No Nukes News - let's celebrate!
Bischoff Angela
greenspi at web.ca
Sun Sep 13 20:55:13 EDT 2009
No Nukes News
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The St. Paul’s by-election is on Sept. 17. OCAA managed to distribute
our leaflet http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/
OntarioOption_0709_v3.pdf to almost every house in the riding! Thank
you to all the volunteers that pounded the pavement!
At the all-candidates forum, the liberal candidate Eric Hoskins came
out as saying that he supported Ontario moving towards a 100%
renewable electricity grid, although he didn’t say by when. The PC
candidate Sue Ann Levy came out in full support of nuclear power.
Both the Green Party candidate Chris Chopik and the NDP candidate
Julian Heller came out fully opposed to nuclear power and in favour
of moving towards a 100% renewable electricity grid.
To see their responses to our election survey, go here.
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Playing With Democracy
A celebration of elections and indy media
Wed. Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m.
at Cinecycle (129 Spadina, south of Richmond east into the alley),
Toronto
Free - All welcome
Special invitation to the dozens of volunteers who have distributed
leaflets, written letters to the editor, made a phone call to a
politician, or spoken with a friend or colleague about the downsides
of nuclear power – THANK YOU!
Book launch of Tooker Gomberg's writings - Friction to the Machine
Video screening of Tooker's 2000 mayoral campaign - Playing with
Democracy
Launch of the Open Source Tooker Gomberg Memorial Library
For more info: angela at cleanairalliance.org
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sponsored by Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Centre for Social
Innovation, and Tooker Gomberg Greenspiration Fund
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Anti-nuclear protest march against German U-turn
BERLIN — Some 50,000 anti-nuclear protestors on Saturday demonstrated
here against Germany possibly reversing a decision to abandon nuclear
power, and instead extend the life of its nuclear power plants.
The marchers, backed by 400 tractors, demanded that Germany stick to
its commitment to close all nuclear plants by 2020 and also called
for the closure of a radioactive dump at Gorleben in eastern Germany.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jI6xYYGZm2X-
JL-2bGPsA8emo-vQ
http://www.prokerala.com/news/articles/a77331.html
http://de.indymedia.org/2009/09/259907.shtml
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Amory Lovins
interviewed by Charlie Rose
An excellent 40 min. video
Amory Lovins, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, discusses
alternative fuels, the future of energy and the problems with nuclear
energy.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4569577556800822039#
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Bruce Power dismisses 40 contractors
About 40 contract workers at the Bruce Power nuclear station have
been fired or temporarily suspended for violating the company's code
of conduct regarding Internet use.
Shawn Patrick Stensil, an anti-nuclear campaigner with Greenpeace,
said officials at Bruce Power have an obligation to be upfront with
the public. Since the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on
Sept. 11, 2001, he said, digital security has become a top concern
for nuclear plant operators, as has securing the physical premises.
"The lack of transparency isn't comforting at all," he said. "If it's
simply a matter that contractors are surfing for porn or Facebooking,
they should have the guts to say that."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bruce-power-dismisses-40-
contractors/article1283292/
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090910/national/nuclear_plant_firings
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Nuclear power - Undermining climate protection
There is a clear scientific consensus that we must halve global
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 or suffer changes to the
global climate with catastrophic consequences. Avoiding the most
severe impacts of climate change requires governments, individuals
and businesses world-wide to take immediate action. The nuclear
industry, which has been in decline in the US and Europe, has seized
upon the climate crisis as a revival opportunity, claiming to offer a
carbon-free contribution to our future energy mix, but is it, or it
is mere industry spin? A Greenpeace report.
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/reports/nuclear-power-
undermining-cl
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Nuclear waste in your backyard?
Decision on Canadian storage facility expected within a year
The $24-billion question about nuclear waste storage in Canada is
this: in which community will more than two million high-level
radioactive bundles be stored for perhaps 10,000 years or more?
This question is posed as experts try to avoid a repeat of a failed
attempt at resolving the storage issue 10 years ago in Canada and
consider what is happening in Europe and in the U.S., where a nuclear
waste storage plan recently died after billions of dollars were
wasted. As well, there is now the consideration that the waste may
not be buried for thousands of years and left where it is, and that
future generations and their plans should be considered.
Don't be surprised, say some, if the facility, targeted for a 2035
opening, ends up on aboriginal land.
With no central location available, high-level waste has been stored
at the various reactor sites in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, as
well as at AECL's nuclear research facility in Manitoba for more than
40 years.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/19/f-nuclear-waste-storage-
options.html
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Nuclear not good, even in remote Quebec: environmentalists
A proposed nuclear reactor that would power mining operations in
Quebec's remote regions carries more risks than benefits, according
to an environmental group.
Simard said he's concerned about nuclear waste and safety at the
mining site.
Quebec generates cleaner energy through its hydro facilities, and
those options should be exhausted first, Simard suggested.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/09/04/quebec-nuclear-
power.html
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Production halted at Zircatec
PORT HOPE - The Peter Street employee parking lot may be full, but
operations at Cameco's nuclear fuel fabrication plant is down due to
a single defective fuel bundle.
Bob Kelly, Cameco's director of public and government affairs, said
production at Zircatec Precision Industries was stopped in mid-August
after one of its customers, Bruce Power, in the Municipality of
Kincardine, raised concerns over a defective fuel bundle.
www.Newsdurhamregion.com
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Bruce Power to carry on despite fuel supply strike
A strike at a nuclear fuel-bundle- making facility won't affect Bruce
Power's nuclear electricity generation for the foreseeable future,
spokesman Steve Cannon said yesterday.
"It's business as usual for us. We carry many months in inventory of
fuel," Cannon said, responding to a query about the impact of a
strike at Cameco Fuel Manufacturing Inc., which provides the Bruce
reactors with fuel.
Bruce Power is using less fuel anyway. Bruce A's Unit 3 was taken
down yesterday morning, while Unit 4 was turned off earlier for
planned inspections of the vacuum building safety systems.
This maintenance is required by the Canadian Nuclear Safety
Commission to be completed every 12 years, Cannon said. It will keep
both units out of service until October, he said.
The other two reactors at Bruce A are being refurbished with a
projected restart in early 2010, at a cost of close to $3 billion.
The four reactors at Bruce B generating station are still running.
Power has been throttled back during periods of low demand and that
practice will continue, Cannon said.
http://beta.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?
e=1734735&auth=SCOTT%20DUNN%20SUN%20TIMES%20STAFF
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TURNING THINGS AROUND: Actions for a Healthy Environment
Sponsored by: International Institute of Concern for Public Health -
Celebrating 25th Anniversary
Sat. September 26, 8.30 am.- 4.00 pm.
Native Canadian Centre, 16 Spadina Rd., Toronto
10 a.m. Keynote Address Rosalie Bertell Ph.D. G.N.S.H., Founder and
Immediate Past President introduced by Founder and Prof. Emerita
Ursula Franklin
Other presentations include:
- What about the nuclear renaissance?
- International Perspectives on the Energy Future
Promises to be a dynamic anti-nuclear teach-in! –a
For more info:
Int'l Institute of Concern for Public Health
416-786-6128
www.iicph.org
info at IICPH.ORG
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Bombs Away
An evening of anti-nuke comedy and music
Sat. Sept.26th, 7:30 p.m
Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street (south of College, just east
of Spadina), Toronto
Adults $20 or pay what you can, Students $7 or pay what you can
http://www.seriouslytimetostop.com/nonukesnight.htm
Seriously, Time to Stop is committed to spreading the word about
nuclear weapons and finding ways to let governments know what you
think about this issue.
www.seriouslytimetostop.com
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Stop URANIUM-Mining in Ontario
DEMAND a LEGISLATED BAN for ONTARIO like the one granted to British
Columbia
B.C., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Labrador are protected. Ontario
is a free-for-all!
RALLY
SUNDAY SEPT. 27, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
QUEEN’S PARK, TORONTO
SPEAKERS: Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada; Bruce
Cox, Executive Director Greenpeace Canada;
Robert Lovelace, Retired Chief of the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
Live Music
Organized by Cottagers against Uranium Mining and Exploration, CUME
- http://www.fighturanium.com/cume.html
For more info: Cottagers.vs.mining at sympatico.ca
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Earthcycle
The University of Toronto Environment Resource Network (UTERN) and
Bikechain are proud to present EarthCycle, a weeklong festival at the
University of Toronto running from September 21st to September 26th.
The university’s most ambitious Environment Week to date, EarthCycle
will feature 28 events over six days of almost constant activity.
From bike races to eco-tours, documentary film screenings and
lectures by world renowned thinkers, EarthCycle has something for
everyone.
Catch Jack Gibbons, Ontario Clean Air Alliance, and Shawn-Patrick
Stencil, Greenpeace, as they discuss Ontario's Energy Future -
Nuclear or Renewable?
Wed./ Sept. 23, 3 – 5 p.m., Hart House, East Common Room, U of T – Free.
For a full schedule of Earthcycle events please see http://
www.earthcycle.ca
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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
www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca
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