No Nukes News: Ontar-iair-io

[Angela Bischoff]

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July 6, 2018☢ Last week, CNSC hearings were held in Pickering to consider the 10 year extension of this aging 6-reactor station situated in the middle of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). If you missed the live webcast, watch these stellar presentations here: Jack Gibbons of Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Canadian Environmental Law Association, and Greenpeace. Ontario

☢ Pickering nuclear critics call for more emergency preparedness Greenpeace said there is no justification for Pickering’s continued operation and the commission should reject OPG’s “request to expose millions of people within the (Greater Toronto Area) to the possibility of a nuclear accident.”☢ Toronto schools want anti-radiation pills in case of nuclear incident at Pickering plant “Toronto-area students deserve the same level of safety as students living near the Bruce nuclear station (on Lake Huron), where KI is stockpiled in schools” within 50 kms.☢ The Ford Doctrine: (very) short-term gain for long-term pain on the electricity and climate files which will leave ON at a competitive disadvantage.☢ 'Assault on green energy:' Industry slams Doug Ford's decision to cancel incentives "What the Ford government is going to do is simply making it much harder for Canada to meet its (GHG reduction) target. To the degree Canada, and the world, fails to meet that target, Mother Nature and physics are going to be really, really harsh to us."☢ Solar energy investors expected to snub Ontario in wake of Ford enviro decisions Solar industry members say they expect more investment to flow to Alberta and the United States in the wake of premier-designate Doug Ford’s vow to axe Ontario’s cap-and-trade system and the Green Ontario Fund consumer rebate program it fuels.☢ Nuclear Mausoleum on the Ottawa River by Dr. Gordon Edwards. A private consortium of multinational corporations – Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) – which receives more than $500 million per year in taxpayers’ money, is seeking permission from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to abandon one of Canada’s first research reactors right beside the Ottawa river, upstream from the source of drinking water for millions of people.The World

☢ Why Small Modular Reactors Will Not Solve the Problems Confronting Nuclear Energy The future of nuclear power is bleak. Small modular reactors will not change that prognosis. There is no point in wasting public money on promoting them.☢ Star Wars Redux: Trump’s Space Force Nuclear power and space weaponry are intimately linked.☢ Welcome to Arlit, Niger, the impoverished uranium capital of Africa The locals have no water, but much toxic waste and ill health while Areva profits and France keeps its lights on.☢ Nuclear power predicted to ‘virtually disappear’ in the US Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering and Public Policy have released a report detailing nuclear power’s dwindling significance in the US Renewables and Conservation

☼ Hydro-Québec To Supply The US With Enough Renewable Electricity To Power 3 Million EVs QC has sealed a deal with Massachusetts to provide 9.45 tWh annually of low-cost, renewable and reliable power for 20 yrs. If Ontario doesn’t jump in, we’ll lose out.☼ A red state goes green: How Texas became a pioneer in wind energy Market forces are moving the entire energy marketplace toward renewable energy. In Texas alone – 24,000 jobs in wind power and 12,000 wind turbines.☼ California 100% renewable energy bill heads to Assembly The bill to set California on a path to 100% renewables and “zero-carbon” sources in electricity by 2045 has passed out of an Assembly committee, following a groundswell of support.  When will Ontario step up? #BuyQuebecPower☼ Solar Power in the US Employs Twice As Many As Coal, and Almost 5 Times as Many as Nuclear Power☼ Morocco turns the Sahara Desert into a solar energy oasis 6 min. video of this $9-billion solar energy plant called Noor, meaning "light" in Arabic.☼ India unveils the world's largest solar power plant The country is on schedule to be the world’s third biggest solar market next year.☼ Energy Democracy Advancing equity in renewable energy solutions. 90 min. recording of a webinar. Take Action! ☢ Sign our petitions to Close Pickering and to Buy Quebec Power. And share them with your friends. Watch our 2 min. video here.☢ 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: angela at cleanairalliance.org☢ Support Saugeen Ojibway Nation's right to prior consent on the Bruce nuclear rebuild Petition opposing the Bruce nuclear rebuild.

☢ Stop OPG's  Nuclear Waste Dump Before It's Too Late Learn more about OPG’s nuke waste dump proposal in Kincardine, ON, and write Minister McKenna, Premier Wynne and PM Trudeau here.

☢ Tell the Japanese government: don’t dump nuclear waste into the ocean Petition

☢ Order your free KI (anti-thyroid-cancer) pills here if you live within 50 km of an ON nuclear facility - that includes all of Toronto and beyond. Download your anti-thyroid cancer posters here to post in your office, school, or local cafe.Events☢ No War 2018: designing a world beyond war, legalizing peace Toronto Sept. 21-22
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