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No Nukes News

Mar. 9, 2011

We have not experienced an energy transition in our lifetimes but we must
move to the green energy of the 21st century - renewables and major
increases in energy efficiency. Europe has over 800 offshore wind projects,
the U.S. has none. We are being left behind. We need to accelerate the
transition to green energy. - Robert Repetto, environmental economist

Socialism collapsed because it did not allow prices to tell the economic
truth. Capitalism may collapse because it does not allow prices to tell the
ecological truth. - Oystein Dahle, former Vice President of Exxon Norway.

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Please  <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/nuke_debt> click here now to send
McGuinty and Hudak a letter!

Tell them it's time to cut up the nuclear credit card and get a firm hold on
nuclear spending.  It is time to stop taxpayer-financed nuclear bailouts. 

 For more information, please read our new factsheet, Ontario
<http://ocaa.createsend1.com/t/y/l/fikdul/nuhhkudyk/y> 's Stranded Nuclear
Debt: A Cautionary Tale.

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Demand that Ontario refuse permission for radioactive shipments on the Great
Lakes. 

Sign the petition.

http://canadians.org/action/2011/great-lakes.html 

Environmental groups commence legal proceedings against proposed shipment of
radioactive waste through the Great Lakes

<http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/trade-and-environment/media/release/environment
al-groups-commence-legal-proceedings-against-proposed>
http://www.sierraclub.ca/en/trade-and-environment/media/release/environmenta
l-groups-commence-legal-proceedings-against-proposed

Nuclear waste gets recycled into goods

Improper disposal of equipment is allowing radioactive materials to
contaminate metals for consumer items.

http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/12/business/fi-radioactive12

Groups urge feds to stall 'nuclear garbage' shipment; Eighty-three MPs sign
petition

http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Groups+urge+feds+stall+nuclear+gar
bage+shipment/4407434/story.html

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Ontario Hydro Charges

Hansard Report - Provincial Gov't debate in the House on Mar. 3 about ON's
stranded nuclear debt 

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-02
<http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-0
2&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P865_219053>
&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P865_219053

And here's the discussion in the House, same day, about new nuclear
projects.

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-02
<http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?Date=2011-03-0
2&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P448_112732>
&Parl=39&Sess=2&locale=en#P448_112732 

There are lots of different numbers thrown around by the various parties.
The actual pay downs of the provincial debt retirement fund can be found in
OCAA's report Ontario's Stranded Nuclear Debt: 

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/nukedebt.pdf  

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Funding shortfall puts Chernobyl reactor shelter in jeopardy

As the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident quickly
approaches, European agencies are warning there is a multi-million dollar
funding shortfall to build a steel shelter over the stricken reactor.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/946723--funding-shortfall-puts-che
rnobyl-reactor-shelter-in-jeopardy

Fears over new leak at Chernobyl spark plea for radiation shield 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/fears-over-new-leak-at-cherno
byl-spark-plea-for-radiation-

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What Next for the WHO and IAEA? Chernobyl, 25 Years Later

http://www.counterpunch.org/sherman03042011.html

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A sniff test for Ontario's green politicians

With elections in the air, green groups are seeing red in Ontario: They
detect a more toxic political environment in the coming provincial campaign.

Previously, green was good. Coal was bad. Soot stank. Politicians eagerly
harvested eco-votes. But the broad consensus that crossed party lines is
evaporating, replaced by rival visions of green energy, eco-fees and the
Greenbelt. Anti-environmentalism has energized much of the political
opposition, placing the Liberals on the defensive.

http://www.thestar.com/article/947708--cohn-a-sniff-test-for-ontario-s-green
-politicians

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Submission to the Darlington Hearings from Mouvement Vert Mauricie

Incredible submission opposing the proposed Darlington nuclear new-build.
The first 4 pages are French, but the rest is in English. It's a large doc,
so many take some seconds to open, but well worth the wait!

http://ccnr.org/MVM_final.pdf

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OPG a little early with its April Fool's day prank

Apparently, April Fool's day has come early this year.  How else to explain
the ads Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is running in today's Globe and Mail
and Toronto Star?  OPG is making the astounding claim that its last three
major nuclear projects were completed "on budget".  Here's the truth
<http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/active/0/darlington.pdf> :

-          In 1999 OPG forecast that the cost of returning its shutdown
Pickering A Unit 4 nuclear reactor to service would be $457 million.  The
real cost was 2.7 times higher at $1.25 billion.

-          In 1999 OPG estimated that it would cost $213 million to return
its shutdown Pickering A Unit 1 nuclear reactor to service.  The actual cost
was 4.8 times higher at $1.016 billion.

-          In 1975 OPG's predecessor company, Ontario Hydro,  said that it
would cost $3.2 billion to build the Darlington Nuclear Station.  The real
cost was 4.5 times higher at $14.319 billion.

Every nuclear project in Ontario's history has gone massively over budget.
On average, the real costs of Ontario's nuclear projects have exceeded their
original cost estimates by 2.5 times.

Please contact Energy Minister Duguid <mailto:bduguid.mpp at liberal.ola.org>
(and cc me <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org> ) and tell him that you
don't want OPG to use our money to pay for false advertising.  Enough is
enough.  It is time to respect Ontario's taxpayers.

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Federal government to cut environmental spending

The Harper government is projecting some major cuts to several of its
environmental initiatives, including climate change and clean air, over the
next year, according to newly released federal estimates.

<http://www.canada.com/business/Federal+government+environmental+spending/43
67709/story.html>
http://www.canada.com/business/Federal+government+environmental+spending/436
7709/story.html

Harper guts environment funding
http://greenparty.ca/media-release/2011-03-02/harper-government-guts-environ
mental-funding 

Harper government cuts to environment programs bad policy and bad for future
generations
http://atlantic.sierraclub.ca/en/node/3895

ACTION ALERT: Budget cuts to Environment Canada are unacceptable      

News agencies are reporting that the Harper government is planning a
$222-million or 20% reduction in spending at Environment Canada. This
includes a $141 million cut to climate change and clean air initiatives, as
well as a $19.5-million cut to a federal action plan dealing with
contaminated federal sites, and about $3-million in reductions for
compliance promotion and enforcement for wildlife and pollution.

Meanwhile, in 2010 to 2011, Environment Canada's program activities amount
to just over one billion dollars while National Defence spending is over
twenty billion. This is further evidence that the Harper government is out
of step with the views of Canadians. According to recent Environics poll,
seventy-one percent of Canadians strongly or somewhat agreed with the
statement, "money spent on wars and the military would all be better spent
on efforts that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate
change."

TAKE ACTION! Tell the Prime Minister, Environment Minister Peter Kent and
the leaders of the opposition that you are opposed to this decision. Send
them a letter here:

 <http://canadians.org/action/2011/env-can-cutbacks.html>
http://canadians.org/action/2011/env-can-cutbacks.html

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Foreseeing a sunny future for solar - The founder of Canadian Solar says
boom in solar power 'inevitable'

http://www.therecord.com/news/business/article/496678--shawn-qu-foresees-a-s
unny-future-for-the-world

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Save ecoENERGY 

Click on the link below to send a letter to the Prime Minister showing your
support for the ecoENERGY Retrofit - Homes program.

http://saveecoenergy.blogspot.com
<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?GreenCommunitiesCana/0df76d20f5/ea1a95c67e/82716271
dc> .

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greenprofit - Sustainable Solutions for Increasing your Bottom Line

March 20-21, Kingston, ON

Join Ontario innovators in business, industry, economic development, policy
and research at the greenprofit Conference and Exhibition

http://www.greenprofit.ca/

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Facing Off for Social Justice in a Militarized World

Conflict Zones, Human Rights and Health Care

Mar. 25/26, Ottawa, ON

Sponsored by Physicians for Global Survival

Agenda and registration: http://pgs.ca/?page_id=725

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 <http://comeclean.ca/> ComeClean.ca challenges Ontario's elected officials
to come clean and give clear answers about where they stand on clean energy
jobs, burning dirty coal, clean water and pesticides and the Greenbelt.

Tell our elected officials to come clean on what matters to you.
<http://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/8298/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=253>
Sign the petition

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Save the Date: Wed. Mar. 30, 7:30 p.m.

No Nuclear Fools Day

Music and laughs with the Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Deets to follow.

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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

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