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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:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red'>No</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Nukes</span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933C'>News<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"'>July <span style='color:#1F497D'>9</span>, 2012 – Please pass this onto a friend! <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:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'>Please </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/petition1"><span style='color:#0070C0'>sign this petition</span></a><span style='color:#0070C0'> </span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>calling on the Ontario legislature to end the practice of passing on nuclear cost overruns to ratepayers and taxpayers.<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:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>The World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000'> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18718057"><span style='color:#C00000'>Fukushima nuclear disaster 'human-made'</span></a><b> </b><a href="http://naiic.go.jp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/NAIIC_report_lo_res.pdf"><span style='color:#C00000'>report</span></a> </span>The<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>report catalogued serious deficiencies in both the government and plant operator Tepco's response. It also blamed cultural conventions and a reluctance to question authority<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'> <a href="http://bit.ly/M9h8dn"><span style='color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>Japan’s Nuclear Collusion - public health & safety not a priority</span></a></span><span class=long-title><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span></span><span class=long-title><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>Interview with Dr. Gordon Edwards </span></span><span class=long-title><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000'>☢ </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/7hsvg8j"><span style='color:#C00000'>Radioactive River Mud Threatens Lakes and Tokyo Bay</span></a><span class=apple-style-span> </span></span>Lakes across eastern Japan are being contaminated with radioactive cesium from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and scientists are warning of a growing problem in Tokyo Bay. Radioactive mud carried down rivers is slowly accumulating in the lakes, in some cases making fish and shellfish dangerous to eat.<span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><a href="http://smrt.io/M23mPghttp:/smrt.io/M23mPg"><span style='color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>How to avoid a nuclear meltdown: Question authority</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>A Japanese parliamentary committee has blamed last year’s meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on a catalogue of humanmade errors, including a culturally ingrained Japanese unwillingness to question authority.<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h2 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><a href="http://documents.foodandwaterwatch.org/doc/fish_radiation.pdf"><span style='color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>The Nuclear Accident in Japan: Impacts on Fish</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-s-epstein/nuclear-power-causes-canc_b_251057.html" title=Permalink><span style='color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>Nuclear Power Causes Cancer: What Industry Doesn't Want You To Know</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'> by Dr. Samuel Epstein<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/3/headlines/scores_arrested_protesting_vermont_nuclear_plant"><span lang=EN style='color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'>Scores Arrested Protesting Vermont Nuclear Plant</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>Nearly 40 protesters have been arrested in Vermont at the gates of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. The Vermont Yankee facility is one of the oldest in the country and has had a series of radioactive tritium leaks. On Sunday, anti-nuclear activists approached the Yankee plant with a 600-pound, handmade "Trojan Cow" filled with renewable energy devices.</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> </span><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>Scroll to 10:10<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'>Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0070C0'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'> </span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://tinyurl.com/czyjz2r"><span style='color:#0070C0'>Candu reactor employees on strike</span></a><b> </b></span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'>A full strike threatens the future of Canada’s nuclear industry as it will almost certainly guarantee the loss of technological talent.</span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:#333333'>Senior engineers with years of expertise are choosing to leave the company, which could cause the design and service capabilities at Candu to decline, he said.</span></span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#EEEEEE'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0070C0'>☢</span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://bit.ly/NeTCye"><span style='color:#0070C0'>Concrete decaying at Canada's aging nuclear plants</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>At Quebec's sole atomic power station, Gentilly-2, eroding concrete has prompted federal licensing officials to suggest that any provincial attempt to refurbish and re-license the 30-year-old plant must satisfy federal concerns over the aging concrete's ability to stand up to another two or three decades of service.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#1F497D;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://bit.ly/LPtNY7"><span style='color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'>Two companies could build new Darlington reactors</span></a></span><strong><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'> </span></strong><span class=td-endpagebody><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>Ontario Power Generation has signed service agreements with two companies to design a pair of reactors next to the Darlington nuclear station.</span><o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0070C0'>☢</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'><a href="http://janetsplanet.ca/"><span style='color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'>Fukushima. Collusion. Only in Japan, you say?</span></a> </span></b>The level of collusion among nuclear industry, politicians & regulators is no less in evidence here in Canada. Why don’t more Canadian citizens speak up? Are <i>we</i> too obedient? Or just too lazy? Too complacent? “Too busy?” Too smug?<o:p></o:p></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://saveoursaugeenshores.org/home/http:/saveoursaugeenshores.org/home/"><span style='color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'>Save Our Saugeen Shores (SOS) rallied 500</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>people to protest the ongoing process of being considered a host community to high level nuclear waste<span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=rtecenter style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#0070C0'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#0070C0'> <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1116"><span style='color:#0070C0'>Kitchener-Waterloo is calling you</span></a><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'> </span></strong></span>With a razor-thin minority government hanging in the balance, all parties will be focusing on the <strong>upcoming by-election </strong>in Kitchener-Waterloo, likely to take place in September. This is a golden opportunity to draw attention to the major fork in the road facing Ontario energy policy – pour more money into expensive and risky nuclear projects <strong>or</strong> opt for safer and cheaper alternatives like energy efficiency, made-in-Ontario green power, and hydro imports from Quebec. <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/petition1" target="_blank">Sign our petition </a>calling on all the by-election candidates to sign our <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/pledge" target="_blank">Electricity Consumer Protection Pledge</a>. Backroom deals with enormous hidden costs are not in Ontarians’ best interest and candidates must be strongly encouraged to sign the pledge. Help us distribute our <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/kw.pdf" target="_blank">new pamphlet </a>throughout K-W. For more info: angela@cleanairalliance.org<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>Renewables and Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>☼ <a href="http://bit.ly/NaJ0ko"><span style='color:#7030A0;font-weight:normal'>IEA sees renewable energy growth accelerating over next 5 years</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>The International Energy Agency says that despite economic uncertainties in many countries, <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>global power generation from hydropower, solar, wind and other renewable sources is projected to increase by more than 40%</span></strong></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>☼ <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-18625801"><span style='color:#7030A0'>Big increase in Scottish renewables output</span></a><span class=apple-style-span> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Scotland's renewable energy output increased by 45% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year.<b> </b>Scotland is aiming to generate the equivalent of 100% of its electricity needs from renewables by 2020.<span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>☼ <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/03/solarpower-renewableenergy"><span style='color:#7030A0'>Solar power brings electricity to the homes of India's poor</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Entrepreneurs and not-for-profit organisations explore affordable ways to bring renewable energy to all<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:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>☼ <a href="http://bit.ly/lLlM9V"><span style='color:#7030A0'>German Combined Power Plant Demonstrates Real-Time Integration of Renewables</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A pilot project in Germany is showing how networking technology can create a 100-percent-uptime “virtual” power plant composed of widely-dispersed renewable energy sources.<span style='color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><h2 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0'>☼ <a href="http://www.ottawarenewableenergycoop.ca/"><span style='color:#7030A0;font-weight:normal'>Join the Ottawa Renewable Energy Cooperative</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030A0;font-weight:normal'> </span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>There is now an viable option for Ottawa citizens who wish to invest their money in the local renewable energy sector, while earning a fair return.</span><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Act Now!</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><a href="http://saveoursaugeenshores.org/take-action-now/"><span style='color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Stop the Nuke Dump from coming to Saugeen Shores</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Write Council. Sign the Petition. <span style='color:#00B050'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A'>☢</span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'>Please </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="mailto:christopher.bentley@ontario.ca"><strong><span style='color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'>email Energy Minister Bentley</span></strong><strong><span style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></strong></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>and ask him to create sustainable jobs and lower electricity bills by investing in <strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>energy efficiency</span></strong><span style='color:#E46C0A'>. </span>Please tell him that subsidizing the wasteful consumption of high-cost electricity is a fool’s game.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1113"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>It’s about efficiency, not handouts</span></a><span style='color:#E46C0A'>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://bit.ly/Lu2M5B"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Stop plans to build small nuclear reactors in Saskatchewan to power oil extraction from the Alberta Tar Sands.</span></a><b><span style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Sign the petition.<b><o:p></o:p></b></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:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><a href="http://bit.ly/Ln4Y3s"><span style='color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Tell Japan's Prime Minister: Keep Japan Nuclear-Free!</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Japan is currently nuclear-free--all of its 50+ reactors have been shut down since the Fukushima disaster of March 2011. But Prime Minister Noda is now seeking restart of the two nuclear reactors at Ohi as soon as possible. And this could be a prelude to more restarts. Our friends in Japan are asking for us all to raise our voices in protest. Sign the petition.<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><h3 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_japans_nuclear_meltdown_global_g/?tta"><span style='color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'>Sign the Avaaz Petition To UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Noda</span></a></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>As global citizens, we call on you to urgently send an independent team of international experts to assess the dangerous situation at Fukushima Daiichi reactor #4 and recommend clear steps to prevent disaster. A pool of deadly radioactive cesium still sits exposed -- risking a human nuclear catastrophe 10 times as bad as Chernobyl. The Japanese government is not responding. It's time for urgent international action.<o:p></o:p></span></h3><h3 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'> <a href="http://bit.ly/KqFssK"><span style='color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'>Urge Canadian government to cancel proposed radioactive waste dumps on Great Lakes shoreline</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#E46C0A;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1102"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Hudak’s Nuclear Fantasy</span></a><b><span style='color:#E46C0A'> </span></b></span><span class=messagebody><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontario Opposition Leader Tim Hudak released his strategy to lower electricity rates, namely, cancelling the Green Energy Act’s feed-in-tariff for renewable energy and embarking on a major nuclear spending program to ensure that nuclear power will meet “half of our power needs.” Please send Mr. Hudak a message here and ask him to develop a credible, fact-based strategy to cut the real waste in Ontario’s electricity system – nuclear power.</span></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0070C0'><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><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1059" target="_blank"><span style='color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'>Send an email to ON Energy Minister Bentley</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A;font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";font-weight:normal'>and ask him to finish the coal phase-out in 2012 and invest in energy conservation rather than build or rebuild new nukes. <o:p></o:p></span></h1><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/duncan_budget" target="_blank"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Please <b>email</b> Ontario’s Finance Minister Dwight Duncan</span></a></span><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>and tell him that the electricity sector review must include a “value for money” analysis of future supply options<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:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#E46C0A'>☢</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets" target="_blank"><span style='color:#E46C0A'>Order our new leaflet</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>calling on the ON gov’t to halt their massive nuclear expansion plans – they’re free and contain <a href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/OCAA_CutSomeWaste-web.pdf" target="_blank">postcards</a> to Energy Minister Bentley asking him to favour lower-cost, safer and greener options. Distribute them to your friends and neighbours.<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:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#00B050'>Events<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=p1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#00B050'>☢</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/257867610993667/"><span style='color:#00B050'>Let’s Make Nuclear THE K-W by-election issue</span></a></span> Mtng. #2, Mon. July 23, 7 p.m., Heritage Room, City Hall, Kitchener. All welcome! Let’s have some fun with this…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=p1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho";color:#00B050'>☢</span></b><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#00B050'> </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><a href="http://www.deathofevidence.ca/"><span style='color:#00B050'>Death of Evidence Rally</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>July 10, noon, Ottawa Conference Centre to Parliament Hill. The scientific community is sad to report the death of evidence, which passed away June 18th, 2012, after an over six year battle with Harper government policies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=p1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=p1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'>--- <span style='color:#505050'><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 lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0032E6'>Twitter: @nonukebailouts<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 height=27 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CD5DD7.9655A740"></span></a><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"'><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>