No Nukes News: Darlington approved, sort of

Fri Aug 26 12:55:43 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

Aug. 26, 2011

My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is
better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll
change the world. - Jack Layton
<http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.com/archive/01310/Jack_Layton_s_lett_131
0744a.pdf> , Aug. 20, 2011

Will Hudak leave taxpayers on the hook for nuclear project bailouts?
<http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/Election_2011_final.pdf>  

Order free leaflets
<http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets>  to
distribute across the province leading up to the election

Send an email to Tim Hudak <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/hudak_nukecost>
about nuclear bailouts

Remember nuclear cost overruns
<http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Remember+nuclear+cost+overruns/5298477/
story.html>  - Angela's letter to the editor

Find out more on Thur. Sept. 8, 7 p.m. at Metro Hall, Toronto (King and John
St.), with speakers Angela Bischoff and Jack Gibbons of the Ontario Clean
Air Alliance.

Darlington New Build Approved
<http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/document-eng.cfm?document=51694>  - Well,
sort of.  "The Panel concludes that the Project is not likely to cause
significant adverse environmental effects, provided the mitigation measures
proposed and commitments made by OPG during the review, and the Panel's
recommendations are implemented."  It appears that the rubber stamp has
struck again! But the federal review panel included sixty-seven
recommendations that they say must be met, and meeting those conditions
could be a hurdle that Ontario Power Generation won't make it over
<http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2011/08/25/darlington-new-nuclear-plans-need-more
-work-panel-report/> .

East Coast Earthquake Reveals Major Flaws in Planning for Nuclear Disaster
<http://www.alternet.org/story/152160/east_coast_earthquake_reveals_major_fl
aws_in_planning_for_nuclear_disaster?akid=7466.290405.r-K1m4&rd=1&t=19>   In
Virginia, the quake shut down the North Anna reactor - a warning that our
'worst-case scenario' may not be bad enough. 

Japan nuke plant radiation leak exceeds Hiroshima
<http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/08/26/general-as-japan-nuclear_8644394.
html>   The amount of radioactive cesium that has leaked from a tsunami-hit
nuclear plant is about equal to 168 of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima
at the end of World War II, Japan's nuclear agency said Friday.

Sunflowers melt Fukushima's nuclear
<http://ca.news.yahoo.com/sunflowers-melt-fukushimas-nuclear-snow-053038503.
html> "snow"  "We plant sunflowers, field mustard, amaranthus and cockscomb,
which are all believed to absorb radiation," said the monk. "So far we have
grown at least 200,000 flowers (at this temple) and distributed many more
seeds. At least 8 million sunflowers blooming in Fukushima originated from
here."

Top 10 Great Works of Nuclear Cinema
<http://ecosocialismcanada.blogspot.com/2011/08/top-10-great-works-of-nuclea
r-cinema.html>   10 destabilizing cinema and documentary meltdowns about
nuclear power and weapons

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
<http://www.waterkeeper.ca/2011/08/23/waterkeeper-submits-comments-on-darlin
gton-nuclear-station-refurbishment/> 's comments on Darlington nuclear
station refurbishment  The Darlington plant currently has a significant
impact on the ecology of Lake Ontario through fish impingement and
entrainment, thermal pollution, and the emission of a variety of
contaminants (both radioactive and non-radioactive) to the lake. The
proposal should be denied outright because it will cause significant adverse
environmental effects that will not be mitigated and cannot be justified. 

Why we don
<http://preventcancernow.ca/why-we-dont-want-or-need-refurbishment-or-new-bu
ilds-of-nuclear-reactors-in-ontario> 't want or need refurbishment or new
builds of nuclear reactors in Ontario  by Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg for
Prevent Cancer Now

Nuclear abolition: Hiroshima Day address looks at inextricable links between
peaceful and military atom
<http://www.straightgoods.ca/2011/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=651&Cookies=yes>
Read Angela's transcript and watch the 12 min. video of her presentation

CNSC 1-1: An Info Session for Stakeholders
<http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/CNSC_101/CNSC-101-Information-Sessi
on-Agenda_e.pdf>   The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a
one-day information session in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), on September
23, 2011. 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. To register, please send us
your name, address, phone number and, if applicable, organization, to:
cnsc101-ccsn101 at cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

Friends of Wind <http://friendsofwind.ca/>   Join the conversation. Spread
the word about wind energy!

How bad science stifles rational debate about wind power
<http://this.org/magazine/2010/06/15/wind-power/> 

 <http://planetark.org/wen/63008> Mitsui, Toshiba Plan Japan's Largest Solar
Plant: Nikkei 50,000 KW!

Door to Door Canvassers Wanted to promote Renewable Energy across Ontario
<http://www.goodworkcanada.ca/greenjobs.php?id=15190> 

Tar Sands and the Carbon Numbers
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/opinion/tar-sands-and-the-carbon-numbers.
html>  New York Times Editorial against the Keystone XL pipeline to
transport Alberta tarsands to the US

Tar Sands Civil Disobedience Action in Washing DC
<http://www.tarsandsaction.org/>  322 arrests to date and counting. The
largest act of civil disobedience in the history of the U.S. environmental
movement is unfolding in Washington, D.C., and Canadian tar sands is the
focus. For the next 2 weeks, citizens will be arrested for standing up to
Obama, asking him to say no to the Keystone XL Pipeline. Watch the 3 min.
video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4YkvHBqp7U> .

Ottawa Action in September <http://ottawaaction.ca/ottawa-action>   Say No
to the Tar sands! 

Events:

Toronto People <http://torontopeoplesassembly.wordpress.com/> 's Assembly
Fair

Saturday August 27th, noon - 5 p.m., Dufferin Grove Park (Dufferin, South of
Bloor), Toronto

This fun and family-friendly event aims to engage the public with
interactive and creative activities on the theme of climate justice.  

Urgency of Countering Global Warming: A Scientific View
<http://www.t.grupoapoyo.org/> 
Sunday August 28, 2 p.m., OISE, 252 Bloor Street West (at St. George
Subway), Toronto
This study session on Climate Change will present the key scientific facts
in non-technical terms, using the work of leading climatologist Dr. James
Hansen.

Friends of Wind Ontario <http://friendsofwind.ca/>  

Documentaries and Info night at the Kincardine Library, Sat. Sept. 3, 7 p.m.

Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1

160 John St., #300

Toronto, ON  M5V 2E5

 <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org> angela at cleanairalliance.org

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