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style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Elephant;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
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color:teal'>Nukes</span></font><span class=apple-converted-space><font size=5
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color:black'> </span></font></span><font size=5 color="#ff6600"
face=Elephant><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Elephant;color:#FF6600'>News<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Dec. 18/09<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"There is no credible firewall between the peaceful uses of
nuclear energy and the development of nuclear weapons."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Jayantha Dhanapala,
President of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><b><font
size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>Canada</span></font></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><b><font
size=5 color="#993366"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:
bold'> puts its nuclear pride on the block<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>Under weight of record
deficit, Tories seek bids on AECL's reactor wing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>AECL hasn't sold a new reactor in years and its maintenance costs are
spiking. In each of the last two years, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City></st1:place>
was forced to spend hundreds of millions in extra funding on AECL to cover
costs that were not forecast in its main spending estimates.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Saskatchewan</st1:State></st1:place> government
announced yesterday that it will not get into the nuclear business until at
least 2020. The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Alberta</st1:State></st1:place>
government also said this week that it won't pump any money into nuclear
projects. And last June, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>
government put its plans to build new reactors on hold indefinitely, citing
concerns about pricing and uncertainty about AECL's future. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>"The nuclear
renaissance is dead on arrival," said Shawn-Patrick Stensil, an
anti-nuclear campaigner with Greenpeace who welcomed news of the sale. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-puts-its-nuclear-pride-on-the-block/article1404807/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-puts-its-nuclear-pride-on-the-block/article1404807/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><b><font
size=5 color=fuchsia face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold'>Canada</span></font></b></st1:country-region></st1:place><b><font
size=5 color=fuchsia><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia;font-weight:
bold'> to Sell Reactor Unit of Energy Firm <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>New York Times<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The operation emerged from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s participation in the
Manhattan Project of World War II but ultimately proved to be one of the
government’s longest-running financial drains.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/global/18power.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/business/global/18power.html?_r=1</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>Ottawa</span></font></b></span></st1:City></st1:place><span
class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600"><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'> seeks bidders for Candu business </span></font></b></span><font
size=5 color="#ff6600"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Without public subsidies, "it is extremely
unlikely that private-sector developers will be willing or able to take on the
construction, power price and operational risks of new nuclear stations,"
bank giant Citigroup reported last month. <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 color="#fc0d40"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#FC0D40'><a
href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/740407--ottawa-seeks-bidders-for-candu-business">http://www.thestar.com/business/article/740407--ottawa-seeks-bidders-for-candu-business</a>
</span></font></span><font color="#fc0d40"><span style='color:#FC0D40'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h2><b><i><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:normal'><a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/nuclear-energy---answer-t_b_388868.html"
title=Permalink><span style='text-decoration:none'>Nuclear Energy - Answer to
Global Warming or Status Symbol? </span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<h2><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>Does
the relatively cheap electricity and low carbon footprint justify construction
costs, radioactive waste and proliferation dangers? <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<h2><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'><a
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/nuclear-energy---answer-t_b_388868.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/evelyn-leopold/nuclear-energy---answer-t_b_388868.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
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margin-left:0in;line-height:28.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=5 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Nuclear waste: <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> asks its towns if they'll
give it a home</span></font></b></span><font size=5 color=red><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font
size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Canada's volunteer approach to finding a place
to store spent nuclear waste, which is radioactive for 10,000 years, contrasts
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</span></font></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><font size=3 color="#333333"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'>If they
were to take out a classified ad, it would read something like this:
"Wanted: safe, willing home for 40,000 metric tons of nuclear waste. Must
be Canadian. Phone for details."</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.75pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2009/1210/p12s01-woam.html"
title="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2009/1210/p12s01-woam.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2009/1210/p12s01-woam.html</a></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><b><font size=5
color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:navy;
font-weight:bold'>Saskatchewan</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><font
size=5 color=navy><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>
says no to nuclear power — for now<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"We carefully
evaluated the company's initial plans — however, uncertainty around
long-term costs to consumers remains a lingering concern," provincial
Energy and Resources Minister Bill Boyd said in a news release.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Several
provinces, including <st1:State w:st="on">British Columbia</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Manitoba</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Nova
Scotia</st1:State></st1:place>, have banned nuclear power plants. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Saskatchewan+says+nuclear+energy/2352285/story.html">http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Saskatchewan+says+nuclear+energy/2352285/story.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<h4><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/12/17/sk-nuclear-power-912.html"
title="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/12/17/sk-nuclear-power-912.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/12/17/sk-nuclear-power-912.html</a></span></font></b></span><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h4>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=olive face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:olive;font-weight:bold'>Economic risks of nuclear
power plants<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
25-year-old reactor at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Point Lepreau</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">NB</st1:State></st1:place> is in the midst of a troubled $1.4
billion refurbishment. The plant was to open in September at a cost of $1
billion, plus $400million in replacement power. But delays, cost overruns, and
technical issues have pushed that to 2011, forcing the province to spend an
extra$400 million on alternate power and spurring calls to abandon the plant.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
problems with Atomic Energy of Canada's refurbishment of the plant have raised
questions here about the soundness of large nuclear power plant investments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2009/1210/p12s01-woam.html">http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2009/1210/p12s01-woam.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#FF6600'>Nuclear
power protested from <st1:City w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:City> to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'>The nuclear power industry's efforts to
promote new reactors as a solution to climate change is inspiring creative
protests by environmentalists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'><a
href="http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/12/nuclear-power-protested-from-copenhagen-to-washington.html">http://www.southernstudies.org/2009/12/nuclear-power-protested-from-copenhagen-to-washington.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=5 color=purple
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:purple;font-weight:
bold'>Nuclear Energy:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=purple face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>The answer to Climate
Change or a recipe for weapons proliferation?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>by </span><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dr Herman
Scheer</span></i></font><b><span lang=EN style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-energy/issues/climate-change/scheer_gsi_2008.pdf">http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-energy/issues/climate-change/scheer_gsi_2008.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#0d1db8" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0D1DB8;font-weight:bold'>Censored News Special
Edition: Indigenous at Climate <st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font><b><font size=5 color=teal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:teal;font-weight:bold'>The Legacy of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear and Chemical
Weapons Upon US Indigenous & Communities of Color</span></font></b><font
color=teal><span style='color:teal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2009/12/ruling-out-nuclear-option-not-clean-or.html">http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2009/12/ruling-out-nuclear-option-not-clean-or.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>Alberta won't fund
nuclear power, Energy Minister says<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Alberta</span></font></st1:State></st1:place>
is open to the nuclear power generation business, but it will not pump one penny
into any project that is brought forward, the government says.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"I think nuclear in <st1:State w:st="on">Alberta</st1:State> is
dead in the water if the government keeps their promise on that," said
Shawn-Patrick Stensil of Greenpeace <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-wont-fund-nuclear-power-energy-minister-says/article1400389/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-wont-fund-nuclear-power-energy-minister-says/article1400389/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-National+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+National+News%29</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#993366"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:
bold'>Just say no to nuclear</span></font></b></span><font color="#993366"><span
style='color:#993366'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><i><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-style:
italic'>Editorial, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">CALGARY</st1:City></st1:place>
HERALD, Dec. 13</span></font><font color="#999999"><span style='color:
#999999'> </span></font></i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.5pt;
margin-left:0in;line-height:16.5pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The public generally opposes nuclear, especially
residents who live anywhere near a potential reactor. Energy
Minister Mel Knight should respond by saying no to nuclear.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 color="#0000f0" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000F0'><a
href="http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Just+nuclear/2335805/story.html"
title="blocked::http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Just+nuclear/2335805/story.html">http://www.calgaryherald.com/opinion/Just+nuclear/2335805/story.html</a></span></font></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font face=Arial><span lang=EN
style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>Nuclear option risky
business<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Governments, including <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Alberta</st1:State></st1:place>'s, would be stuck
paying for the storage of radioactive waste "for perpetuity," he
adds. Edwards notes private insurers are chronically loathe to underwrite
nuclear plants; "Wall Street ... wants taxpayers to be the
risk-taker." And the industry is alone, he says, in having legislation
drafted to drastically limit its liability in case of catastrophe.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.calgarysun.com/news/columnists/bill_kaufmann/2009/12/18/12199631-sun.html">http://www.calgarysun.com/news/columnists/bill_kaufmann/2009/12/18/12199631-sun.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#33cccc"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#33CCCC'>Removal of Peace River-area anti-nuke signs sets off atomic rage
from residents</span></font></b></span><font size=5 color="#33cccc"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#33CCCC'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h1>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:blue'><a
href="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Removal+Peace+River+area+anti+nuke+signs+sets+atomic+rage+from+residents/2355926/story.html"
title="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Removal+Peace+River+area+anti+nuke+signs+sets+atomic+rage+from+residents/2355926/story.html"><span
class=apple-style-span><span
title="http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Removal+Peace+River+area+anti+nuke+signs+sets+atomic+rage+from+residents/2355926/story.html">http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Removal+Peace+River+area+anti+nuke+signs+sets+atomic+rage+from+residents/2355926/story.html</span></span></a>
</span></font></u><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>What's price for
Lepreau?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#333333" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333'>Critics of NB Power sale say
nuclear facility unknowns make deal hard to judge<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/887696">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/887696</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;
margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#00ccff"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#00CCFF;font-weight:
bold'>Protesters seek debate on uranium mining</span></font></b></span><font
color="#00ccff"><span style='color:#00CCFF'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=3 color="#444444" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#444444'>Health and safety concerns prompt push for <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>referendum</span></b> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State></st1:place>, where exploration has spiked since
2004</span></font></span><font color="#444444"><span style='color:#444444'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/protesters-seek-debate-on-uranium-mining/article1393708/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/protesters-seek-debate-on-uranium-mining/article1393708/</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#00ccff"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#00CCFF;font-weight:
bold'>Sept-Iles residents want <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State></st1:place>
to halt uranium mining</span></font></b></span><font color="#00ccff"><span
style='color:#00CCFF'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Sept-Iles residents
continue to pressure <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Quebec</st1:State></st1:place>
to slap a moratorium on uranium exploration in the province, despite the
government's promise to open a debate on health and safety concerns surrounding
the industry.</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.570news.com/news/national/more.jsp?content=n113852425">http://www.570news.com/news/national/more.jsp?content=n113852425</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=teal face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:teal;font-weight:bold'>Environment <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>
hit by 'damn clever' climate stunt <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
background:white'><st1:country-region w:st="on"><span class=first-letter><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>C</span></font></span><font color=black><span style='color:black'>anada</span></font></st1:country-region><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> is red-faced at the <st1:City w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:City>
climate-change conference as a result of a <a
href="http://www.enviro-canada.ca/agenda2020"
title="http://www.enviro-canada.ca/agenda2020">spoof news release</a>
purporting to be from Environment Canada announcing <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> was bringing in bold new
emissions reduction targets. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
background:white' done20=171 done18=171 done2=171><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The
authentic-looking release, which was announced on a <a
href="http://twitter.com/MPJimPrentice/statuses/6661355506"
title="http://twitter.com/MPJimPrentice/statuses/6661355506">fake Jim Prentice
Twitter account</a>, caught many observers off guard and a fake story about it
landed on a <a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/environment-canada-hit-by-damn-clever-climate-stunt/article1399474/Copenhagen%20Kerfuffle"
title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/environment-canada-hit-by-damn-clever-climate-stunt/article1399474/Copenhagen%20Kerfuffle">fake
Wall Street Journal website</a> - all an elaborate ruse to embarrass Canada,
which is being considered the "<a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/dirty-image-puts-canada-in-climate-doghouse-at-copenhagen/article1390657/"
title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/dirty-image-puts-canada-in-climate-doghouse-at-copenhagen/article1390657/">dirty-old
man</a>" of the conference for its intransigence on negotiating better
targets. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/environment-canada-hit-by-damn-clever-climate-stunt/article1399474/"
title="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/environment-canada-hit-by-damn-clever-climate-stunt/article1399474/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/environment-canada-hit-by-damn-clever-climate-stunt/article1399474/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>Helen Caldicott denounces
nuclear power and nuclear weapons at COP 15 rally<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=fuchsia face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold'>Nuclear Power: No
Solution to Climate Change <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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href="http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-energy/issues/climate-change/wise_nirs_2005.pdf">http://www.nuclearfiles.org/menu/key-issues/nuclear-energy/issues/climate-change/wise_nirs_2005.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>French Nuclear
Power Struggles in a Cold Snap<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>RTE, the state-controlled electricity distribution
network, is warning of possible blackouts in some regions because of
unseasonably cold temperatures. “The electrical system is
strained,” the group said in a release on Dec. 16. Although <st1:country-region
w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> frequently exports surplus power to neighboring
countries, in recent days it has had to import from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/europeinsight/archives/2009/12/french_nuclear.html">http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/europeinsight/archives/2009/12/french_nuclear.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>If you haven’t already done so, sign the petition and watch the
videos:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>Don’t Nuke the
Climate!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#666699;font-style:normal'><a
href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2009/12/15/beyond-nuclear-slams-ge-hitachi-esbwr-design-for-qa-violatio.html"><font
color="#666699"><span style='color:#666699;text-decoration:none'>Beyond Nuclear
slams GE-Hitachi ESBWR design for QA violations at Fermi 3</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><font size=3 color="#262626"
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#262626'>Beyond
Nuclear -- in coalition with Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical
Contamination, Citizens Environmental Alliance of Southwestern Ontario,
Don’t Waste Michigan, and the Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club -- <a
href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/storage/fermi_3_qa_petition_on_esbwr_design_12_14_2009.pdf">has
filed its 16th contention</a> in the Fermi 3 new reactor proceeding before an
NRC licensing board challenging the quality assurance violations associated
with General Electric-Hitachi's "Economic Simplified Boiling Water
Reactor" design. The coalition has called for the new reactor licensing
proceeding to be suspended until QA on the ESBWR design can be assured. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2009/12/15/beyond-nuclear-slams-ge-hitachi-esbwr-design-for-qa-violatio.html">http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2009/12/15/beyond-nuclear-slams-ge-hitachi-esbwr-design-for-qa-violatio.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h2><b><i><font size=5 color="#339966" face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#339966;font-style:
normal'>Canadian Solar Plans 500-Job Plant In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt'>Canadian
Solar Inc said on Thursday it plans to build a C$24 million ($22.9 million)
plant to manufacture solar panels in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">province</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ontario</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
taking advantage of rich incentives for renewable power projects. The Chinese
company said it has begun site selection for a facility to make 200 megawatt
modules. The plant is expected to create 500 manufacturing jobs and turn out
enough capacity to power 60,000 homes per year.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://planetark.org/wen/55794">http://planetark.org/wen/55794</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><font size=5 color="#ff9900"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF9900;font-weight:
bold'>Boy's dream to build windmill transforms lives in Malawi</span></font></b></span><font
color="#ff9900"><span style='color:#FF9900'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=3 color="#132539" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#132539'>The villagers thought he was crazy, but when the lights went on,
the world noticed</span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-left:6.0pt;line-height:22.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><font
size=3 color="#132539" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:#132539'><a
href="http://www.thestar.com/News/ScienceTech/Environment/article/738151"
title="http://www.thestar.com/News/ScienceTech/Environment/article/738151">http://www.thestar.com/News/ScienceTech/Environment/article/738151</a></span></font></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=teal face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:teal'>Green power to the people<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Green power
entrepreneurialism in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>
is bursting out of the gates. A program designed to get more solar panels on
rooftops and wind turbines in the ground has surpassed all expectations since
its Oct. 1 launch, the <em><i><font face="Times New Roman">Star</font></i></em>
has learned.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>More than
2,400 budding power generators – a mix of homeowners, farmers, community
cooperatives and aboriginal groups – have applied to the Ontario Power
Authority's feed-in-tariff (FIT) program. A first in <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place>, the program pays green power producers a generous rate
for the renewable electricity they sell onto the grid. It is modelled on
similar programs in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/739319"
title="http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/739319">http://www.thestar.com/printarticle/739319</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=5 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'>What if?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Copenhagen</st1:City></st1:place> cartoon…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://politicalirony.com/2009/12/10/what-if-2/">http://politicalirony.com/2009/12/10/what-if-2/</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#339966" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#339966;font-weight:bold'>Wind gets clean bill of
health<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<h2 style='line-height:13.5pt;background:white'><b><i><font size=3
color="#152539" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#152539;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>Turbines
do not make people sick, industry-funded study of impacts concludes<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></h2>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/738734--wind-gets-clean-bill-of-health">http://www.thestar.com/business/article/738734--wind-gets-clean-bill-of-health</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>Happy Holidays everyone! Peace of the season…<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=red face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'>-angela<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Angela Bischoff<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Outreach Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ontario</span></font></st1:State> Clean Air <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>625 Church Street, #402</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Toronto</span></font></st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">ON</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">M4Y 2G1</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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title="blocked::http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48852021264&ref=ts"><span
lang=EN-CA>Our Facebook Group</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=purple><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>Sign Our Petition</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#0032e6"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color="#0032e6"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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