Toronto — Greenpeace activists are occupying Energy Minister Brad Duguid’s offices right now to highlight the McGuinty government’s repeated refusal to consider safer and cheaper green alternatives to building new reactors at the Darlington nuclear station.
"We're occupying Minister Duguid's office because he insists on rushing ahead with new nuclear reactors instead of considering safe, green energy options," said Shawn-Patrick Stensil, a nuclear campaigner with Greenpeace. "Duguid and the McGuinty government have repeatedly neglected their responsibilities to protect Ontarians from accidents like the one happening in Fukushima."
Four activists, including Stensil, are chained together inside Duguid’s office in the Hearst Block with banners reading: “Stop Darlington Go green” and “No nukes are safe Go green.” They locked down shortly before 9 a.m. this morning. Outside the Hearst Block, Greenpeace staff and volunteers are handing out information next to a model windmill. They are also broadcasting the live stream from inside the building on a television display.
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