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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=220 height=146 src="https://i1.createsend1.com/ei/y/74/245/AAF/083322/csimport/nukebilll_0.jpg" align=left hspace=5 alt="Description: Description: Ontario's nuclear debt " v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>It’s time to cut up the nuclear credit card</span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> and get a firm hold on nuclear spending. It is time to stop taxpayer-financed nuclear bailouts. Please contact Premier McGuinty and Opposition Leader Tim Hudak and tell them that you don’t want Ontario’s taxpayers to guarantee the repayments of OPG’s borrowings for its proposed Darlington Re-Build Project. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=text><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red'><a href="http://ocaa.createsend1.com/t/y/l/fikdul/nuhhkudyk/r"><span style='color:red'>Click here to send them your letter now.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=text><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> For more information, please read our new factsheet, <em><a href="http://ocaa.createsend1.com/t/y/l/fikdul/nuhhkudyk/y">Ontario’s Stranded Nuclear Debt: A Cautionary Tale</a>.</em><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'>After 50 Years, Nuclear Power is Still Not Viable without Subsidies<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists found that more than 30 subsidies have supported every stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining to long-term waste storage. Added together, these subsidies often have exceeded the average market price of the power produced. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-subsidies-report-0504.html">http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/nuclear-power-subsidies-report-0504.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Darlington Nuclear New Build Written Submission</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> <b>– from Lake Ontario Waterkeeper</b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>OPG expresses a preference for once-through cooling, the most destructive cooling technology option available from an ecological perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2011/02/22/official-darlington-new-nuclear-build-written-submission/">http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2011/02/22/official-darlington-new-nuclear-build-written-submission/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>Ontario Greens call for affordable alternatives to new nuclear<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://gpo.ca/statement/ontario-greens-call-affordable-alternatives-new-nuclear">http://gpo.ca/statement/ontario-greens-call-affordable-alternatives-new-nuclear</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>MP proposes nuke-free Canadian Arctic<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p>Yukon Member of Parliament <a href="http://www.politicalcms.com/larrybagnell.ca/content/welcome">Larry Bagnell</a> has proposed a private member’s bill to <a href="http://www.politicalcms.com/larrybagnell.ca/content/larry-bagnells-private-members-bill-c-629-establishment-nuclear-weapons-free-canadian-arctic">make the Canadian Arctic a nuclear-weapon-free zone</a>. <a href="http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4960270&file=4">Bill C-629</a>, introduced on February 15th, would make it a criminal offense to “possess, manufacture, test, store, transport or deploy a nuclear weapon in the Canadian Arctic.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ceasefire.ca/?p=7392&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ceasefire%2FycPl+%28Ceasefire.ca%29">http://www.ceasefire.ca/?p=7392&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ceasefire%2FycPl+%28Ceasefire.ca%29</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Phase out subsidies to the fossil fuel industry<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please email the Prime Minister and your Member of Parliament to call on the federal government to use the 2011 budget as an opportunity to <b>end special tax breaks for oil, coal and gas companies</b>. Just click here to send your letter:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://action.davidsuzuki.org/subsidy">http://action.davidsuzuki.org/subsidy</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#4F6228'>Province pushes lean energy - New projects focus on wind, solar; opposition targets cost increases<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p>The McGuinty government forged ahead Thursday with a new slate of new green energy projects despite growing political controversy. Energy Minister Brad Duguid said 40 contracts have been offered for new renewable projects that will be built in the next one to three years. Thirty-five of the projects are solar, four are wind and the other is a small hydroelectric. <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Province+pushes+lean+energy/4344516/story.html">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Province+pushes+lean+energy/4344516/story.html</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Windy Myths: Get the Facts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.canwea.ca/wind-energy/myths_e.php">http://www.canwea.ca/wind-energy/myths_e.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.whywind.org/pb/wp_a1b4e1bf/wp_a1b4e1bf.html">http://www.whywind.org/pb/wp_a1b4e1bf/wp_a1b4e1bf.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Support Wind Energy in Ontario – send a quick email<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In response to a proposed wind farm near Wainfleet, Ontario, a member of the local council <a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Z6mWJnkAtSweLsMSXx%2FXI0obNfHAL03W" target="_blank">Alderman David Wyatt</a>, moved a<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pbwLM9qfBlzdJzRsfOLMUEobNfHAL03W" target="_blank">motion</a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>calling for a halt to the project. He’s even proposing a moratorium on wind farms for all of Ontario! Please take a moment and email the Wainfleet Town Council here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5654/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5526">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5654/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5526</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:21.75pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>California moves on 33 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard by 2020<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The California Senate moved on Thursday to make California home to the toughest renewable energy standard in the nation, voting to require the state's utilities to get one-third of their energy from renewable sources by 2020. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/national/2011/02/california-moves-on-33-percent-rps.html">http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/national/2011/02/california-moves-on-33-percent-rps.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'>Elected Officials Challenged: COME CLEAN! <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Concerned about coal? Water? Green jobs? Ontario’s greenbelt? Then let your politicians know! Click here to send them a message, asking them to be clear on their positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://comeclean.ca/">http://comeclean.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#C00000'>Forming a Community Power Co-op: Webinar </span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>Thursday March 10th, 10 - 11:30 a.m. EST<br><br>What are the benefits of forming a co-operative? What are the steps (and time frames) involved? What has been the experience of leaders in Ontario who are preparing community co-op share offerings? Join co-op development authority Russ Christiansen, <a href="http://cepp.createsend2.com/t/y/l/fikiry/pmiyiddy/y">TREC</a>'s SolarShare Project Lead Mike Brigham along with CEPP Program Managers Evan Ferrari and Laura Tozer as they answer these questions and more.<o:p></o:p></p><p>To register for this free event, send an email to: <a href="mailto:jgaudette@communityenergyprogram.ca?subject=Register%20me%20for%20the%20March%2010th%20webinar">jgaudette@communityenergyprogram.ca </a> Login instructions will be sent to registrants on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><o:p> </o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#558ED5'>Security Without Nuclear Deterrence<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>With Alyn Ware</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Friday March 4, 7:30 pm. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rm B 142, Earth Sci Blg.5 Bancroft Ave & 33 Willcocks St. University of Toronto</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Alyn Ware is prominent in the campaign for nuclear disarmament. He is Vice President of the International Peace Bureau and was the 2009 recipient of the Right Livelihood Award (the “Alternative Nobel Peace Prize). </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span>If you cannot attend the evening event, you are welcome to attend Alyn's meeting with students at 2:00 pm on the same day, Friday, at the Trinity College dining room. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:navy'>The event is organized by </span></span><span style='color:navy'><a href="http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>Science for Peace</span></span></a><span class=apple-style-span>:</span></span> <a href="mailto:spf@physics.utoronto.ca?subject=Inquiry%20about%20Rob%20Green%20event"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:navy;text-decoration:none'>sfp@physics.utoronto.ca</span></span></a><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:navy'>, 416-978-3606</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>. </span></span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Angela Bischoff<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Outreach Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontario Clean Air Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>625 Church Street, #402<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/">www.cleanairalliance.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/">www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'>Our Facebook Group</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/nonukesnews.php"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>No Nukes News</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.healthpower.ca/"><span lang=EN-CA>Health Power</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://coalmustgo.ca/"><span lang=EN-CA>Coal Must Go</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'> </span><a href="http://cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_donate"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=127 height=27 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CBD8E4.73A8DA60"></span></a><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>