No Nukes News - targetting Iggy

Bischoff Angela greenspi at web.ca
Wed Sep 30 22:37:34 EDT 2009


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Help us get to Iggy!

Thanks to every one of you that helped distribute leaflets in Energy  
Minister Smitherman’s riding, and in the St. Paul’s by-election. Now  
that we’ve got Smitherman onside, and the winning candidate in St.  
Paul’s riding stated in an all-candidates forum that he supports the  
move to 100% renewable energy grid, our next target is Liberal Leader  
Michael Ignatieff in the riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. In recent  
months he has repeatedly declared his support for nuclear power, so  
we need to bring him up-to-speed with the help of his constituents.  
If you can help us distribute leaflets door-to-door in his riding,  
let me know – we need you! Thank YOU!

angela at cleanairalliance.org

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Ontario bets billions on wind power

Ontario's power grid is getting a $2.3 billion makeover as part of an  
ambitious, three-year effort to create 20,000 jobs and bring more  
green electricity to homes and businesses across the province.

http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/environment/article/698928

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Canadian Hydro plans offshore wind farm
Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., the country's largest independent  
developer of wind-energy projects, said on Monday it plans to erect  
enough wind turbines in Lake Erie to power two million homes. That  
works out to about 880 offshore wind turbines scattered across the  
shallowest of the Great Lakes.

The announcement comes just days after the Ontario government  
launched its feed-in tariff program, which pays generators of green  
electricity a guaranteed premium for the power they produce.
Toronto Hydro is exploring development in Lake Ontario and Lake Erie,  
while Leamington-based SouthPoint Wind wants to put up 15 wind  
turbines just off Pigeon Bay, Lake Erie. Trillium Power, a developer  
based in Toronto, was first out of the gates a few years ago with its  
plans to build about 1,500 megawatts of wind in Lake Ontario, a  
project that will be completed in two phases.

Ontario's green-energy policies and programs are gaining traction in  
the market.

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/702344

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AECL says N.B. reactor delay now 16 months

The $1.4-billion refurbishment of Atlantic Canada's only nuclear  
reactor is now more than a year behind schedule, with the target date  
for power to be generated again at
Point Lepreau, N.B., delayed until February 2011.

NB Power has estimated that replacement fuel for each day the nuclear  
reactor is not running costs it $1 million.

The Crown nuclear corporation has had a tough year. Its reactor at  
Chalk River, Ont., which produces the major part of the world's  
supply of radioisotopes for nuclear
medicine, went offline in mid-May and has suffered three delays in  
repairs totalling nine months so far.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/26/nb-point- 
lepreau-aecl-delay-keir-928.html

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Halt Lepreau project now and consider other power options

A former winner of what's known as the alternative Nobel Prize has  
proposed a radical solution for the cost overruns at Point Lepreau:  
Stop the bleeding now.
The 18-month, $1.4-billion mid-life refurbishment of Atlantic  
Canada's only nuclear reactor was supposed to be completed by now.  
Instead, New Brunswickers learned on the weekend that it will not go  
back into service until roughly February 2011. The delay may double  
the $400-million cost of replacement power borne by NB Power, as well  
as escalate costs paid by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. by hundreds of  
millions of dollars.
"The most rational thing for New Brunswick to do would be to say,  
'OK, let's freeze the project and compare it to other energy-service  
options," he said. "What is the electricity needed for and what are  
the options to generate or to save electricity on the same level?"
Schneider said energy conservation and renewables such as wind and  
wood biomass could replace Lepreau's electricity, especially if the  
province invested heavily in a decentralized system of energy  
sources. Things such as household solar hot water heaters and  
community biomass and ground-source heat pumps would have enormous  
potential if instituted on the kind of enormous scale that would be  
possible if they got public funding on the scale the nuclear industry  
does, Schneider argued.
He scoffed at the view that Lepreau is important because it is a  
"base-load" source capable of generating electricity without  
interruption when it is operating. He said that distinction is  
becoming more and more outdated as renewables occupy an ever larger  
place in the generation mix.
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/808325

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Why Ontario Needs to Make Better Energy Choices

An excellent 5 min. video on Ontario's energy choices by Green Party  
candidate Chris Chopik.
http://screenr.com/428

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Atomic Accomplice:
How Canada Deals in Deadly Deceit

By Paul McKay

A new book by award-winning investigative journalist Paul McKay  
exposes Canada's continuing role in abetting atomic arms proliferation.

Atomic Accomplice carefully traces the genesis of the CANDU reactor  
back to the World War Two Manhattan Project, showing that it was  
initially designed as a prolific plutonium producer and that this  
technical 'DNA' - which India exploited in 1974 - has been embedded  
in all CANDU exports to date. A typical CANDU, like those sold to  
Argentina, South Korea or China, produces about 400 kilograms of  
plutonium annually for decades. It takes less than 10 kilograms to  
make an atomic weapon.

The final chapters in the book expose the flaws of nuclear advocates  
who claim that Canadian reactor and uranium exports are a vital  
measure to combat catastrophic climate change, and can solve energy  
and poverty problems in developing countries.

"By continuing to bankroll reactor and uranium exports, Canada is  
courting calamity in two ways: by increasing the potential for atomic  
proliferation, and by diverting precious support for safer, more  
sensible and sustainable energy alternatives."

To purchase a copy, contact:
(613) 273-6747
Email: paul at paulmckay.com
Web: www.paulmckay.com

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U.N. Calls For Nuclear Disarmament

The U.N. Security Council, at a summit chaired by U.S. President  
Barack Obama, unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday that  
envisaged a world without nuclear weapons. The resolution also called  
for an end to the proliferation of atomic weapons.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/24/world/international-uk-un- 
assembly.html

Note: The connection between nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants  
could not be more direct. Nuclear power plants are atomic bomb  
factories because they produce plutonium and other by-products that  
are essential ingredients of nuclear bombs. Any country with a  
nuclear reactor can in theory produce a nuclear weapon. - angela

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Spain says has power to spare, can phase out nukes

Spain's top energy official said on Monday the country had enough  
spare generating capacity to phase out nuclear power stations in the  
medium term, in line with government policy.

In recent years, Spain has subsidized renewable energy in order to  
cut its heavy dependence on fuel imports and reduce greenhouse gas  
emissions. It is now the world's third-biggest producer of wind power  
and the second-biggest of solar.

Nuclear power is unpopular in Spain and both major political parties  
ruled out building new plants in last year's elections.

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-BusinessofGreen/idUSTRE58R49020090928

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To go green, McGuinty must cancel nukes: Tabuns

NDP Energy Critic Peter Tabuns welcomes the McGuinty government’s  
announcement of a new Feed-in-Tariff for renewable energy, but says  
that the success of the program depends on significantly raising  
targets for wind energy in Ontario - and that means canceling plans  
to build new nuclear plants once and for all.

“The McGuinty government’s stubborn commitment to new nuclear plants  
leaves very little space for new wind and solar energy,” said Tabuns.  
“As long as the government remains committed to its expensive nuclear  
plan, it will not be able to achieve the full potential of renewable  
power or fully spark green jobs.”

Tabuns also raised concern about the unexpectedly high set back  
requirements for wind turbines.

http://ontariondp.com/node/2486

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Election brings hope for German nuclear

Angela Merkel has been returned as Chancellor of Germany to form a  
pro-nuclear coalition and give nuclear power a future in the country.

The policy to shut down 17 nuclear reactors by 2022 is now up for  
revision after Merkel's CDU/CSU took 33.8% of the vote and declared  
it would form a coalition with the FDP on 14.6%. Together they will  
have a comfortable majority in the Bundestag.

http://www.yournuclearnews.com/election+brings+hope+for+german 
+nuclear_39228.html

German activists threaten protests over nuclear issue
It took anti-nuclear activists less than a day to collected 25,000  
signatures from Germans worried that the newly-elected conservative  
government will delay closing Germany's 17 nuclear plants, they say.

The letter writers warned that if the government delays the closures,  
there will be "massive protests" from the anti-nuclear energy movement.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4744952,00.html
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The Nuclear Question:
Acute & Chronic Dangers of Nuclear Power, Nuclear War & DU Weapons

a public lecture tour with
DR. HELEN CALDICOTT: Physician, Author, Educator & Activist

Toronto: Tuesday October 13, 12 noon-1:30 pm, The Great Hall, Hart  
House, U of T, Free
Peterborough: Wed. Oct. 14, 7 p.m., Showplace Performance Centre, $20
Kingston: Thur. Oct. 15, 8 p.m., Etherington Auditorium, Queens U, Free
London: Fri. Oct. 16, 3:30 p.m., Natural Science Centre 1, U of  
Western ON, Free

As the subject of the 1982 National Film Board of Canada’s Oscar  
winning documentary “If You Love This Planet”, Dr. Helen Caldicott  
inspired a generation to work toward nuclear disarmament. She  
continues her mission with her most recent books “Nuclear Power is  
Not the Answer” and “War in Heaven.” As the world struggles with the  
nuclear question, Dr. Caldicott will address the greatest, immediate  
threat to the planet with passion, vision and clarity. http:// 
www.helencaldicott.com/

The single most articulate and passionate advocate of citizen action  
to remedy the nuclear and environmental crises, Dr Helen Caldicott,  
has devoted the last 35 years to an international campaign to educate  
the public about the medical hazards of the nuclear age and the  
necessary changes in human behaviour to stop environmental destruction.

Special Thanks to All Organizing Partners: Physicians for Global  
Survival, Safe And Green Energy, University of Toronto Faculty of  
Medicine, Canadian Department of Peace Initiative, Greenpeace  
Ontario, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Science for Peace, Seriously  
Time to Stop, Toronto’s Hiroshima Day Coalition, Veterans Against  
Nuclear Arms, Voice of Women for Peace, Faculty of Information and  
Media  Studies, University of Western Ontario, Community Coalition  
Against Mining Uranium (CCAMU), Social Justice Committee of the  
Sisters of Providence, Kawartha Ploughshares

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No Nukes – Go Renewable!

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Teach In and Activist Training – Sat. Oct 3, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Rally & Parade – Sun. Oct. 4, noon
Discussion – Mon. Oct. 5, 1 p.m.

For more info: The Coalition for a Clean, Green Saskatchewan,  
www.cleangreensask.ca
Phone:  (306) 373-8078

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For those of you who missed the Anti-Uranium Mining Rally at ON  
Queens Park on Sept. 27, you can watch the speakers’ informative and  
spirited presentations here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI-J27M3tb8  –Elizabeth May, Green  
Party of Canada leader

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNjehJlnTi0   – Shawn-Patrick Stensil,  
Geenpeace Canada

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIt74qBEvlk  – Robert Lovelace, Ardoch  
Algonquin of Sharbot Lake

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-YIhMEQv8 – Lorraine Rekmans,  
Serpent River First Nation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZe_VmsfyQ – Susanne Lauten,  
Cottagers Against Uranium Mining and Exploration

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The Age of Stupid

Sat. October 3
at the Royal Cinema, 608 College Street, Toronto

The Age of Stupid is a documentary-drama-animation hybrid from  
Director Fanny Armstrong and Producer John Battseck starring Pete  
Postlethwaite as an old man living in the devastated world of 2055.   
As he watches “archive” footage from 2008, he asks “Why didn’t we  
stop climate change when we had the chance?”

“Anything but a good-guys-versus-the-bad guys polemic. It is angry,  
but nuanced, despairing but strangely motivating.”  ~~ New Statesman

For a trailer, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZjsJdokC0s

KAIROS is a co-sponsor of the Canadian screening of this film.

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Angela Bischoff
Outreach Director
Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Tel: 416 926 1907 x 246
625 Church Street, #402
Toronto, ON M4Y 2G1
angela at cleanairalliance.org
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca
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