No Nukes News: Ontario's Nuclear Future

Fri May 6 17:28:33 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

May 6, 2011

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Ontario's Nuclear Future 

16 min. video interview.  Greenpeace nuclear analyst Shawn-Patrick Stensil
sits down with Steve Paikin to explain why Greenpeace wants nuclear power
out of Ontario's energy mix. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WgGhs7HKUY
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WgGhs7HKUY&feature=share> &feature=share

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The Darlington Declaration: I Choose Green Energy

Please lend your voice to those who support a green energy future. Please
endorse the Darlington Declaration and share with your friends.

http://stopdarlington.org/declaration/ 

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Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World, By Amory B. Lovins

While wind energy and solar power boom, nuclear power and coal-plant orders
wither. Their cost and risk dissuade investors. 

http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=11423

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Radioactivity level in contaminated seawater approaches record high

The level of radioactivity from contaminated water that leaked into the sea
from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is close to the highest levels
ever recorded. 

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104230223.html 

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Dying for TEPCO? Fukushima's Nuclear Contract Workers 

http://www.japanfocus.org/-Paul-Jobin/3523

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Lessons from Chernobyl 25 years on

http://www.leadershiponline.co.za/articles/other/1275-nuclear-dangers

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Watch my presentation to the Darlington Joint Panel Review explaining OCAA's
opposition to new reactors

11 min. video  http://ontariosgreenfuture.ca/ 

Or read the transcript here - Pg. 231-240:
http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/jrp/cnsc-jrp-transcript-31-03-11-vol
ume10.pdf

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Alta. oil pipeline leaked 28,000 barrels 

Emergency crews working to clean up massive oil spill from northeast of
Peace River

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/05/03/edmonton-pipeline-le
ak-alberta.html

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Truth Comes out on 'Fracking' Toxins

Who finally tells us the nasty chemicals used for shale gas drilling in
Western Canada? The US Congress.

By Andrew Nikiforuk <http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Andrew_Nikiforuk/>  

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/04/20/FrackingToxins/ 

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After the Apocalypse

Fri. May 6, 7:15 p.m., the Cumberland, Toronto

Sat. May 7, 7 p.m., Innis Town Hall, Toronto

One in 20 children born to women living near a Russian nuclear-weapon
testing site in Kazakhstan has birth defects. As a prominent doctor plans to
introduce "genetic passports," two mothers fight for the right to keep their
unborn children.

http://www.hotdocs.ca/ 

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Chornobyl 25 - Lessons for the Future

Sat. May 7th
Hospital For Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Daniels Hollywood Theatre,
Toronto

8:00-8:30        Registration
8:30-9:00        Welcome
9:00- 10:30     Chornobyl: The Political and Social Aftermath
10:45 - 12:30  Energy: Quo Vadis?
13:15 - 15:00  Health effects
15:15 -17:00   Disaster Management & Emergency Preparedness

Sponsored by U of T Faculty of Medicine Chornobyl Project
The conference is free of charge but registration is necessary. RSVP 416 813
5278

For remote participation in English or Ukrainian via WFUMA's web-system
please register: 

English:
http://mt202.centra.com/Reg/main/0000007050996c012eb93b2f6a007ed8/en_US

Ukrainian:
<http://mt202.centra.com/Reg/main/0000001d3a7140012f5e71a52f007e62/en_US>
http://mt202.centra.com/Reg/main/0000001d3a7140012f5e71a52f007e62/en_US

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Mining Injustice Conference 2011 : Confronting Corporate Impunity 

May 6 - 8

Sidney Smith Hall, U of T, 100 St. George Street, room 2117, Toronto

Winona LaDuke speaking Sat. 1:15 p.m.

Workshop on Disrupting the Uranium Supply Chain on Sat. 2:15 p.m.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48852021264
<http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48852021264&ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=20
8042585891073> &ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=208042585891073   

http://www.solidarityresponse.net/ 

http://www.solidarityresponse.net/mining-injustice-conference/conference-age
nda-2011/ 

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Nuclear Threats to the Great Lakes and Transition to Clean Safe Energy -
International Roundtable

Saturday, May 14, 9 am - 5 pm

Henry Ford Community College, Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) Bldg.,
5101 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, Michigan

Scheduled speakers:
Dr. Gordon Edwards - President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility - to address the radioactive contamination of the Earth and
its Waters - accidental or deliberate? 
Brennain Lloyd - Community organizer with Northwatch, who has worked for
more than two decades on nuclear waste issues in Canada, including those at
the Bruce nuclear complex on Lake Huron speaking on the risks of a proposed
deep underground radioactive dump by Lake Huron.
Michael Keegan - Co Chair of Don't Waste Michigan & Chair of Coalition for a
Nuclear Free Great Lakes on why we should oppose a proposed new reactor at
Monroe and the 20-year re-license for Davis-Besse near Toledo.
Kevin Kamps - Radioactive Waste Watchdog from Beyond Nuclear to discuss
reactor waste policy in the Great Lakes and nationally.
Greg Laskowsky - Henry Ford Community College, Lead Instructor, Energy
Technology - Energy & Technology Department will discuss the renewable
energy options available.
Kathleen Law - Former Michigan legislator who introduced the first German
style renewable energy bill in North America and since adopted by Ontario 
Victor McManemy - Great Lakes songwriter, troubadour, historian, musician
and advocate for Indigenous Peoples

Sponsored by Sierra Club - S.E. Michigan Group, Sierra Club of Canada, Ohio
Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Committee, and Citizens for Alternatives to
Chemical Contamination  

For info, Ed McArdle 313-388-6645 / ecoguy2 at netzero.net - or Kay Cumbow
810-346-4513 at kcumbow at greatlakes.net

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Sign the  <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php> Petition Calling
for a Moratorium on New Nuclear Projects in ON

http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/petition2.php

And order FREE anti-nuclear and anti-coal leaflets 

They contain postcards to politicians. Courtesy of the Ontario Clean Air
Alliance.

http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets 

Thanks.

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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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