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class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>When it comes to the oceans, however, the impact of Fukushima exceeds Chernobyl. <i>- <a href="http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/following-fukushima-how-much-radioactivity-oceans">Ken Buesseler</a>, a chemical oceanographer at the <span style='color:black'>Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</span>.</i></span></span><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></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"'>And just as the world is now wondering how the Japanese could ever have been foolhardy enough to build something as inherently dangerous as nuclear power plants above earthquake fault lines, future generations will one day look back with bewilderment and dismay at the craziness of locating nukes in the heart of the Great Lakes, home to 20 percent of the world's fresh surface water. <i>- <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'><a href="http://metrotimes.com/news/godzilla-and-the-great-lakes-1.1148138">Curt Guyette</a></span></strong></i></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:19.5pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#604A7B'>Company Believes 3 Reactors Melted Down in Japan</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#604A7B'><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.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/world/asia/25nuclear.html?_r=1&hp">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/world/asia/25nuclear.html?_r=1&hp</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 style='mso-line-height-alt:15.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'>Japan Reports More Radiation Leakage</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#888888'><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><span style='color:#333333'>At least 250 [more] tons of radioactive water spilled into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, officials said. </span><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/05/22/Japan-reports-more-radiation-leakage/UPI-28701306071295/">http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/05/22/Japan-reports-more-radiation-leakage/UPI-28701306071295/</a><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:22.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#604A7B'>Nuclear plant workers suffer internal radiation exposure after visiting Fukushima</span></b></span><span style='color:#604A7B'> </span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110521p2a00m0na021000c.html">http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110521p2a00m0na021000c.html</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span style='color:#604A7B'>Japan radiation fears prompt firms to move employees back<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p>Foreign firms are evacuating staff from Japan, after fears of radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi plant escalated further. <span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.xfmnewscenter.com/news/news.php?cat=International&title=Japan+radiation+fears+prompt+firms+to+move+employees">http://www.xfmnewscenter.com/news/news.php?cat=International&title=Japan+radiation+fears+prompt+firms+to+move+employees</a>+ </span><o:p></o:p></p><h2><span style='color:#604A7B'>Situation at Fukushima out of control<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'>4 min. news video:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://rt.com/news/situation-fukushima-no-control/">http://rt.com/news/situation-fukushima-no-control/</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-line-height-alt:16.5pt'><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'>Background</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'>:</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#604A7B'> </span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The engineering details of the Fukushima tragedy are beginning</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <i>to be admitted publicly, while the biomedical details are still being</i> <i>glossed over. With fuel melting, vastly greater amounts of radio-active materials are released from the core than occur with the</i> <i>lesser types of fuel damage that had been postulated earlier.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dozens of different species of radioactive materials were released</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>in the form of vapours or particulates, susceptible for inhalation or</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>ingestion by humans and animals, likely to be tracked into homes,</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>schools and offices after being deposited in clothing, skin or hair.</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>See <a href="http://ccnr.org/hlw_chart.html">http://ccnr.org/hlw_chart.html</a> .</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The discovery that almost 5000 atomic workers have now shown signs of internal radioactive contamination after simply visiting the</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>Fukushima site guarantees that Japanese citizens of all ages from the nearby areas have also experienced some degree of internal deposition of radioactive materials in their bodies. Nursing mothers</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>are now showing measurable amounts of radioactive contamination from Fukushima in their milk.</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The decision of the Japanese government to allow children in</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>dozens of schools to be exposed to levels of atomic radiation</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>up to 20 millisieverts per year is irresponsible and deserves to</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>be denounced. (20 millisieverts per year is the maximum radiation dose permitted for an atomic worker in a German nuclear power plant, and actual</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>doses are normally kept well below that regulatory limit.)</i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Not only are children much more susceptible to the harmful effects</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>of radiation exposure than adults, but they are much more likely</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>to track radioactive contaminants into their homes and schools</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>in the form of dirt and dust, soiled hands and fingernails, and</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>dirty play-clothes. </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The world cannot afford to let the biomedical consequences of</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>nuclear energy -- especially catastrophic accidents like Fukushima</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>-- be mishandled and trivialized by the physical scientists who deal</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>with the machinery and the measurements but who have little to</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>offer to the population or even to the workers in the way of protection</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>and understanding of the pathways of all the radioactive emissions.</i></span> - <span class=apple-style-span><i>Gordon Edwards.</i></span></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:16.5pt'><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 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:#E46C0A'>Godzilla and the Great Lakes - Why nuclear plans for our water wonderland must be opposed<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=152 height=160 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC1A3A.6A8D9230" alt="Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:9C2ED8EC-C2C9-44C6-8864-4C371911B67D@local"></span><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><span style='color:#232323'><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";color:#232323'>Introduced to the world by Japanese filmmakers in the 1950s, the monstrous mutant created by nuclear detonations serves as a fitting metaphor for the horrors currently unfolding at the badly damaged Fukushima Daiichi reactors.<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";color:#232323'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://metrotimes.com/news/godzilla-and-the-great-lakes-1.1148138">http://metrotimes.com/news/godzilla-and-the-great-lakes-1.1148138</a> </span><span style='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 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:#558ED5'>Dr. Gordon Edwards Keynote Talk on Radioactivity <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>This is the keynote address of Dr. Gordon Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility at the International Roundtable on "Nuclear Threats to the Great Lakes and Transition to Clean Safe Energy" on May 14, 2011, in Dearborn, Michigan. </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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.youtube.com/watch?v=jGV62tvCLo4&feature=email">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGV62tvCLo4&feature=email</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:#C00000'>In disaster there is opportunity: How the Fukushima disaster is leading to a more sustainable future<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://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/climate-blog/2011/05/in-disaster-there-is-opportunity-how-the-fukushima-disaster-is-leading-to-a-more/">http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/climate-blog/2011/05/in-disaster-there-is-opportunity-how-the-fukushima-disaster-is-leading-to-a-more/</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><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>Fukushima chills uranium development in Nunavut</span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'><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><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Japanese nuclear disaster has renewed worries</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span>about safety though a job-hungry territory may not care</span><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.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/fukushima-chills-uranium-development/article2025353/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/fukushima-chills-uranium-development/article2025353/</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:#604A7B'>Anti-nuclear protests in Switzerland attract 20,000 <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://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Anti-nuclear_protests_attract_20,000.html?cid=30291990">http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Anti-nuclear_protests_attract_20,000.html?cid=30291990</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 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'>India Could Build More Nukes,</span></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#31859C'> <span class=apple-style-span>Former Leader Warns</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1><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://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110520_5896.php">http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110520_5896.php</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#31859C'>Background</span></i></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>: </span></i></span><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>India exploded its first atomic bomb in 1974, using</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>plutonium produced in a research reactor which was</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>given to India as a gift from the Government of Canada. Canada announced that it was breaking off all nuclear cooperation with India because of that country's use of</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><span class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>civil nuclear facilities for military purposes.</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><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 class=apple-style-span><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In the intervening years India has built dozens of reactors</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>which are essentially clones of the Canadian CANDU design,</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>produced a large stockpile of separated plutonium from these</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>reactors, and created an arsenal of 70-80 nuclear weapons.</i></span><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><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In 2009, despite the fact that India refuses to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty, refuses to eliminate its arsenal of nuclear</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>weapons, and even refuses to forego building more nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Harper of Canada resumed nuclear</i></span> <span class=apple-style-span><i>cooperation with India. Canada is actively seeking to sell nuclear power reactors and Canadian uranium to that country. This arrangement makes a mockery of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and sends a terrible message to the rest of the world.<b> </b></i></span><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><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A nuclear-weapons-free world cannot be built on a foundation of hypocrisy. A sustainable and peaceful future can never</span></i></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><i>emerge if it is to be based on a double standard.</i></span> - <span class=apple-style-span>Gordon Edwards</span><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:#C00000'>The Fight over Coal Mining is a “Fight About Democracy”<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>30 min. interview on Democracy Now<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.democracynow.org/2011/5/23/fight_over_coal_mining_is_a">http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/23/fight_over_coal_mining_is_a</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='color:#77933C'>Denmark’s Road to a Low-Carbon, Energy-Efficient Economy<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Denmark is aiming to become fully independent of fossil fuels by 2050, instead meeting its energy needs with renewable energy. Here’s how.<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://blogs.worldwatch.org/revolt/denmark%E2%80%99s-road-to-a-low-carbon-energy-efficient-economy/">http://blogs.worldwatch.org/revolt/denmark%E2%80%99s-road-to-a-low-carbon-energy-efficient-economy/</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><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Solar Schools<o:p></o:p></span></b></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='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Toronto District School Board (TDSB) Trustees have approved a landmark partnership that will see solar panels installed on 450 school rooftops, generating electricity while offsetting the costs of major roof maintenance.<o:p></o:p></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://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=5wybjucab&v=001UDahdbFKBLk03mGdXja7VsodTM-5jv1aXliZV2_xSgNRR01ktN3yPYN6E13_1DAvzIpaVGhDvZCI8bcLVDFQP4tDewa5Gd6USVkBT8U3j-t-j_eekD0YGw%3D%3D">http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=5wybjucab&v=001UDahdbFKBLk03mGdXja7VsodTM-5jv1aXliZV2_xSgNRR01ktN3yPYN6E13_1DAvzIpaVGhDvZCI8bcLVDFQP4tDewa5Gd6USVkBT8U3j-t-j_eekD0YGw%3D%3D</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><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Nuclear nightmare: From Chernobyl to Japan</span></b></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>– with Bradley Hughes </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"'><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"'>Sun. May 29, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Part of the conference: </span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Marxism 2011. Recession. Resistance. Revolution.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><span class=apple-style-span>27 to 29 May 2011 | Ryerson Student Centre | 55 Gould Street, Toronto </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"'>Register online: </span></span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.marxismconference.ca/" target="_blank"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:#3333FF;text-decoration:none'>http://www.marxismconference.ca/</span></span></a></span></u><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> | Facebook: </span></span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><a href="http://on.fb.me/M2K11" target="_blank"><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:blue;text-decoration:none'>http://on.fb.me/M2K11</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></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:#77933C'>Home is Where the Heat Is<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"'>Tues. May 31. 7 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Metro Hall, Room 314 (John and King)<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"'>Post Carbon Toronto in collaboration with the Toronto Zeitgeist Movement presents an evening's investigation into what can be done on the home front. Whether we are talking about our creature comforts, pocketbook, or greenhouse gasses, our homes are central to the issue. <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"'>Greg Allen, David Elfstrom and Peter Shepherd are our presenters. Between them they have decades of learning and experience in the realms of energy efficiency and home energy retrofits. Whether you are a homeowner, planning to be a homeowner, or simply interested in what can be done, this event promises to be a "must see". <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 class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735'>Sign the </span></b></span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#953735'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><b><span lang=EN-CA style='color:#953735'>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'> 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'><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/petition2.php">http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php</a></span><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'>And order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#953735'><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><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets">http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets</a><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C0504D'>Thank you for helping get the word out!<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";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"'><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 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lang=EN-CA>Coal Must Go</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://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php"><span lang=EN-CA>Sign our Petition</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 lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'>Facebook – 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"'><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 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