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In over sixty years the technology has not only failed to keep its promise of cheap, clean and safe energy, it also caused major catastrophes and enabled more nuclear weapons while the nuclear waste problem is still not solved.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:firebrick'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:firebrick'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=ff4dc8901e&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:firebrick'>Another nuclear reactor to shut down amid Germany's atomic phase-out</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:firebrick'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>That’ll leave just 7, down 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href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=000f1d5562&e=45743fde61">Ontario’s long-awaited new nuclear emergency plan falls short, Greenpeace says</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>There is little in the updated nuclear response plan to prepare for a major disaster. Emergency zones are too small given the potentially large scale of nuclear disasters.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:blue'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=60265b18ec&e=45743fde61">Energy regulator orders $100M compensation cut every year until 2021 in nuclear budget for OPG</a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>The Ontario Energy Board ordered the OPG to cut the “excessive” costs associated with pensions and benefits from its nuclear business’ administration, operations and maintenance budget.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:blue'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'> <a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=41c6c629df&e=45743fde61" target="_blank">Hamilton scientist suing Canada's nuclear regulator for $1.27M</a> Dr. Frank Greening claims he’s been defamed by the CNSC. Greening, a retired nuclear scientist with Ontario Hydro and Bruce Power, has been a vocal critic of Ontario's nuclear power and waste projects.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #AAAAAA 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 2.0pt 0cm'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><br></span><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>Renewables and Conservation</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=e8a806a2c0&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>Will Cheap Renewables Make Nuclear Power Obsolete?</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>Advances in renewables that are cutting the cost of power are in sharp contrast to continued cost overruns and delays in nuclear power stations. An analysis of countries' plans for tackling climate change showed that 108 were looking to expand renewables and just nine wanted to build new nuclear stations.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=1acba36bbb&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>In West Texas Where Wind Power Means Jobs, Climate Talk Is Beside the Point</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>Wind turbines bring jobs, tax dollars for new schools, income security for farmers and energy independence.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=7e1f19709a&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation</span></a> The plan is for a reduction in use of coal and nuclear as the usage of gas and renewables increase over 2017-2031.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=eaf48bad0a&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>Top Ten Clean Energy Developments of 2017</span></a> According to the Rocky Mountain Institute, 2017 was a great year for clean energy.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=67fae386b9&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>Solar panels have gotten thinner than a human hair. Soon they’ll be everywhere.</span></a><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=203a63fdf9&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>50 Ways 100% Clean Energy Won In 2017</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>despite Trump's attempts to roll back the country's progress.<br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green'>☼ </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=7504e8e71c&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:green'>Save money, be more comfortable, and fight climate change</span></a> Ontario’s new GreenON program is offering thousands of dollars in rebates to help you reduce your energy costs and fight climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p style='line-height:150%'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'>Take Action!</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:purple'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050;background:#FDFDFD'> Sign our petitions to <a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=978ff0f9f9&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>Close Pickering</span></a> and to <a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=dc6004bb65&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>Buy Quebec Power</span></a><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=604c33cef9&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:#336699'>.</span></a> And share them with your friends. Watch our <a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=1ac792f633&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>2 min. video</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple;background:#FDFDFD'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050;background:#FDFDFD'>here. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:purple'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=2cc0d83ae3&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:purple'>Stop OPG's Nuclear Waste Dump Before It's Too Late</span></a><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Learn more about OPG’s nuke waste dump proposal in Kincardine, ON, and write Minister McKenna, Premier Wynne and PM Trudeau here.</span><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:purple'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=d11af3eb26&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:purple'>Tell the Japanese government: don’t dump nuclear waste into the ocean!</span></a><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:purple'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=554f1edeb5&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>Can you spare a few hours to leaflet blitz your neighbourhood mailboxes?</span></a><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> Help us make the closure of the Pickering nuclear station a public issue. Contact: </span><a href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org"><span style='color:purple'>angela@cleanairalliance.org</span></a><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:purple'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=6400da5275&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>O</span></a><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=1308dd77b5&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:purple'>rder your free KI (anti-thyroid-cancer) pills </span></a><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=5489ac73a4&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:purple'>here</span></a><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> if you live within 50 km of an ON nuclear facility - that includes all of Toronto and beyond. </span><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=b9ca174ed9&e=45743fde61" target="_blank"><span style='color:purple'>Download your anti-thyroid cancer posters here</span></a><span style='background:#FDFDFD'> to post in your office, school, or local cafe.</span><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"MS Mincho",serif;color:purple'>☢</span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'><a href="https://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=b3d2a4bbf6&e=45743fde61"><span style='color:purple'>Canada – Sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:purple'> </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>Last year 122 member states of the United Nations voted to approve the text of a Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the Nuclear Weapons States voted against it as did most Nato countries including Canada. 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