UPDATE: add this – 2018-03-21 Leaves no doubt who Natural Resources Canada works for. With thanks to Gordon Edwards: Friends & Colleagues – This is an English translation of a French-language article. Ole Hendrickson did this quick translation for the benefit of those who do not read French. The original French article appears […]
NOTE: Thousands are expected in Vancouver on Saturday, March 10th, in protest over the Kindermorgan proposed new pipeline. I will be there. Please help circulate the details: Protect the Inlet: https://protecttheinlet.ca/ – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – To: Sandra […]
NOTE: this does not mention “small nuclear reactors” that the industry is working hard on. Nor does it mention the role in Canada of the Chinese, with their appetite for nuclear. I will post information about those aspects of the nuke industry soon. The data in this article is interesting, but overly optimistic IMHO! […]
Thanks to Janet M: Easy petition to sign electronically! Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: The federal government “owns” over 2 million cubic meters of radioactive waste, none of which is securely contained in long-term management facilities; A consortium of five multinational corporations has been contracted to operate all federal nuclear sites where this […]
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories facility in Chalk River, Ontario, could be up and running in 2020 Julie Ireton http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-waste-indigenous-1.4492937 (There’s a 41 second video clip at the URL) Indigenous groups don’t want permanent nuclear waste site near river Indigenous groups say a plan to store nuclear waste near the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario is “insanity” and want […]
Information and Action Request follows: MY SUBMISSION TO: Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) cnsc.interventions.ccsn@canada.ca FROM: Sandra Finley RE: re-licensing of Chalk River Laboratories AECL, a crown corporation, owns the nuclear operations at Chalk River. CNL (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories) is a corporate, private sector, international conglomerate, set up to run the affairs of […]
Canadians defeated nuclear reactors in Alberta, then in Saskatchewan, in this new century. Economic arguments easily won the day – citizens were horrified when they understood how much they would be paying for a kilowatt of electricity. And you pay forever (radioactive waste is still unresolved after more than half a century). Some people […]
EU on brink of historic decision on pervasive glyphosate weedkiller (Monsanto, roundup), The Guardian. Oct 24, very good article. Update, Oct 25, the EU temporarily dodged the bullet (again). AVAAZ and other organizations have successfully campaigned, mobilizing millions of people to stop the poisoning. We have been active on this file through the years. There […]
Data shows companies made much higher payments to developing countries in 2016 than to Canadian, provincial governments Canada taxes its oil and gas companies at a fraction of the rate they are taxed abroad, including by countries ranked among the world’s most corrupt, according to an analysis of public data by the Guardian. The low […]
A great video, John Oliver on nuclear waste. With many thanks to Angela and the activists in Ontario: Sept. 18, 2017 ☢ Nuclear Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Late night comedy hour explains why the United States desperately needs to build a metaphorical toilet for all that waste. 18 min. video. The World […]