6" color="#772778" style="font: 29.0px Arial; color: #772778"><b>Don’t Dump Radioactive Water into the Ottawa River</b></font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Arial">Sierra Club Canada is urging Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) to refrain from dumping radioactive water into the Ottawa River, following another leak of tritium from the NRU reactor at Chalk River.<br> <br> The NRU reactor was shut down following a power failure on May 14. According to AECL, the reactor is now leaking heavy water at a rate of 5 kilograms per hour, and releasing radioactive tritium into the air. AECL has not disclosed details about how much tritium is being released into the atmosphere and the Ottawa River. 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