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Mon Nov 21 17:05:09 EST 2011

No Nukes News

Nov. 21, 2011 - Please pass this onto a friend!

"Renewables are by definition inexhaustible, so do not lead to the piling up
of debts. They are also evenly spread: the wind is blowing almost
everywhere, the sun is shining almost everywhere. In the end renewables are
the quintessential democratic energy source." But he warned: "The world
economy is still locked into the wrong paradigm." Energy costs are cut today
by bequeathing debts to future generations he said. "We are exploiting the
future by using the atmosphere as a waste dump." - Prof. John Schellnhuber
<http://bit.ly/u4cDWr> , one of the world's most influential climate
scientists

 <http://besustainable.com/greenmajority/2011/11/11/tgm267-f2/> Canadians
Dr. Gordon Edwards and Paul McKay discuss Fukushima, the global nuclear
industry and uranium mining in Canada.  23 min. audio interview

 <http://bit.ly/thSSMr> Green Power: Ontario's Game-Changer Asset - 30 min.
video with Paul McKay - A post-election survey of the green power landscape
in Ontario, the global green power investment picture, and an affirmative
defense of feed-in tariffs. 

 <http://reut.rs/sRzEoS> Low levels of radioactive particles in Europe: IAEA
- and an Update <http://reut.rs/ruzAZI> 

 <http://bit.ly/uYYzya> France's long-held support for nuclear energy has
emerged as a key issue in next year's election

 <http://bit.ly/u4cDWr> Nuclear plans threaten UK's part in renewables
revolution - The cost of transforming the infrastructure to run the world on
renewable energy <http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/renewableenergy>  is
roughly the same as current subsidies for carbon fuels.

 <http://bit.ly/tfYNLP> Nuclear Power: Risks and Consequences - 41 min.
video - This investigative report looks at the untold stories behind 3 of
the world's largest nuclear reactors: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and
Fukushima. Fantastic documentary. 

 <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1048> Hudak and Horwath on the wrong
path - The opposition's proposal to remove the HST from home heating bills
is fiscally and environmentally irresponsible. Fortunately, there is a
better solution: invest in energy conservation and efficiency.

 <http://bit.ly/rYOrJ8> Hudak endorses water power imports from QC to lower
our electricity bills - The provincial NDP and Green Party also endorsed our
policy suggestion that ON import hydro electricity from Quebec. Now if we
can get the Liberals on side, bye bye nuclear!

 <http://bit.ly/sHL1bE> OPG has received a total of $929 million in
subsidies since Jan.'09 for operating losses of its coal plants

Events:

Solar Power Your Portfolio 
Tues. November 22, 5:30 pm - 7 pm, CSI Spadina, 4th floor, Innovation Lab,
215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto

Do you want to support green energy while also investing ethically and
locally? Find out how easy it is to participate in community solar power
projects across Ontario by becoming a member of the SolarShare Co-operative
and investing in a Community Solar Bond.  <http://www.solarbonds.ca/>
www.solarbonds.ca 

An Arctic Nuclear Weapon Free Zone as an Element of Eliminating Nuclear
Weapons - with Adele Buckley

Thur. Nov. 24, 4-6 pm, University College, Rm. 179, U of Toronto

Co-Sponsored  by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian
Pugwash Group, Science for Peace, and Voice of Women for Peace

Canada's role in the European Union Fuel Quality Directive: A European
perspective
Thurs. Nov.  24, 4-5 pm speaker followed by a reception, Upper Library,
Massey College, 4 Devonshire Place, U of Toronto
Member of European Parliament, Kriton Arsenis, will be addressing Canada's
aggressive lobby campaign and why the Canadian Government should stop trying
to undermine progressive policies in the face of the climate crises.

The Revenge of the Electric Car - screening in Waterloo, ON, Thur. Nov. 24,
7 p.m. and 9:05 p.m. For more info <http://www.crewzone.ca/> .

Angela Bischoff

Outreach Director

Ontario Clean Air Alliance

Tel: 416 260-2080 x 1

160 John St., #300

Toronto, ON  M5V 2E5

angela at cleanairalliance.org

www.cleanairalliance.org <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/>  

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