Stop Darlington Declaration -URGENT PLEASE SIGN -

Please help build a safe, affordable and green electricity system in Ontario by having your organization, association, or friends, and family endorse the Darlington Declaration.
Please add your voice to those opposing the construction of new reactors in Ontario and working for a greener Ontario.

You can find and endorse the Darlington Declaration here:
http://stopdarlington.org/declaration/

As you are probably aware, the Ontario government’s plan to build new reactors will block the long-term expansion of safer green energy options, create radioactive wastes and
impose Fukushima-type accident risks on Canadian society for generations.

This is unacceptable when we have safe and affordable options.

By adding your voice to others opposing new reactors at Darlington, we can collectively tell our political leaders that We Choose Green Energy.

If you’d like to learn more about the hazards of building new reactors at Darlington or updates on the work to stop Darlington, please visit
http://stopdarlington.org
If you have questions about the Declaration, please feel free to
contact me at: steve.cornwell@greenpeace.org

Thanks for your support building a greener future

Choose Green Energy: Please Sign The Darlington Declaration

Nuclear Threats to the Great Lakes and Transition to Clean Safe Energy International Roundtable

Saturday, May 14, 9 am - 5 pm
Henry Ford Community College, Society of Mechanical Engineers (SME) Bldg., 5101 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, Michigan

Scheduled speakers:
Dr. Gordon Edwards - President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility - to address the radioactive contamination of the Earth and its Waters - accidental or deliberate?
Brennain Lloyd - Community organizer with Northwatch, who has worked for more than two decades on nuclear waste issues in Canada, including those at the Bruce nuclear complex on Lake Huron speaking on the risks of a proposed deep underground radioactive dump by Lake Huron.
Michael Keegan - Co Chair of Don’t Waste Michigan & Chair of Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes on why we should oppose a proposed new reactor at Monroe and the 20-year re-license for Davis-Besse near Toledo.
Kevin Kamps - Radioactive Waste Watchdog from Beyond Nuclear to discuss reactor waste policy in the Great Lakes and nationally.
Greg Laskowsky - Henry Ford Community College, Lead Instructor, Energy Technology - Energy & Technology Department will discuss the renewable energy options available.
Kathleen Law - Former Michigan legislator who introduced the first German style renewable energy bill in North America and since adopted by Ontario
Victor McManemy - Great Lakes songwriter, troubadour, historian, musician and advocate for Indigenous Peoples

Sponsored by Sierra Club - S.E. Michigan Group, Sierra Club of Canada, Ohio Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Committee, and Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination

For info, Ed McArdle 313-388-6645 / ecoguy2@netzero.net - or Kay Cumbow 810-346-4513 at kcumbow@greatlakes.net

Please watch : TV Ontario "The Green Economy"

The End of Nuclear
“The industry was arguably on life support before Fukushima. When the history of the nuclear industry is written, Fukushima is likely to begin its final chapter,
” said Mycle Schneider, lead author of the new report, The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-2011: Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World


http://www.worldwatch.org/end-nuclear

Nuclear Not for Ontario

The McGuinty Government in Ontario has announced that it plans to pour an additional $45 Billion into nuclear power.
It's a technology that has a proven track record of being unsafe, unsustainable and uneconomical.  Many people in Ontario believe that $45 Billion in public expenditures could be more safely and effectively invested in renewable energy and conservation.
We agree.

Read more here

Hudak's conservatives say yes to nuclear and no to solar

Yesterday the provincial conservative leader Tim Hudak stated he would scrap the FIT and Micro-FIT programs in Ontario if the Tories win the fall election.
Mr.Hudak also stated he would cancel the Samsung deal costing Ontario 16000 jobs.

The two programs already marred by costly mistakes under the liberals continue to provide new full time employment and sustainable green energy.

Many of the program's critics are nuclear supporter's and or funded by nuclear lobbyist. To say no to solar and win is to say yes to nuclear.

If you want a disaster like Fukashima in your back yard vote for Hudak.

The green energy act needs proper oversight and continued encouragement for the safe delivery of cost effective energy in Ontario. Scrapping the program will surely cost us more than our own demise through nuclear disaster. Can we afford to take a chance like this?

see the article on Mr.Hudak's comments here
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tim-hudak-vows-to-scrap-lucrative-green-energy-deals-in-ontario/article2016695/

New IPCC report reveals: Renewable energy is indispensible to avoiding climate change

Feature story - May 9, 2011
Greenpeace Canada today urged the newly elected Harper government to learn from a new UN report on renewable energy and shift its policy from providing subsidies to the tar sands to investing in green energy.
Today in Abu Dhabi, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) released a Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources (SRREN) which found that just two per cent of viable renewable energy sources could provide up to 80 per cent of world energy demand by 2050 with currently available technologies. It also highlights that renewable energy could play the key role in mitigating climate change and increasing energy access, equity and security. However, there are significant energy policy barriers that need to be removed in order to unlock the full potential of renewable energies, the report concluded.
Sven Teske, Renewable Energy Director from Greenpeace International, and one of the lead authors of the SRREN report said: “This is an invitation to governments to initiate a radical overhaul of their policies and place renewable energy centre stage. In the run up to the next major climate conference, COP17 in South Africa in December, the onus is clearly on governments to step up to the mark.”
“The IPCC report shows overwhelming scientific evidence that renewable energy can also meet the growing demand of developing countries, where over two billion people lack access to basic energy services . And it can do so at a more cost competitive and faster rate than conventional energy sources. Governments have to kick start the energy revolution by implementing renewable energy laws across the globe,” Teske said.
The Energy [R]evolution scenario – a joint project of Greenpeace International, the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and the German Space Agency (DLR) – was chosen as one of the lead scenarios of the SRREN report. Since the first edition was launched in 2005, Greenpeace has published the Energy [R]evolution in over 40 countries and developed national scenarios, as well as three editions of its global version.
The Energy [R]evolution scenario for Canada challenges the need for dirty oil from the tar sands and shows how Canada could create tens of thousands of green jobs while providing over 90 per cent of the country’s electricity and heating needs from renewable sources by 2050.
“Canada can become a leader in renewable energy by building on Ontario’s Green Energy Act and other initiatives at the provincial level,” said Greenpeace Canada energy policy analyst Keith Stewart, who worked with Teske on the Canadian Energy [R]evolution scenario. “We will be left behind, however, if the federal government chooses to continue ignoring green energy in favour of subsidizing the oil industry to accelerate global warming.”
The Canadian scenario of the Energy Revolution is at: http://bit.ly/biXqwi
Background on SRREN report
Summary for policy makers: IPCC: SRREN report: http://srren.ipcc-wg3.de/

4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy

We CAN have a renewable energy world if we educate the policy makers and the public of the available
technologies we can begin to implement today.

Please attend the viewing of:  4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy :
Reel Activism Film Screening on Saturday May 14th at 7pm
Bloor Street United Church 300 Bloor St. W. Toronto

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD - Share this link with your friends

Developing the Integrated Power System Plan - Consultations

The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) is beginning formal consultations to update the province’s Integrated Power System Plan (IPSP).

The government’s Long-Term Energy Plan and Supply Mix Directive, developed through stakeholder and public engagement, laid the foundation for the 2011 IPSP. Released in November 2010, the Long-Term Energy Plan sets out the province’s electricity requirements until 2030. The Supply Mix Directive, issued in February 2011, defined the targets OPA must meet in the IPSP. The 2011 IPSP will be a 20-year blueprint for our province’s electricity system that outlines needed investments in conservation, generation and transmission. The development of a long-term plan is central to ensuring a reliable, sustainable and cost-effective electricity system for the future of Ontario.

In developing the IPSP, the OPA will be hosting consultation sessions starting with a web-enabled teleconference to be held on May 17, 2011. This session will provide an introduction to the IPSP process and an overview of the IPSP Planning and Consultation document which will be available on the OPA website prior to the session.  The sessions will seek input and advice to ensure stakeholders’ views are considered in the development of the updated IPSP.  Information on future consultation sessions will be posted to the website.

The OPA will also be scheduling additional sessions with First Nations and Métis communities in the development of the IPSP. More information will be provided directly to Aboriginal communities.

Funding is available for eligible stakeholders to assist with their participation in the consultation process. Applications for IPSP participant funding are available on the OPA website, along with information on eligibility.

Further information about the IPSP, consultation process and the participant funding, can be found at the following link:

http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/integrated-power-system-plan-2011

Subsequent updates on the IPSP process will be sent to individuals who subscribe to receive e-mail updates about the plan’s development. To subscribe to receive updates, enter your email address in the “Stay Connected” section on the IPSP webpage and select “Integrated Power System Plan”.

We look forward to your participation in the development of the 2011 IPSP.


Ontario Power Authority
120 Adelaide St. W., Suite 1600
Toronto, ON M5H 1T1

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Cold shutdown may be possible within days

Workers set to enter reactor 1 building

Deck dummy

By KANAKO TAKAHARA

Staff writer

Eight workers are scheduled to be the first to enter the reactor 1 building of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant since it was ripped apart by a hydrogen blast the day after the March 11 tsunami, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday.

Expected to enter Thursday, the eight are part of a plan by Tepco to cool the reactor by filling the containment vessel with water.

However, workers must first verify that the water gauge in the pressure vessel and the pressure gauge in the containment vessel are working properly.

At present, Tepco is unsure if the readings are accurate.

Before the workers can enter, however, the air inside must be filtered to remove radiation.

see full story here