No Nukes News: Fukushima worsening (revised format)

Fri Aug 19 17:36:12 EDT 2011

No Nukes News

Aug. 19, 2011

 <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/Election_2011_final.pdf> The Billion
Dollar Question that Tim Hudak needs to answer: Will he leave taxpayers on
the hook for nuclear project
<http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/Election_2011_final.pdf> bailouts? 

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

Order free leaflets
<http://www.cleanairalliance.org/get_involved_order_pamphlets> 

Send an email to Tim Hudak <http://www.cleanairalliance.org/hudak_nukecost>
about nuclear bailouts

<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/nuclear-reactors-whatsnew/2011/8/18/reports-in
dicate-fukushima-nuclear-crisis-worsening-and-wide.html> Reports indicate
Fukushima nuclear crisis worsening and widening  As the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear catastrophe that began on March 11, 2011 now continues beyond 161
days, news accounts indicate that the accident maybe worsening and the scope
of radioactive contamination widening. Great article
<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/nuclear-reactors-whatsnew/2011/8/18/reports-in
dicate-fukushima-nuclear-crisis-worsening-and-wide.html>  with lots of
links. Or watch the 8 minute news report
<http://www.beyondnuclear.org/home/2011/8/18/could-the-fukushima-disaster-be
-getting-worse-hartmann.html> .

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/world/asia/09japan.html?pagewanted=all>
Japan Held Nuclear Data, Leaving Evacuees in Peril  The day after a giant
tsunami set off the continuing disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
plant, thousands of residents at the nearby town of Namie gathered to
evacuate.

 <http://tinyurl.com/3au9x2n> Issue of radiation-tainted food in Japan
escalates  Mushrooms Join Growing List of Radioactive Threats to Japans Food
Chain

 <http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenspirationCanada#p/a/u/0/ztXGPMy4CxI>
Watch Angela's presentation at Toronto's Hiroshima Day Commemoration  12
minute video, Aug, 6, 2011

Read the transcript here <http://www.ontariosgreenfuture.ca/hiroshima.doc>
We can all agree the world would be better off without more nuclear weapons
and nuclear armed nations. But this requires removing the political cover
provided by civilian nuclear power programs.  

 <http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/chernobyl-heart/> Chernobyl Heart  This
Academy AwardR-winning, 40 min. documentary CHERNOBYL HEART reveals those
hardest hit by radiation, including thyroid cancer patients and children
suffering from unfathomable congenital birth and heart defects. In Belarus,
only 15-20% of babies are born healthy. Roche comforts children who are born
with multiple holes in their heart, a condition known in Belarus as
"Chernobyl heart."

<http://www.windsorstar.com/Playing+politics+with+nuclear+debt/5244709/story
.html> Playing politics with nuclear debt Today, Davis's successor,
Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, is playing politics with the debt retirement
charge, promising to eliminate it. You can't just snap your fingers and make
a $10 billion dollar debt disappear, so Hudak plans to create the illusion
that he has eliminated this cost on your electricity bill by shifting it to
the provincial budget. This is a shell game. You will still pay for
Darlington's debt, but it will just be hidden in your taxes. Worse still,
Hudak has vowed to build more unneeded and expensive reactors at Darlington
but has refused to say whether he'll allow the inevitable future cost
overruns to be passed onto electricity consumers. Hudak should tell the
truth before the Oct. 6 election. Will he force Ontarians to foot the bill
for his multibillion-dollar nuclear plans? Yes or no? 

<http://www.nuclearsafety.gc.ca/eng/pdfs/CNSC_101/CNSC-101-Information-Sessi
on-Agenda_e.pdf> CNSC 101: An Information Session for Stakeholders  The
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) will hold a one-day information
session in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), on September 23, 2011. CNSC 101
provides an overview of the CNSC's history, structure, mandate, and three
core processes: management of the regulatory framework, licensing and
certification, and compliance. To register, please send us your name,
address, phone number and, if applicable, organization, to:
cnsc101-ccsn101 at cnsc-ccsn.gc.ca

 <http://ifg.org/pdf/Nuclear_Roulette_book.pdf> Nuclear Roulette - available
for download, for free!  Released in June 2011, a superb resource. Download
it for free or get a hard copy from Angela
<mailto:Angela at cleanairalliance.org>  for $15 plus $3 postage.

<http://www.wawa-news.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9457&Ite
mid=134> Watch Northwatch's presentation to Wawa, Ontario's City Council re:
the siting of a nuclear waste dump in their community  3 part video

 <http://www.leadnow.ca/stop-maxim-coal> Stop Maxim Coal!  Federal
Environment Minister Peter Kent is about to announce new rules for coal
power that will require any new plant to drastically cut its pollution. But
the coal industry is trying to cheat, and build a massive coal power plant
just before the new rules take effect. Please take a minute to send a
message to Environment Minister Kent, calling on him to make Maxim Power
play by the rules:

<http://www.alternet.org/story/152036/the_plan_to_stop_obama_from_letting_th
e_world%27s_dirtiest_oil_project_run_through_the_us?akid=7408.290405.y4bLvT&
rd=1&t=2> The Plan to Stop Obama From Letting the World's Dirtiest Oil
Project Run Through the US  The Obama administration is being intensely
lobbied to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, but our campaign will match
that. 

 <http://planetark.org/wen/62931> China To Double Solar Capacity By Year End
China will double its solar capacity to around 2 gigawatts (GW) by the end
of the year as the world's largest solar-panel maker ramps up domestic
installation

Events:

Toronto People <http://torontopeoplesassembly.wordpress.com/> 's Assembly
Fair

Saturday August 27th, noon - 5 p.m., Dufferin Grove Park (Dufferin, South of
Bloor), Toronto

This fun and family-friendly event aims to engage the public with
interactive and creative activities on the theme of climate justice.  

Urgency of Countering Global Warming: A Scientific View
<http://www.t.grupoapoyo.org/> 
Sunday August 28, 2 p.m., OISE, 252 Bloor Street West (at St. George
Subway), Toronto
This study session on Climate Change will present the key scientific facts
in non-technical terms, using the work of leading climatologist Dr. James
Hansen.

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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