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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:teal'>No</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span style='color:blue'>Nukes</span> <span style='color:red'>News</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mar. 23, 2011<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"'>For the best updates on the Japan nuclear crisis see <a href="http://www.beyondnuclear.org/">http://www.beyondnuclear.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Nuclear power is inherently unsafe and the list of possible illnesses stemming from exposure to the accompanying radiation is horrifying: genetic mutations, birth defects, cancer, leukemia and disorders of the reproductive, immune, cardiovascular and endocrine systems. – <i>Kumi <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/opinion/23iht-ednaidoo23.html?_r=2&ref=global">Naidoo</a></i> <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 lang=EN-CA 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><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>Darlington Nuclear Hearing </span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='color:#020202'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.75pt;margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:black'>The federal hearing on the proposal by Ontario Power Generation to build up to four new reactors of yet-to-be-specified design gets underway Mon. Mar. 21 and will run for 3 weeks.</span></span> <span class=apple-style-span>They are open to the public - come one, come all!</span><b><br></b><u><br></u><span class=apple-style-span>The Hearing will be held at Hope Fellowship Church, 1685 Bloor Street, Courtice (between Oshawa and Bowmanville, a few kilometres due north of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station)</span><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>The detailed schedule is posted at <a href="http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/details-eng.cfm?cear_id=29525"><span style='text-decoration:none'>http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/details-eng.cfm?cear_id=29525</span></a></span><span style='color:#020202'><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"'>Find out more here: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Darlington/154293134613131">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Darlington/154293134613131</a> </span></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><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E46C0A'>You can watch the proceedings LIVE webcast online, or call in and listen live. </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal'>Toll-free dial-in telephone numbers for English audio for the Darlington Joint Review Panel proceedings</span></strong><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>: <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>613-960-7527</span></strong> or <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>1-877-413-4815</span></strong>. The identification number is <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>5760957</span></strong><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>To access the live Webcast click here:</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <u><span style='color:#3366FF'><a href="http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/commission/webcasts/index.cfm">http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/commission/webcasts/index.cfm</a> </span></u><span style='color:#3366FF'>(use explorer, not firefox)</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Written transcripts and audio recordings of the proceedings will be available the day after each session.</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Watch Helen Caldicott speak to the panel on Thur. March 24, sometime after 1:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Watch the video by activist Zach reporting from the hearings </span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQIVRMM-LCU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQIVRMM-LCU</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 lang=EN-CA 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'>No halt to Darlington hearings <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Calls by several groups for a postponement of the hearings into proposed new nuclear reactors at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington site have been rejected by the panel reviewing safety and environmental issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/957791--no-halt-to-darlington-hearings">http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/article/957791--no-halt-to-darlington-hearings</a> <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:#7030A0'>Greenpeace shuts down Darlington nuclear hearing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/Greenpeace-shuts-down-Darlington-nuclear-hearing/">http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/Greenpeace-shuts-down-Darlington-nuclear-hearing/</a></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'><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/957878--greenpeace-crashes-darlington-nuclear-hearings?bn=1">http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/957878--greenpeace-crashes-darlington-nuclear-hearings?bn=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/hearings-into-proposed-new-ontario-reactors-delayed-by-greenpeace-118425344.html">http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/hearings-into-proposed-new-ontario-reactors-delayed-by-greenpeace-118425344.html</a> <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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Calling All Youth – Sign the petition opposing new reactors at Darlington<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.gopetition.com/petition/43683.html" target="_blank">http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43683.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 lang=EN-CA 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:#77933C'>The true cost of nuclear in Ontario <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/campus-notes/2011/03/true-cost-nuclear-ontario">http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/campus-notes/2011/03/true-cost-nuclear-ontario</a></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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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'>Probe our nuclear establishment to the core<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> Two of the three major nuclear accidents -at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl -were not caused by 9.0-force earthquakes, but by faulty equipment or design malfunctions. Those are people problems. <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'><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Probe+nuclear+establishment+core/4487665/story.html">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Probe+nuclear+establishment+core/4487665/story.html</a><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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Canada’s nuclear plants ordered to review safety after disaster in Japan <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p>Canada's nuclear industry is facing repercussions from Japan's alarming reactor failures, as the federal regulator orders safety reviews and critics demand a halt to any new projects. <o:p></o:p></p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-nuclear-plants-ordered-to-review-safety-after-disaster-in-japan/article1950455/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-nuclear-plants-ordered-to-review-safety-after-disaster-in-japan/article1950455/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>Gentilly 2 reactor sits on fault line</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Gentilly+reactor+sits+fault+line/4447202/story.html">http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Gentilly+reactor+sits+fault+line/4447202/story.html</a><br><br></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>Hydro-Québec under pressure to close Gentilly 2 nuclear plant</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Hydro+Québec+under+pressure+close+nuclear+plant/4473898/story.html">http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Hydro+Québec+under+pressure+close+nuclear+plant/4473898/story.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>PQ would shut Gentilly nuke plant</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br>More than 300 Quebec municipalities have adopted resolutions calling for the province to stop using nuclear power.<br><br><a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/would+shut+Gentilly+nuclear+plant/4477816/story.html">http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/would+shut+Gentilly+nuclear+plant/4477816/story.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 lang=EN-CA 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:#C00000'>Nuclear Energy Isn't Needed<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>While we have all heard of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, the nuclear industry would have us believe these are but isolated events in an otherwise unblemished history. Not so. Over 800 other significant events have been officially reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency — Mayak, Tokaimura, Bohunice, Forsmark to name just a few. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/opinion/23iht-ednaidoo23.html?_r=2&ref=global">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/opinion/23iht-ednaidoo23.html?_r=2&ref=global</a> <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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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"'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Nuclear power report: 14 'near misses' at US plants due to 'lax oversight'</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Nuclear Regulatory Commission failed to resolve known safety problems, leading to 14 'near-misses' in US nuclear power plants in 2009 and 2010, according to a new report from a nuclear watchdog group.<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'><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0318/Nuclear-power-report-14-near-misses-at-US-plants-due-to-lax-oversight?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+All+Stories%29&utm_content=Twitter">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0318/Nuclear-power-report-14-near-misses-at-US-plants-due-to-lax-oversight?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fcsm+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+|+All+Stories%29&utm_content=Twitter</a> <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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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:#7030A0'>Japan fears food contamination as battle to cool nuclear plant continues</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Abnormal radiation levels reported in tap water, vegetables and milk with concerns that fish may also be affected</span></strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/22/japan-food-contamination-nuclear-plant">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/22/japan-food-contamination-nuclear-plant</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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:#31859C'>Atomic Cleanup Cost Goes to Japan's Taxpayers, May Spur Liability Shift<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Japan’s taxpayer, not the nuclear industry or insurers, will cover most of the cleanup cost from the worst accident since Chernobyl, a financial rescue that may spur moves by nations to make companies assume more liability.<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'><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/nuclear-cleanup-cost-goes-to-japan-s-taxpayers-may-spur-liability-shift.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-23/nuclear-cleanup-cost-goes-to-japan-s-taxpayers-may-spur-liability-shift.html</a><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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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:#77933C'>Battle-proof Wind Farms Survive Japan's Trial by Fire<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Despite assertions by <a href="http://misunderstoodfinance.blogspot.com/2011/03/us-will-draw-wrong-conclusions-about.html" target="_hplink">its detractors</a> that wind energy would not survive an earthquake or tsunami the Japanese wind industry is still functioning and helping to keep the lights on during the Fuksuhima crisis.<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'><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-rigg/battleproof-wind-farms-su_b_837172.html?ref=fb&src=sp">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-rigg/battleproof-wind-farms-su_b_837172.html?ref=fb&src=sp</a><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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Wind power is producing 20% of PEI’s electricity needs and they are aiming for 30% by 2016!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/PEIEC.pdf">http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/PEIEC.pdf</a><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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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:#C0504D'>Rethinking nuclear power - Israel<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The nuclear disaster in Japan caused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to declare last week that Israel will not build nuclear power plants. By saying no to that source of energy, Israel could become a leader in implementing the never-ending, carbon-free and completely safe kind: solar and wind power. <o:p></o:p></span></h2><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'><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=213194">http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=213194</a><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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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=style3c><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'>The path to eliminating nuclear weapons is clear cut<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=style2c>Ottawa could host landmark meeting to lay groundwork for treaty — four MPs urge action.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=style2c><i>by Douglas Roche and Jim Creskey</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.straightgoods.ca/2011/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=226&Cookies=yes">http://www.straightgoods.ca/2011/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=226&Cookies=yes</a> <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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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";color:#1F497D'><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><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#CC0099'>Nuclear in the Spotlight – Wed. 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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.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192323914141758">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192323914141758</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://nuclearspotlight.eventbrite.com/">http://nuclearspotlight.eventbrite.com/</a> <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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</span><span lang=EN-CA 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 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