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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'>May 19, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></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"'>We urge the panel to recommend that the government of Canada launch a pan-Canadian Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Future of Nuclear Power in Canada. - <i>Dr. Gordon <a href="http://janetsplanet.ca/?p=5614">Edwards</a></i> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><img border=0 width=468 height=312 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC1617.65E16170"></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";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><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#215968'>Bruce Power pulls U.S. shipping application</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#215968'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#999999'><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"'>Bruce Power has withdrawn its application to the United States Department of Transportation for approval to ship 16 radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes.</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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span>Spokesman John Peevers says the company's shipment plan has been put on hold — it is not cancelled — and Bruce Power's goal remains to ship the decommissioned, school bus-sized vessels to a recycling plant in Sweden.</span><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.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3128202">http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3128202</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#215968'>No radioactive waste plans for Great Lakes </span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#215968'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><a href="http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/05/16/No-radioactive-waste-plans-for-Great-Lakes/UPI-87531305549532/" target="_BLANK">http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/05/16/No-radioactive-waste-plans-for-Great-Lakes/UPI-87531305549532/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/05/17/wdr-bruce-power-application-withdrawn.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/05/17/wdr-bruce-power-application-withdrawn.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;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>Germany’s Unlikely Champion Of a Radical Green Energy Path<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h2><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>The disaster at the Fukushima plant in Japan convinced German Chancellor Angela Merkel that nuclear power would never again be a viable option for her country. Now Merkel has embarked on the world’s most ambitious plan to power an industrial economy on renewable sources of energy. And she is anything but a left-wing greenie. </span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>The party she leads, the Christian Democratic Union, is the political equivalent of the Republicans in the U.S.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=author><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://e360.yale.edu/feature/germanys_unlikely_champion_of_a_radical_green_energy_path/2401/">http://e360.yale.edu/feature/germanys_unlikely_champion_of_a_radical_green_energy_path/2401/</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'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Fukushima fuel melt confirmed</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'><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.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Fukushima_fuel_melt_confirmed-1605115.html">http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS-Fukushima_fuel_melt_confirmed-1605115.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=headline><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>More-than-expected damage found at Japan reactor</span></b></span><span class=headline><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span></b></span><span class=headline><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>- </span></b></span><span class=entry-content><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>a serious setback for efforts to stabilize the radiation-leaking complex</span></span><span class=headline><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-05-12-08-28-30#6afa1237-2cd4-4ffa-a318-916bb2b13b13">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-05-12-08-28-30#6afa1237-2cd4-4ffa-a318-916bb2b13b13</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Rethinking nuclear energy in Japan – Japan unplugged<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Naoto Kan seeks to tap into the nation’s energy-saving mood <o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/18682821?story_id=18682821&fsrc=rss">http://www.economist.com/node/18682821?story_id=18682821&fsrc=rss</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>Fukushima:<i> </i>Village on way to becoming ghost town</span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;mso-line-height-alt:0pt'><b><a href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110513f1.html"><span style='font-weight:normal'>http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110513f1.html</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></p><h1><span class=long-title><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Truth a Letter from a High School Girl Living in Fukushima </span></span><span class=long-title><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXodi9X49pw&feature=share">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXodi9X49pw&feature=share</a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><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'>Fukushima Petition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Please sign this new EMERGENCY petition to roll back reckless radiation limits and protect hundreds of thousands of Japanese children from a lifetime of cancer fear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.com/">http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.com/</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><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'>Fukushima’s fallout in Virginia</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br>Virginia’s once-promising nuclear industry is feeling the impact of Japan’s reactor disaster, which has dampened demand for goods and services related to nuclear-powered generating plants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><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://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Chernobyl Forever<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"'>2 minute video film trailer: <a href="http://vimeo.com/17076224">http://vimeo.com/17076224</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;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>NRC Changes Tune On Plant Safety <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"'>Critics of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission received fresh ammunition on Thursday when the agency revealed that many of the nation's aging nuclear power plants would be ill-equipped to withstand earthquakes and other natural disasters.<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/2011/05/13/nrc-changes-tune-on-plant_n_861722.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/nrc-changes-tune-on-plant_n_861722.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><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>UK households offered £10,000 to improve energy efficiency<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='color:#333333'>Up to 14 million families will be able to apply for up to £10,000 each to pay for energy-efficiency improvements on their properties. The money – which will be paid back in energy savings over 20 years – is almost double the previous figure of £6,500 outlined when the scheme was launched.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='color:#333333'>Ministers claim it will be biggest home-improvement programme in Britain since the Second World War. It is the cornerstone of the Government's attempts to reduce household emissions by 30 per cent by 2020.<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.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/households-offered-16310000-to-improve-energy-efficiency-2281615.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/households-offered-16310000-to-improve-energy-efficiency-2281615.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=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Hudak in the dark on power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Toronto Star Editorial</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> – <span style='color:#343434'>Ontario’s Green Energy Act is one of those rare government policies that promises to fundamentally shift how we do things and produce benefits that go well beyond a four-year election term. If implemented well, it will ensure that more of our energy needs are met from renewable sources and create jobs in a burgeoning solar panel and wind turbine manufacturing sector. Unfortunately, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak wants to scrap it all before it’s had a chance to work.</span><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/opinion/editorials/article/989907--hudak-in-the-dark-on-power">http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/989907--hudak-in-the-dark-on-power</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=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Hudak urged to support green energy law – Program spurs job creation, say local businesses<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A group of Ottawa businesses specializing in renewable energy technology is calling on Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak to reconsider his opposition to the McGuinty government's green energy law.<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/sports/Hudak+urged+support+green+energy/4787642/story.html">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Hudak+urged+support+green+energy/4787642/story.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='color:#7030A0'>Ontario’s green energy hub fears winds of political change <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/article2025715.ece">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/article2025715.ece</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;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'>New Report Confirms that Switch to Renewables Is Feasible<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p>It’s official: The world can easily make the switch to renewable energy if it wants to. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/ipcc-renewable-energy-power-world" target="_blank">has just released a report</a> stating that energy from clean sources could account for four-fifths of the global supply within a few decades—if governments show the necessary will. <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.progressive.org/ap051211.html">http://www.progressive.org/ap051211.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;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Fracking the Future: How Unconventional Gas Threatens Our Water, Health and Climate - Report</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><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";color:black'><a href="http://www.desmogblog.com/fracking-future-how-unconventional-gas-threatens-our-water-health-and-climate-report">http://www.desmogblog.com/fracking-future-how-unconventional-gas-threatens-our-water-health-and-climate-report</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>France to ban fracking of fossil fuels<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/907fd72c-7c06-11e0-9b16-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1MA7Mmq2v">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/907fd72c-7c06-11e0-9b16-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1MA7Mmq2v</a> <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 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'>Powering The Future<o:p></o:p></span></b></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"'>Thur. May 19, 7–8:30pm<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"'>Evergreen Brick Works – 550 Bayview Ave, Toronto <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Powering The Future</span></em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> will explore our energy challenges, with a special focus on how we can all best respond in our own communities and backyards. Featuring Tom Rand, Judith Lipp, Mary Pickering, Emily Wood and Bob McDonald. <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://info.evergreen.ca/en/cal/event/powering-the-future/">http://info.evergreen.ca/en/cal/event/powering-the-future/</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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:18.75pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><i><span style='color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><br></span></i><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#604A7B;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#604A7B;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>OPA Feed-in Tariff Review - Webinar</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:18.75pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'>Thursday, May 26, 10:00 - 11:30 am (EST)<b><br></b>$40 for non-members<strong>. </strong><em>Free</em> to OSEA Champion, Enabler and Supporter members. OSEA friends pay $34.<b><br></b>Register at <strong><a href="http://oseawebinars.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank"><span style='font-weight:normal'>http://oseawebinars.eventbrite.com/</span></a></strong><o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:18.75pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><br>The Ontario Power Authority is expected to begin its review of the Feed-in Tariff programs this summer. To mark this occasion, the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association has gathered a panel of experts on Ontario's Green Energy Act and Feed-in Tariff programs as well as project developers and proponents for a discussion on how the FIT programs should evolve. Join us for an engaging conversation on what may be expected from the review, initial recommendations from leading experts and an opportunity to make your own suggestions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Panelists: <o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Jose Etcheverry</span></em><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>, York University<o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Paul Gipe</span></em><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>, Author, Advocate and Renewable Energy Industry Analyst, <a href="http://www.wind-works.org/" target="_blank"><i>Wind-Works.org</i></a></span></em><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Brent Kopperson</span></em><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>, <a href="http://www.pukwis.ca/" target="_blank"><i>PUKWIS Energy Co-op</i></a> & <a href="http://www.windfallcentre.ca/" target="_blank"><i>Windfall Centre</i></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Don McCabe</span></em><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>, <a href="http://www.ofa.on.ca/" target="_blank"><i>Ontario Federation of Agriculture</i></a><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Kristopher Stevens</span></em><em><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>, <a href="http://ontario-sea.org/undefined" target="_blank"><i>Ontario Sustainable Energy Association</i></a></span></em><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></i></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><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#31859C'>Help us put a SNAG in CANSEC!</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"'>SNAG is a quickly growing network of individuals and organisations from across Canada that oppose war, is dedicated to nonviolence and committed to upholding international law.<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"'>June 1-2, SNAG will engage in a peaceful, civil disobedience action at the annual CANSEC weapons bazaar in Ottawa. You’re invited. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>Find out more: <a href="http://www.nowar-paix.ca/snag/index.html">http://www.nowar-paix.ca/snag/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Sign the </span></b></span><span style='color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Petition</span></b></a></span><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> Calling for a Moratorium on New Nuclear Projects in ON</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php</span></a><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>And order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#953735;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>They contain postcards to politicians. </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.<b><span style='color:#77933C'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets</span></a><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Thank you for helping get the word out!<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><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: 416 260-2080 x 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>160 John St., #300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Toronto, ON M5V 2E5<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 style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New 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