Greenpeace blogs

A lot of what you read in the papers about the so-called ‘nuclear renaissance’ is spin.

If a government minister says she or he would consider building a nuclear reactor, the nuclear lobby’s spin doctors somehow manage to turn such a non-committal stat... Read more >

Last week’s report that Canada’s nuclear vendors are asking the federal government for billions to finance the sale of their prototype Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) is raising yet more questions about Atomic Energy of Canada Limited’s (AECL) future.

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Over forty environmental groups wrote to Quebec’s National Assembly today to ask them to say ‘no’ to Hydro-Quebec if its board of directors decides to move ahead with a $1.5 plan to rebuild the ageing Gentilly-2 nuclear station, Quebec’s only nuclear ... Read more >

Consumer rejection forces Monsanto out genetically engineered bovine growth hormones

Monsanto announced yesterday that it is getting out of the business of producing bovine growth hormone rBST, a genetically engineered (GE) product to increase milk pr... Read more >

According to a report in today’s Globe and Mail, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL) and SNC-Lavalin are asking for billions in loan guarantees so they have a chance at winning a contract to build the prototype Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) in Ontario.

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