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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;color:#558ED5'>No</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:#215968'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:#C00000'>Nukes </span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;color:#4F6228'>News</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Oct. 4, 2011 – <i>Pass this onto a friend!</i><br><br> - If you're in Ontario, don't forget to <b><span style='color:#7030A0'>VOTE on Thur. Oct. 6</span></b>. To learn the <span style='color:#7030A0'>energy platforms of the various parties</span>, check out the <a href="http://bit.ly/r1iSYE">leaders' responses</a> to our questionnaire, <a href="http://bit.ly/nSJvzP">Jack's Notes</a>, and <a href="http://bit.ly/qoGJ6t">Green Prosperity</a>. And send Tim Hudak an <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/hudak_nukecost">email</a> asking his position on nuclear cost overruns. Is he protecting taxpayers or the nuclear lobby?<br><br>- <span style='color:#7030A0'>The Fukushima nuclear disaster has been a global wakeup call on the risks posed by nuclear power. Here in Canada, however, our authorities have pretended that these risks don't exist. </span>- <i>Greenpeace nuclear analyst Shawn-Patrick Stensil <br></i><br>- <span style='color:#7030A0'>The nuclear industry has socialised the cost, then tries to hold itself up as a cheap energy source. It is a disease that has its hands wrapped around the throats of both parties (Liberals and Conservatives). </span>– <i>John Kourtoff, chief executive of offshore wind developer Trillium Power<br></i><br><a href="http://bit.ly/ppBcZe">Switzerland decides phase-out of civil use of nuclear power</a> - Switzerland is following the example of Germany, the two countries courageously embarking on the path to increased energy conservation and the sustainable use of energy and resources.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a href="http://bit.ly/qeJBLK">Japan Officials Failed to Hand Out Radiation Pills in Quake's Aftermath</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/o2Pvw2">Fukushima's Contamination Produces Some Surprises at Sea</a> - "When we saw the numbers - hundreds of millions of becquerels - we knew this was the largest delivery of radiation into the ocean ever seen,'' he said. ''We still don't know how much was released.''<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:#333333'><a href="http://bit.ly/qRnb8Q">Thyroid gland irregularities found in young evacuees from Fukushima</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/rmTlj9">Environmentalists go to court to halt new Ontario nuclear reactors</a> - Risks to Lake Ontario and surrounding communities unclear after flawed assessment. <a href="http://bit.ly/nVCvkp">Watch</a> the 12 min. video of the press conference. <span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/ontario-green-energy-jobs/">Ontario will mourn loss of green energy jobs if Hudak elected</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/oYJ5Kj">Ontario marketing campaign seeded Internet with 'conversations' promoting coal, nuclear</a> - The Ontario Power Workers' Union fakes online identities to oppose green energy and promote coal and nuclear.<br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/mWpJHi">Fuel rebates boost greenhouse gases</a> - Environment is the loser in the Ontario election. <br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/pxK5sc">Fighting on an uneven playing field</a> - Canada has abundant fossil-fuel -reserves, immense hydro resources and a nuclear power programme - all assisted by billions of dollars of state investment. Offshore wind development, on the other hand, has been -driven by private-investors, who are struggling for equal treatment from politicians committed to large, government-owned utilities. <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/oBu836">Nuclear Power Subsidies: The Gift that Keeps on Taking</a> - 2011 Report by the Union of Concerned Scientists about the massive subsidies given to the nuclear industry<br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/pLfkvS">No New Nuke in India</a> - Thousands of people are protesting against a proposed nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu, India. The plant uses risky Russian technology and the locals do not want it. Please sign the petition.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1031"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Coal: Dead Man Walking</span></a> - </strong>While we no longer need our dirty coal plants to keep our lights on, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) continues to operate them to export dirty electricity to the U.S<b>. </b><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>at a loss. Since January 2009 OPG has received $865 million in subsidy payme</span></strong>nts from the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation (an agency of the Government of Ontario) to compensate it for the operating losses of its coal plants.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://bit.ly/pJvXJF">Coal is the enemy of the human race, mainstream economics edition</a> - Once you strip away the econ jargon, the paper finds that <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>electricity from coal imposes more damages on the U.S. economy than the electricity is worth.</span></strong><b> </b>A gigantic, blood-sucking parasite that's enriching a few executives and shareholders at the public's expense.<o:p></o:p></p><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.pembina.org/blog/578">Fact: Green energy is good for Ontario</a> <br>FACT: The Green Energy Act will not dramatically increase the price of<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>electricity. <br>FACT: Green energy has existed for decades without harmful side effects<br>FACT: Grandmothers do not have to do their laundry at 2 a.m. because of<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>smart meters<br>FACT: Green energy creates jobs for Ontarians<br>FACT: Subsidies to renewable energy are no greater than those for fossil<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>fuel and nuclear power<br>FACT: Feed-in tariffs are the most effective tools to develop renewable<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>energy<br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/o3rjPM">Planet in Focus</a> <span style='color:#1F497D'>–</span> Toronto's Environmental Film Festival will take place Oct. 12-16. There are some superb films on renewables, coal and nuclear. Get your tickets now! <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>