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  • Saskatchewan Beware

    Blogpost by Shawn Patrick Stensil - June 18, 2008 at 8:24 3 comments

    A day after Ontario’s private nuclear operator Bruce Power was passed over for building new nuclear reactors at its site on Lake Huron, it announced that it will carry out a “feasibility study” on building new nuclear plants in Saskatchewan, says the ... Read more >

  • Top Ten Reasons to Hate the Alberta Tar Sands

    Blogpost by JessieS - June 17, 2008 at 14:19 5 comments

    1. Residents of communities living downstream from tar sands operations are experiencing unusually high rates of rare cancers and auto-immune diseases. Dr. John O'Connor spoke out on the occurrance of rare cancer clusters in the community of Fort Chi... Read more >

  • McGuinty Government Ignores Nuclear Costs

    Blogpost by Shawn Patrick Stensil - June 17, 2008 at 11:42 2 comments

    The Ontario government continues steer clear of acknowledging that the rising cost of new nuclear plants puts its $ 40 billion nuclear plan in doubt.

    The Globe and Mail’s Murray Campbell notes in his column today the Ontario Power Authority, the provin... Read more >

  • Kleercut Greets Kleenex

    Blogpost by Anil Kanji - June 16, 2008 at 17:21

    Kleenex: Wiping Away Ancient Boreal Forests.

    Greenpeace teams up with the Natural Resources Defense Council to step up the campaign against Kleenex-owner Kimberly-Clark, which still purchases pulp for its disposable products from destructive logging operations in North America’s Boreal Forest.... Read more >

  • Nuclear Announcement a Dangerous Distraction

    Blogpost by Shawn Patrick Stensil - June 16, 2008 at 12:45

    The Ontario government just announced it has selected Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) Darlington site for the construction of a new nuclear plant.

    Today’s announcement will do nothing to fill Ontario’s looming electricity gap or fight dangerous climat... Read more >

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