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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:#558ED5'>No</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#215968'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Nukes </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#4F6228'>News</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Aug. 12, 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"'>"I deeply regret believing in the security myth of nuclear power." - Japanese Prime Minister <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44044030/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/japans-hiroshima-city-marks-atomic-bombing/">Naoto Kan</a> at the Hiroshima Day commemorations<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"'>“Sure, you can say nuclear power is somewhat less carbon-intensive than burning fossil fuels for energy; beating your children to death with a club will prevent them from getting hit by a car. Ravaging the Earth by one irreparable means is not a sensible way to prevent it from being destroyed by another. There are alternatives. We should choose them and use them.” – <i><a href="http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/316/">Rebecca Solnit</a></i><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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#376092'>Censorship and safety: Health Canada and the nuclear information blackout<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://rabble.ca/news/2011/08/censorship-and-safety-health-canada-and-nuclear-information-blackout">http://rabble.ca/news/2011/08/censorship-and-safety-health-canada-and-nuclear-information-blackout</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:29.25pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>Japan marks Hiroshima anniversary<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h3 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:0in;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width: 0px;outline-style: initial;outline-color: initial;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>PM calls for reduced reliance on nuclear power<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/06/hiroshima-anniversary.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/08/06/hiroshima-anniversary.html</a></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>Atomic Cover-Up: The Hidden Story Behind the U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>30 minute audio interview and transcript <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.democracynow.org/2011/8/9/atomic_cover_up_the_hidden_story">http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/9/atomic_cover_up_the_hidden_story</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>Metta Spencer’s Hiroshima Day Speech, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/hiroshima-day-speech-2011">http://www.scienceforpeace.ca/hiroshima-day-speech-2011</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span class=apple-style-span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Japan Held Nuclear Data, </span></b></span><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Leaving Evacuees in Peril</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:9.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/world/asia/09japan.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/world/asia/09japan.html</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Over 1,550 tons of highly radioactive sludge found in 5 prefectures (Japan)</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110729p2a00m0na016000c.html">http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110729p2a00m0na016000c.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Engineer dismantles facade of Japan's nuclear industry</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/MH05Dh01.html" target="_blank">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Japan/MH05Dh01.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Citizen group wants radiation tests done in Canada following Fukushima nuclear disaster<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://fukushimanewsresearch.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/canada-citizen-group-wants-radiation-tests-done-in-canada-following-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/">http://fukushimanewsresearch.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/canada-citizen-group-wants-radiation-tests-done-in-canada-following-fukushima-nuclear-disaster/</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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:#77933C'>The World Would be Better Off Without Nuclear Power<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Tom Burke participates on The Economist’s online live debate on Nuclear power. He addresses issues of weapons proliferation, climate change, and cost. <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:#003366'><a href="http://www.e3g.org/programmes/climate-articles/tom-burke-participates-on-the-economists-online-live-debate-on-nuclear-powe/P0/">http://www.e3g.org/programmes/climate-articles/tom-burke-participates-on-the-economists-online-live-debate-on-nuclear-powe/P0/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#003366'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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:#C00000'>A future that's not nuclear</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>Happenings in Japan have led many to contemplate if we as a species should continue with our nuclear experimentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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"'><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/180181/a-future-thats-not-nuclear.html">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/180181/a-future-thats-not-nuclear.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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="1%" style='width:1.0%'><tr><td width="1%" valign=top style='width:1.0%;padding:0in 6.0pt 6.0pt 0in'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#8064A2;font-style:normal'>NUCLEAR ROULETTE – The Case Against a Nuclear Renaissance – now online</span></b></em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#8064A2'><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"'>Released June 2011, <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7162975461/208638622/224197780/33867/goto:http:/ifg.org/pdf/Nuclear_Roulette_book.pdf">now available for free to download</a>! <em>NUCLEAR ROULETTE</em> compiles all the reasons why nuclear power must be abandoned as a viable energy choice. It also offers a keen look at alternative energy scenarios, combined with effective conservation strategies, which will guarantee a livable future. Hard copies of the report are available for $16, plus $3 for shipping and handling. Order <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/7162975461/208638622/224197783/33867/goto:http:/www.ifg.org/store.htm">here</a>, or get a copy from me, <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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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'>12 minute video on Uranium Mining<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.roxstop-action.org/">http://www.roxstop-action.org/</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'>Why George Monbiot is completely wrong on nuclear power <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.jonathonporritt.com/blog/why-george-monbiot-completely-wrong-nuclear-power">http://www.jonathonporritt.com/blog/why-george-monbiot-completely-wrong-nuclear-power</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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"'>Another reason why nukes are no answer to climate change… - 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 class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#8064A2'>River temperature forces nuclear plant to 50 percent power</span></b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br><span class=apple-style-span>On Wednesday, the utility had to bring a third reactor at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant down to 50 percent power to avoid environmental sanctions because the water in the Tennessee River — where the plant's cooling water is discharged — already was at 90 degrees.</span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='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"'><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"'><a href="http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/aug/04/river-temperature-forces-plant-to-50-percent/"><span style='text-decoration:none'>http://timesfreepress.com/news/2011/aug/04/river-temperature-forces-plant-to-50-percent/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontario Doesn’t Need Coal Generated Electricity, so Why Shouldn’t it be Phased Out Now Instead of Waiting until 2014?<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A 48 minute audio interview with Ontario Clean Air Alliance’s Chair Jack Gibbons <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://bit.ly/nO2uNY">http://bit.ly/nO2uNY</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C0504D'>Biogas Tours and Workshops</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br>Learn how you can use your farm outputs to generate electricity, earn a profit, and benefit the environment. Ontario's biogas association, the APAO, invites you to tour a working biogas operation on a farm near you. For a complete listing of tours and workshops taking place starting August 16, visit <a href="http://www.apao.ca/">www.apao.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#7030A0'>CNSC 101: An Information Session for Stakeholders<br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a one-day information session in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), on September 23, 2011. </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"'>CNSC 101 provides an overview of the CNSC’s history, structure, mandate, and three core processes: management of the regulatory framework, licensing and certification, and compliance. This is the <a href="http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/CNSC_101/CNSC-101-Information-Session-Agenda_e.pdf">agenda</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br>To register, please send us your name, address, phone number and, if applicable, organization, to: <a href="mailto:cnsc101-ccsn101@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca">cnsc101-ccsn101@cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:green'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>In Ontario, gloomy skies for solar power <o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The industry, he asserted, has been “sucker-punched.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/in-ontario-gloomy-skies-for-solar-power/article2125904/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/in-ontario-gloomy-skies-for-solar-power/article2125904/</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"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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"'>OSEA FIT Webinar Series: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>Discussing the Future of the Feed-in Tariff program and solar power development in Ontario <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"'>Thur. Sept. 15, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>More info: <a href="http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3165&SiteNodeID=218">http://www.ontario-sea.org/Page.asp?PageID=1209&ContentID=3165&SiteNodeID=218</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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:#984807'>Stop Maxim Coal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent is about to announce new rules for coal power that will require any new plant to drastically cut its pollution. </span><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>But the coal industry is trying to cheat, and build a massive coal power plant just before the new rules take effect. </span></strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>Send a message to Minister Kent now to demand Maxim Power play by the rules</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><strong><o:p> </o:p></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-maxim-coal"><span style='font-weight:normal'>http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-maxim-coal</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=rtecenter><strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#984807'>Ontario’s NDP wants to phase-out coal now!</span></strong><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#984807'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=rteleft>Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/62088731/Affordable-Green-Choices" target="_blank">promised today </a>that an NDP Government will put Ontario’s dirty coal-fired power plants on standby reserve and only operate them if they are absolutely needed to keep the lights on. Bravo!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=rteleft><strong>Please email <a href="mailto:ahorwath-co@ndp.on.ca">Andrea Horwath</a> </strong>and <b><span style='color:#984807'>thank her </span></b>for her strong commitment to phasing out our dirty coal plants now. <strong>Please also email <a href="mailto:dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org">Premier Dalton McGuinty </a></strong>and Conservative Leader <strong><a href="mailto:tim.hudakco@pc.ola.org">Tim Hudak </a></strong>and urge them to follow her lead.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'>SolarShare – Community Solar Bonds <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>A new opportunity to invest in Ontario was announced today with the province-wide release of SolarShare Community Solar Bonds, $1000 bonds that earn a 5% annual return over a 5 year term. Developed by TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative, the SolarShare Co-operative is now offering bonds that are invested in a portfolio of solar electric power projects located across the province, projects that are already constructed, producing power and generating stable long-term revenues under 20-year Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) contracts. <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.solarbonds.ca/">http://www.solarbonds.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#77933C'>Woman Rallies German Community to Take Over Power Grid, Fight Nuclear and Coal Energy<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=stand-first-alone>Ursula Sladek spent 25 years campaigning for green energy in her town, fuelled by a desire to protect her family. <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>She helped her community buy a power grid and started a green energy cooperative movement.</span></strong><b> </b>2 decades later, her green energy cooperative boasts more than 110 thousand customers. She was awarded <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>the 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/may/21/ursula-sladek-power-green-campaigner">http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/may/21/ursula-sladek-power-green-campaigner</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/woman-rallies-german-community-take-over-power-grid-fight-nuclear-coal.php">http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/04/woman-rallies-german-community-take-over-power-grid-fight-nuclear-coal.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>6 min. audio interview: <a href="http://www.pri.org/stories/business/social-entrepreneurs/how-to-start-an-energy-co-op3391.html">http://www.pri.org/stories/business/social-entrepreneurs/how-to-start-an-energy-co-op3391.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#E46C0A'>Clean Energy Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Great </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>factsheets</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'> here on the Green Energy Act, the Feed In Tariff, green energy and more<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/clean-energy-ontario/index.php?WEBYEP_DI=1">http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/e/clean-energy-ontario/index.php?WEBYEP_DI=1</a> <o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>----------------------------------------------------------------</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"'>---------------------------------------------------------------- <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 Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/nonukesnews.php"><span lang=EN-CA style='color:purple'>No Nukes News</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.healthpower.ca/"><span lang=EN-CA>Health Power</span></a></span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://coalmustgo.ca/"><span lang=EN-CA>Coal Must Go</span></a></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 Roman","serif";color:#0032E6;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=127 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