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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'>No </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#666699"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#666699;font-weight:
bold'>Nukes</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color=blue><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:blue;font-weight:bold'>News</span></font></b><b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Jan. 16, 2010<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>
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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'>You CAN help<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></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 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>If you can spare a few hours to help </span></font><b><font
color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>blitz Iggy’s riding</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> (Etobicoke-Lakeshore), let me know –
we’re about 85% complete! This is what we’re distributing
door-to-door: <a href="http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/CostlyNukes_12_09.pdf">http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/CostlyNukes_12_09.pdf</a>
<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 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>And if you haven’t already sent a </span></font><b><font
color=red><span style='color:red;font-weight:bold'>form-email to Harper</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and the other federal leaders expressing
your opposition to federal subsidies for nuclear power, please do so now –
it’ll just take you 1 minute and you’ll feel great:<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'><a
href="http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/send_a_message.php">http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/send_a_message.php</a>
<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 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thanks… <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="mailto:-angela@cleanairalliance.org">-angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=purple face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:purple'>N.B.
premier threatens to sue <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City></st1:place>
over Point Lepreau reactor <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<h3><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal'>Graham wants feds to cover
cost overruns of stalled refurbishment. "We want to continue dialoguing
with the government of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
which is an extension of AECL. This is a government of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place> responsibility," Graham
said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h3>
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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.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/11/nb-graham-aecl-lepreau-225.html"
title="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/11/nb-graham-aecl-lepreau-225.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/01/11/nb-graham-aecl-lepreau-225.html</a><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><b><font size=5 color=purple face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:purple;font-weight:bold'>New Brunswick move
threatens sale of AECL<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><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'>New Brunswick</span></font></st1:State> has dealt
another blow to <st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City>'s attempt to sell troubled
Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., threatening to launch a messy lawsuit over delays
to AECL's refurbishment of the Point Lepreau nuclear station unless <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Ottawa</st1:City></st1:place> agrees to cover the
province's related costs.<o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/new-brunswick-move-threatens-aecl-sale/article1427658/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/new-brunswick-move-threatens-aecl-sale/article1427658/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=newsstorytitle1><b><font size=5 color=teal
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:teal'>Bruce Power Shuts Unit 4 at Nuclear-Power Reactor<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:16.8pt;background:
white'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:black'>Bruce Power LP, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>’s
only closely held nuclear-plant operator, <a
href="http://reports.ieso.ca/public/GenOutputCapability/PUB_GenOutputCapability.xml"
target="_blank"><b><font color="#006b99"><span style='color:#006B99;font-weight:
bold;text-decoration:none'>shut 770-megawatt Unit 4</span></font></b></a> at
its power station in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>
last night. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The
unit tripped offline after 11 p.m. during safety system tests and will be off
for a “short duration.” Power won’t be restored today to Unit
4 or Unit 3, which has been idled for valve maintenance since Jan. 7. <span
class=newsstorytitle1><b><font color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aobVvruhylRM">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aobVvruhylRM</a><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>
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lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<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'>Nuclear Energy
Prospects Dim, Experts Say<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#222222" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>A combination of financing
setbacks and waning of public demand is likely to put <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> nuclear energy plans on hold,
experts said Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#222222" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>- Rising Costs<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#222222" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>- Financing Pinch<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#222222" face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'>- Safety Concerns<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#993366" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#993366'><a
href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/27668/">http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/27668/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#993366;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></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'>OPG bilking taxpayers
again for shortfall<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>According to the Canadian Nuclear
Safety Commission's (CNSC) Commission Members Document CMD09-M54, OPG is
reporting a significant shortfall in their funding liability to decommission
their nuclear facilities like reactors and waste management sites.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>After being caught several years ago
by the provincial auditor of using those special funds for capital projects,
those funds then were set aside in a special trust account that was proposed to
grow through contributions and investment income to an estimated 26 Billion
dollars to cover those liabilities.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>OPG tried to speed up the growth of
that fund through high-risk investments and got caught in the stock market
crash in 2008. Even in 2009 the loss amounted to $785 million and is projected
to lead to a shortfall of one and a quarter Billion dollars by next year.</span></font></i></em>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>The solution?<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Go to the government and ask for a
handout of taxpayers' money, a cool one and a half Billion as a guarantee that
the money is going to be there when needed. </span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>The existing Provincial Guarantee of
$760 million was supposed to expire at the end of this year as ' it was
projected that the value of the funds would exceed the decommissioning
liability at that time and that the Provincial Guarantee would no longer be
required.' (Page 1 of CMD09-M54).<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Now then OPG needs almost twice the
amount and taxpayers who almost all are ratepayers, too, will be bilked twice -
that is unless OPG is luckier in their investment portfolio than before. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></em></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Want to make a bet??</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></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><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>S. (Ziggy) Kleinau,</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Citizens For Renewable Energy (CFRE)</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><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'>Check out the Physicians for Social Responsibility nuke website:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#ff6600" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF6600;font-weight:bold'>Nuclear bailout<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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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.psr.org/nuclear-bailout/">http://www.psr.org/nuclear-bailout/</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 seen it yet, you MUST watch this classic NFB
documentary from 1990:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color=fuchsia><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:fuchsia;font-weight:bold'>Uranium<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>This documentary looks
at the hazards of uranium mining in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Toxic and radioactive waste
pose environmental threats while the traditional economic and spiritual lives
of the Aboriginal people who occupy this land have been violated. Given our
limited knowledge of the associated risks, this film questions the validity of
continuing the mining operations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a
href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/Uranium/" title="http://www.nfb.ca/film/Uranium/">http://www.nfb.ca/film/Uranium/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1><b><font size=5 color=olive face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:olive'>The scary
side of nuclear energy revealed<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Scary disasters, frightening incidents and bad
economics combine to form a frightening image of the nuclear energy
industry. </span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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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://green.blorge.com/2010/01/the-scary-side-of-nuclear-energy-revealed/">http://green.blorge.com/2010/01/the-scary-side-of-nuclear-energy-revealed/</a>
<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><b><font size=5 color=green face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:green;font-weight:bold'>Wind Power in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> Generates a New
Record in 2009 while Coal drops to lowest in 45 years<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></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'>Wind generation in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>
rose by more than 60 per cent over the previous year, up to 2.3 terawatt hours
(TWh) in 2009. At the same time, output from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>’s coal-fired plants dropped to
9.8 TWh, the lowest output in 45 years.<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 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=5019">http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/media/md_newsitem.asp?newsID=5019</a>
<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>
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<h1 style='margin-bottom:12.75pt;background:white'><b><font size=5
color="#333399" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333399'>Obama unveils $2.3 billion for
clean energy jobs<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></h1>
<span _extended=true>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:15.0pt;
line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>President
Obama unveiled a program Friday that will provide $2.3 billion in tax credits
for the clean energy manufacturing sector, a move aimed at creating 17,000
jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:15.0pt;
line-height:15.0pt;background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The credit is
focused on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
manufacturing of clean energy technologies such as solar and wind. Obama has
said he wants to double the amount of renewable energy the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place> uses over the next
three years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:15.0pt;
line-height:15.0pt;background:white' _extended=true><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In addition
to the federal funding, private firms are investing $5.4 billion, which will
create 41,000 more jobs, the White House said. <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://money.cnn.com/2010/01/08/news/economy/green_manufacturing_jobs/index.htm">http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/08/news/economy/green_manufacturing_jobs/index.htm</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#333399" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#333399;font-weight:bold'>Weatherization heats up
in 2010<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Five
billion dollars was included in the economic stimulus legislation for the US
Weatherization Assistance Program, the federal program started in 1976 to help
low-income families. And more recently the president has proposed a “cash
for caulkers” incentive program for homeowners. The Department of Energy
estimates that for every dollar invested, weatherization returns $1.65 in
energy-related benefits and $1.07 in other benefits like reducing pollution and
unemployment.<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://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/12/21/weatherization-heats-up-in-2010/">http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/12/21/weatherization-heats-up-in-2010/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#339966" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#339966;font-weight:bold'>Solar Power Is Now an
Option for Even the Most Cash-Strapped Suburbanites<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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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'>Residential solar leases offer a no-money-down, low-monthly plan that
makes solar electricity cheaper than the stuff we get by wire -- and you don't
have to buy the panels.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>"Go solar for $0 down. Now you can afford to go solar without the
high initial cost of installing a system. Instead of buying the equipment, you
simply lease it."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><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'><a
href="http://www.alternet.org/environment/145205">http://www.alternet.org/environment/145205</a><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/Business/CleanBreak/article/748956">http://www.thestar.com/Business/CleanBreak/article/748956</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color="#ff9900" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#FF9900;font-weight:bold'>Conservation working in
Ont. says WWF; others say it's due to loss of industry<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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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'>Demand for electricity is dropping in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> because people are getting the
message that conservation works - and not just because the bottom dropped out
of the economy, the World Wildlife Fund says. <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'>``Energy conservation is never going to be sexy,'' Keith Stewart,
climate change co-ordinator for the WWF, said. ``But it's the thing that's
going to save us the most money and that's best for the environment.'' <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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'>Stewart pointed to a report released in late December by the
Independent Electricity System Operator, which predicted <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> will only need 23,000 MW of
electrical generation in 2018, 8,000 MW less than a predicted 31,000 MW in 2004
- a significant drop that could mean the province doesn't need to build
expensive nuclear power plants any time soon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2262307">http://www.northernnews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2262307</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'>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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><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.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/">www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca</a><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.cleanairalliance.org/">www.cleanairalliance.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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=purple><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>No Nukes News</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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lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0032E6'> </span></font><a
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