by JOHN LAFORGE Counterpunch No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.” — Lily Tomlin Ontario Power Generation (OPG) — which owns or leases 20 nuclear reactors across Ontario — would save loads of cash by not having to contain, monitor and repackage leaky above-ground radioactiv...
Property values, impact on cattle among concerns raised By Jenni Dunning Midland Mirror TINY TOWNSHIP – Farmers in 15 massive tractors travelled up and down a Wyebridge road April 24 to protest a solar farm being built just metres away. The fields along Wood Road used to grow soybeans and oats, and ...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontarians overwhelmingly support importing low-cost water power from Quebec. In fact, a large majority would prefer to import water power rather than re-build the Darlington Nuclear Station, even if power from Quebec costs the same as power from those re-built reac...
by Angela Bischoff for the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Despite promising to put “Conservation First” the Wynne Government’s new conservation plan once again treats low-cost efficiency improvements as an afterthought. In its new conservation strategy, the government is capping the savings to be genera...
News release from Save Ostrander Point PICTON — A great cheer went up last evening from the crowd gathered to hear Terry Sprague speak at the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists monthly meeting. Myrna Wood, president of the club and leader in the fight to Save Ostrander Point announced that ...
From the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Electricity prices have been a big issue in the two current provincial by-elections. So we asked the candidates from the four major parties whether they were prepared to oppose Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) request for a 30% price increase for nuc...
By Andrew DeWit Asia-Pacific Journal – Japan Focus Japan’s former Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro has repeatedly called for current Prime Minister Abe Shinzo to make an explicit decision to get out of nuclear power. Koizumi’s full-scale press conference on this matter, held on November 12 in front o...
A plan to increase nuclear power generation would cost twice as much as what Quebec is selling: clean, renewable power for right now By Jack Gibbons Ontario Clean Air Alliance Nov 11 2013 If someone offered you renewable energy at half the cost of nuclear power, would you buy it? I think most Ontari...
By Stuart Trew Council of Canadans October 7, 2013Those who think Canada's global influence has plummeted since the Conservatives took power are not paying attention to what is happening in Europe. This is not really a success story. More a shameful example of the heroic efforts the Harper government...
CELA news releasr Sep 17 2013Over twenty-five environmental groups will ask the federal Joint Review Panel today to suspend the hearings assessing Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) radioactive waste dump proposal until the company clarifies the actual volume and types of radioactive wastes it plans to...
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