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Aug. 1, 2017

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=afc09f84df&e=45743fde61> How Hydro One can help – not hurt – people in Ontario Instead of spending its money on dirty coal, Hydro One could actually help the people of Ontario by investing in energy efficiency and improving its ability to trade power with Quebec.  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9170454b51&e=45743fde61> Here’s how. 

The World 
☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=da554c2db3&e=45743fde61> The Harm Caused by Radioactivity by Dr. Gordon Edwards. Ionizing radiation, x-rays, radium, radon gas, polonium. There is no safe dose of ionizing radiation. Any dose, no matter how small, can cause cancer, leukemia or genetic damage.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=7a17b073e8&e=45743fde61> 2 US reactors abandoned After working nine years to expand a nuclear power plant in South Carolina, Santee Cooper and SCE&G said Monday they are pulling out of the $14 billion reactor project in Fairfield County in the wake of rising costs, falling demand for energy, construction delays and the bankruptcy of lead contractor Westinghouse this past spring. Ratepayers have already paid $1.4 billion for a project that won’t be finished.  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=04626ef986&e=45743fde61> Here’s more. That leaves just  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=d20d75c315&e=45743fde61> one new nuclear reactor being built in the US, and it too is over budget.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=5483596b1b&e=45743fde61> US Taxpayers shouldn’t have to bail out the nuclear industry Rather than dole out taxpayer dollars to prop up failing nuclear companies, legislators should back off and allow all forms of energy to compete. 

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=4defb787dd&e=45743fde61> Fishermen and residents express fury as Fukushima plant set to release radioactive tritium into Pacific Ocean 770,000 tons of highly radioactive water is being stored in 580 tanks at the site. Tritiated water can be absorbed through the skin or inhaled as water vapour. Learn more about tritium  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=f1cbdf9ffa&e=45743fde61> here.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=83513faa60&e=45743fde61> Is Fukushima still melting down? 12 min. video interview with Kevin Kamps about Fukushima today, and the flagging US nuclear industry

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=da141936e4&e=45743fde61> France to close 17 reactors

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=ca3a46f145&e=45743fde61> GOP preserves Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste storage site More on Yucca from our friends from  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=5857e38117&e=45743fde61> Beyond Nuclear. 

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=3d8aea308d&e=45743fde61> Debate on nuclear power is not a technical, but about values Greenpeace International ED is supportive of South Korea’s recent decision to go nuclear free and  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=11eef6048b&e=45743fde61> engage the public on the future of energy.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=bacfcf2006&e=45743fde61> Ukraine ‘losing control‘ of its nuclear facilities Hundreds of containers with radioactive materials inside have been reportedly stolen from a nuclear storage facility in central Ukraine.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9499819441&e=45743fde61> Security flaws 'leave nuclear plants at risk' Vulnerabilities in equipment used at nuclear plants and at borders could be exploited by hackers and terrorists

 ☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=eabeb2e660&e=45743fde61> Why Canada Should Sign the Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons by Douglas Roche
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Ontario

☢ Wynne Liberals must top Hydro One's U.S. coal plant purchase <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=49b70cccad&e=45743fde61>  Hydro One should improve and expand its ability to import relatively low-cost hydro electricity from Quebec. Hydro One should also focus on conservation measures that would help its customers reduce their power use by as much as 31% by 2035, a potential savings of $1.4 billion on energy bills, the report says.

☢ Radioactive Wastes: A Chalk River Legacy <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=a77fecf6f1&e=45743fde61>  Slideshow by Dr. Gordon Edwards

☢ ON Nuclear Costs Continue to Rise <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=51e379be92&e=45743fde61>  An Ontario electricity primer. Nuclear energy was responsible for about 24 per cent of an average residential electricity bill in 2016. Wind energy accounted for six per cent and solar energy five per cent.
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Renewables and Conservation

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=d66901a656&e=45743fde61> Net Zero Home Label to Recognize Homes that Produce as Much Energy as They Consume 

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=1d4e59aace&e=45743fde61> Japan’s Renewable-Energy Revolution These images, from a series of flights over the Tokyo and Kobe/Osaka regions of Japan, show a range of photovoltaic projects on former golf courses, quarries, dams, human-made islands and floating projects on ponds and reservoirs.

☼  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=e70e33232b&e=45743fde61> Renewables Surpass Nuclear in the US This year, for the first time in the modern nuclear era,  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=b3c0522e5a&e=45743fde61> renewable energy has surpassed nuclear power as a percentage of U.S. energy generation.
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Take Action!

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=af19e12a0b&e=45743fde61> Send the Premier a message about maintaining climate leadership and clean air by signing our petition calling for Hydro One to stay out of the coal business.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=95d1f8cf75&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=e99b756605&e=45743fde61> Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change: Stop nuclear and toxic waste mega dump on Ottawa River Sign the petition. Find out more  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=e981dd1a22&e=45743fde61> here. 

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=dce50d45e8&e=45743fde61> Oppose the proposed Chalk River mega-dump Please submit written comments to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC)  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9ffab80f2c&e=45743fde61> here. Deadline August 16.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=6d57db7fee&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-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=9f07c21c78&e=45743fde61> my video here.

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=dbad70d279&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 cleana <mailto:angela at cleanairalliance.org> iralliance.org
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Events

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=ffba012c0a&e=45743fde61> Chalk River Mega-dump Panel Discussion Thur. Aug. 3, 6 - 9 p.m. Gatineau, QC With Ole Hendrickson and Gordon Edwards

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=5667acc49c&e=45743fde61> Humanity First – Ban the Bomb Sun. Aug. 6, 6:30 pm. Toronto City Hall Peace Garden. With speaker Douglas Roche. Read more  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=ebf998c571&e=45743fde61> here. 

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=32d17e6870&e=45743fde61> Flotilla against CNL's radioactive waste dump Sun. Aug. 6, noon. Fort William, Ontario. Send a peaceful, quiet message to the folks at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories at Chalk River by joining us on the River. Show them we don't like their unproven plans for storing nuclear waste less than a kilometre from where we will be swimming!

☢  <http://cleanairalliance.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=8fa1c3ac03&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-manage1.com/track/click?u=9e0d2b5aacdacc8f6d679bba2&id=2f1fcff245&e=45743fde61> 3rd Antinuclear World Social Forum Nov. 2 – 4, 2017 at Paris, France

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