Local leaders in Pinehouse, SK are exploring the idea of hosting a nuclear waste storage site. Please pass to folkswho might have connections to Pinehouse Lake. Northern Saskatchewan is the second poorest area in Canada. This is after 30 years of the uranium/nuclear industry. Tax-payers subsidize these operations while the water supplies of local people are […]
(1 of X) was (2010-04-12) Tar Sands: Speech by Marcel Coutu. Canada Stocks Rise on SinoPec Oil Sands Investment. Now the Clearwater River. I said the next email would be about the First Nations resistance; I changed my mind. This first. CONTENTS COMMENTARY HOW FAR WILL THEY GO TO SECURE THE RESOURCE? CONFESSION #1, […]
Has Ignace, Ontario been confirmed as the site for high-level radioactive waste disposal (for North America)? (scroll down to IGNACE ONTARIO AS SITE FOR HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL? Which includes the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal article, 11/27/2009) Or is it someplace else, not at Ignace? Or, can you believe what the nuclear/uranium/electricity corporations say? CLICK HERE […]
from Dec. 24th R-Town News: The University Needs Some Soul-Searching about Sustainability By Jim Harding Can we learn about the challenge sustainability presents our universities, from the roles professors play in public policy? On November 26th Uranium Development Partnership (UDP) member, physics Professor Mathie lectured as if he was presenting “the basic science going on […]
A quick note before the press release on nuclear green light in Alberta. Many thanks to our neighbours and friends in C.A.U.S.E. for the alert. INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATOCRACY My next email works on the definition and characteristics of corporatocracy, a word not found in standard dictionaries. Discussion is hampered for parts of reality that have […]
There is good information in this posting if you have time to scroll through. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is holding public meetings on very short notice. Please help get people to the meetings. See items #2 and #3. Thanks! UPDATE, thanks to Herman: Expert panel recommends new isotope reactor http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/12/03/medical-isotopes-reactor003.html Good grief! We […]
(1) NOVEMBER 30TH DECISION BY EXPERT REVIEW PANEL IS ABOUT GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR THE NUCLEAR/URANIUM INDUSTRY. IT IS NOT ABOUT “MEDICAL ISOTOPES”. The decision from the Expert Review Panel (scheduled for Monday November 30, 2009) to determine who will receive our tax dollars is understood IN CONTEXT. It is not about radioactive isotope production for […]
CHRONOLOGY (CONTEXT) FOR UNDERSTANDING HOW MORE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO THE NUCLEAR/URANIUM INDUSTRY. THE UNIVERSITY IS THE MIDDLE MAN. The following chronology is an aid to understanding the November 30th decision of the “Expert Review Panel”. It creates CONTEXT. It is just a sampling of evidence from the public record. Some […]
http://www.thesheaf.com/opinions/2009/11/18/look-before-you-leap/ by The Sheaf on November 18, 2009 in Opinions MARY JEAN HANDE Opinions Writer Many of you have probably heard about the potential development of nuclear power in Saskatchewan. After an extensive province-wide consultation process this summer, conducted by the Uranium Development Partnership Committee, an overwhelming 84 per cent of Saskatchewan citizens opposed the […]
Dr. Woollard sometimes visits Saskatoon because he is on the accreditation committee for University Medical Schools. I had a conversation with him about adding his weight to the nuclear battle in Saskatchewan. He was willing. Unfortunately I never followed through on coordinating his efforts with ours. There is a link to a recommended document … /Sandra Fri, 16 Oct […]