No Nukes News: Renewables making nukes obsolete

[Angela Bischoff]

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Jan. 9, 2018

☢ Replacing Ontario’s Nuclear Energy? Where would Ontario get its baseload electricity if it shut down its nuclear plants? Blog by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Please sign our petition to Buy Quebec Power. 

The World

☢ Fukushima update: radioactive water, class action lawsuit, fraud and more

☢ 3 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy Is Terrible 4 min. video. In over sixty years the technology has not only failed to keep its promise of cheap, clean and safe energy, it also caused major catastrophes and enabled more nuclear weapons while the nuclear waste problem is still not solved.

☢ Another nuclear reactor to shut down amid Germany's atomic phase-out That’ll leave just 7, down from 17 at the time of the Fukushima triple meltdown, part of Germany's plan to phase out nuclear power by 2022.

☢ Uranium Mining Continues to Create Health Hazards in Jadugoda as Operations Expand As a result of the mining activities, the court noted, the indigenous population was vulnerable to health problems, including congenital deformities, cancer, primary sterility, lung and kidney diseases, and tuberculosis.

☢ US Regulators kill Perry’s proposal to prop up coal and nuclear power plants The rejection is a major victory for wind, solar and other industries that compete with coal and nuclear.

☢ Blizzards shutter US Pilgrim and reduce Oyster Creek nuclear stationsOntario

☢ Ontario’s long-awaited new nuclear emergency plan falls short, Greenpeace says There is little in the updated nuclear response plan to prepare for a major disaster. Emergency zones are too small given the potentially large scale of nuclear disasters.

☢ Energy regulator orders $100M compensation cut every year until 2021 in nuclear budget for OPG The Ontario Energy Board ordered the OPG to cut the “excessive” costs associated with pensions and benefits from its nuclear business’ administration, operations and maintenance budget.

☢ Hamilton scientist suing Canada's nuclear regulator for $1.27M Dr. Frank Greening claims he’s been defamed by the CNSC. Greening, a retired nuclear scientist with Ontario Hydro and Bruce Power, has been a vocal critic of Ontario's nuclear power and waste projects.
Renewables and Conservation

☼ Will Cheap Renewables Make Nuclear Power Obsolete? Advances in renewables that are cutting the cost of power are in sharp contrast to continued cost overruns and delays in nuclear power stations. An analysis of countries' plans for tackling climate change showed that 108 were looking to expand renewables and just nine wanted to build new nuclear stations.

☼ In West Texas Where Wind Power Means Jobs, Climate Talk Is Beside the Point Wind turbines bring jobs, tax dollars for new schools, income security for farmers and energy independence.

☼ South Korea finalizes energy plan to boost renewable power generation The plan is for a  reduction in use of coal and nuclear as the usage of gas and renewables increase over 2017-2031.

☼ Top Ten Clean Energy Developments of 2017 According to the Rocky Mountain Institute, 2017 was a great year for clean energy.

☼ Solar panels have gotten thinner than a human hair. Soon they’ll be everywhere.

☼ 50 Ways 100% Clean Energy Won In 2017 despite Trump's attempts to roll back the country's progress.

☼ Save money, be more comfortable, and fight climate change Ontario’s new GreenON program is offering thousands of dollars in rebates to help you reduce your energy costs and fight climate change.
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. 

☢ 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!

☢ 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

☢ 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.

☢ Canada – Sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Last year 122 member states of the United Nations voted to approve the text of a Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, but the Nuclear Weapons States voted against it as did most Nato countries including Canada. This petition asks Canada to sign the Treaty. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend 
 
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