No Nukes News: Bleeding Cash

Thu Aug 24 12:18:06 EDT 2017

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Aug. 24, 2017

 <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=e90b756b32&e=45743fde61> What is Brown Thinking? Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown says it is not in Ontario’s interest to make a power import deal with Quebec. But the PC leader doesn’t have his facts straight. OCAA looks at his claims.

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The World

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9ed7e0ae93&e=45743fde61> Nuclear power plants are ‘bleeding cash’ "Let it be written that environmentalists didn't kill the nuclear power industry, economics did" according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report. 

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=042dbfda66&e=45743fde61> Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors ‘Not Remotely Ready’ After 18 Years, $2 Billion Even a group of expert nuclear enthusiasts is despairing for the technology’s future, according to their paper recently published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=3da8e0c39e&e=45743fde61> U.S. Regulator Urges ‘Proper Compensation’ for Coal and Nuclear as Gas and Renewables Surge Donald Trump’s new interim chair of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is asserting that coal and nuclear “need to be properly compensated” because can't compete with lower cost and more popular renewables.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=2689eb7afc&e=45743fde61> Congress should stop subsidizing nuclear power’s failures As industry representatives actively seek further government handouts amid their current struggles, it's time for policymakers to stop the subsidies.  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=e43cb683fa&e=45743fde61> State shouldn’t bail out nuclear plants.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=f9c060e445&e=45743fde61> Nuclear and Coal Lobbies Threaten to Scupper Renewables in South Africa The public power utility’s stand against renewables threatens the viability of the entire renewable energy sector in the country. Its hostility defies logic given that the whole world is  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9ba24d626f&e=45743fde61> embracing renewable energy as key to a clean energy future and combating climate change. Sounds like Ontario! 

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=b490ed3817&e=45743fde61> Fukushima Plant Is About to Release 770,000 Tons of Radioactive Water Into the Pacific Ocean Tritium can cause tumors, cancer, genetic defects, developmental abnormalities and adverse reproductive effects. Also, every day about 15,000 people are involved in a decontamination of 2400 sq kms of contaminated land, and 9000 workers are tested for radiation exposure at the plant.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=6e5b3c96a6&e=45743fde61> Police battle protestors over plans to store nuclear waste in NE France 300 protesters took part in the demonstration against plans to store highly radioactive waste 500 meters underground. 30 hurt in the clash.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=afb6a5cfff&e=45743fde61> Chernobyl: City of ghosts As demagogues toss around nuclear threats like confetti at a wedding, it is easy to forget the devastation nuclear power can cause.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=0902f23fc5&e=45743fde61> Ionizing radiation: Radiation protection standards need to be improved Doctors and scientists are warning about the health risks of ionizing radiation. Even small doses of about 1 millisievert (mSv) increase the risk of developing radiation-induced diseases. There is no threshold below which radiation could be considered harmless.
☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=4b159fab3c&e=45743fde61> Canadian nuclear plant workers could face random drug and alcohol testing Countries including the US, UK, Finland, Sweden, Romania and Korea all conduct random drug and alcohol tests for nuclear operators. 
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Ontario

☢ Hydro-Québec: $8 billion from Ontario in the coffers of Québec <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=27cc7a9e82&e=45743fde61>  (French) and Ontario wants more clean electricity from Quebec <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=bd47a22a38&e=45743fde61> . Even the Fraser Institute supports a deal with QC as well as a cost-benefit anaylisis for nuke rebuilds.

☢ Opposition to Chalk River, ON nuke waste dump builds <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=c932f89121&e=45743fde61> 

☢ Further Delay of Decision on OPG's <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=5c842173a2&e=45743fde61>  Nuclear Waste Burial Plan The federal Minister of the Environment and Climate has released a letter to OPG with a third request for additional information.

☢ Federal government wants more information on impact of proposed nuclear-waste bunker near Indigenous community <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=ed2ea76df8&e=45743fde61>  Further information on how a proposed nuclear-waste bunker near Lake Huron might affect area First Nations peoples is needed before the government decides whether to approve the project.
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Renewables and Conservation

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=8809788a20&e=45743fde61> Solar panel capacity to overtake nuclear energy next year in historic landmark 

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=e04b1ca1ea&e=45743fde61> GO 100% Renewable Energy Across the globe — in regions, cities, communities, businesses, and individual lives — people are proving that 100% renewable energy is not a fantasy, but a reality.

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=25a7e9fcee&e=45743fde61> Busting myths about solar power drawbacks 

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=f26c6d4502&e=45743fde61> Denmark Just Generated 140% of Its Electricity Demand From Wind Power And it's sharing the excess with Norway, Germany, and Sweden. Right now, Denmark is getting a third of its overall electricity needs from off-shore wind farms, but it's well on its way to getting that share to 50%.
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Take Action!
☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=03ed7dd8cf&e=45743fde61> Our big chance to close Pickering Hydro Quebec is offering Ontario enough low-cost water power (6 cents) to replace the Pickering nuclear station (9 cents). More  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=66ee772927&e=45743fde61> here. Please send your support for a deal to Premier Wynne and PC Leader Patrick Brown.
Email Premier Wynne at  <mailto:premier at ontario.ca> premier at ontario.ca or leave a phone message at 416-325-1941.
Email Patrick Brown at  <mailto:patrick.brownco at pc.ola.org> patrick.brownco at pc.ola.org or leave a phone message at 416-325-0445.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=c8018ba5a8&e=45743fde61> Please sign the petition to the Cdn. House of Commons to help us protect the Ottawa River from a giant radioactive megadump More info  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=0c87e25ef4&e=45743fde61> here and  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=2da0874808&e=45743fde61> here.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=8cb42190ea&e=45743fde61> Don’t nuke the climate @COP23 Nuclear power is too dangerous, too dirty, too expensive and too slow to be considered a solution to climate change. Petition.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=6adf5810c2&e=45743fde61> Send the Premier a message <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=69e73f7b60&e=45743fde61>  calling for Hydro One to stay out of the coal business

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=81b656a09f&e=45743fde61> Tell the Japanese government: don’t dump nuclear waste into the ocean!

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=800e3d9679&e=45743fde61> Sign our petition to close the old and dangerous Pickering Nuclear Station when its license expires in 2018. And then share it with your friends. Watch  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=0c8ffc1bf2&e=45743fde61> my video here.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=5e589765f2&e=45743fde61> Can you spare a few hours to leaflet blitz your neighbourhood mailboxes? Help us make the closure of the Pickering nuclear station a public issue. Contact:  <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org> angela at cleanairalliance.org

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=4221c6647e&e=45743fde61> Prime Minister Trudeau: Canada must help achieve a global ban on nuclear weapons Send your message here.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=1110d2171b&e=45743fde61> O <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=729345103b&e=45743fde61> rder your free KI (anti-thyroid-cancer) pills  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9a398123c2&e=45743fde61> here if you live within 50 km of an ON nuclear facility - that includes all of Toronto and beyond.  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=406331d63d&e=45743fde61> Download your anti-thyroid cancer posters here to post in your office, school, or local cafe.
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Events

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=68380bed23&e=45743fde61> Power in the Climate Era Sat. Sept. 9, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Wintergreen Studios, Yarker ON. A community electricity workshop with OCAA’s Angela Bischoff, and green energy gurus Paul McKay and Steve Lapp.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=842e044484&e=45743fde61> Green Energy Doors Open Sept. 22 – 24 Annual showcase of individual, community and commercial sustainable energy projects across Ontario.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=267fb5c8a0&e=45743fde61> ClimaCon Sept. 27 – 29, Ottawa. Canada's largest convergence of climate heros.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=6b968ee0eb&e=45743fde61> Webinar with Paul Hawkin on Climate Solutions Wed. Oct. 4, 1:15 – 2:15 EDT

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=3d4449b0d2&e=45743fde61> 3rd Antinuclear World Social Forum Nov. 2 – 4, 2017 at Paris, France

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