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GREN! Please consider signing on as a group.. Guelph Chapter
Council of Canadians will and other chapters also I imagine.
Norah. <br>
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color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Angela
Bischoff-OCAA" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a>><br>
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color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Pickering
petition for groups to endorse</b><br>
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color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span
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June, 2013 11:59:39 AM EDT<br>
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color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span
style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Angela
Bischoff-OCAA" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:angela@cleanairalliance.org">angela@cleanairalliance.org</a>><br>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">To all
environmental and justice groups in Ontario,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">I plan to create
a petition on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://change.org"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;
">change.org</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>with the
following text, calling for a shut-down of the
Pickering nuclear stations. See text below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Will your group
sign on?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Once I have a
dozen groups signed on I’ll go public.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Thanks for
considering…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:-angela@cleanairalliance.org"
style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;
">-angela@cleanairalliance.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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style="font-size: 12pt; ">---<span style="color:
rgb(31, 73, 125); "></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><u><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">Premier Wynne: Phas<span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">e</span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Out the
Pickering Nuclear Stations<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">Licenses for the aging
Pickering reactors expire in 2014 and 2015.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is seeking<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
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href="http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/05/27/pickering_nuclear_seeks_to_extend_its_life.html"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">permission</a></span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to spend
hundreds of millions of dollars to extend their
operating lives for another four to six years
beyond their<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
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href="http://www.ccnr.org/dont_push_your_luck.html"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">210,000 hours design life</a></span>.<span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Last
year, for safety reasons, Quebec said “no” to
extending its Gentilly reactor beyond its 210,000
hours. Ontario should follow suit.<span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">The<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
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href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/surplus.pdf"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">Pickering A Nuclear Station is
the highest cost nuclear plant in North
America while the Pickering B Station is the
5th highest cost</a></span>. The Pickering A
and B plants have among the worst operating
measures of the world’s entire nuclear fleet.
They’re also the closest nuclear plants to a major
urban centre in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">Furthermore, Ontario’s<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
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href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/active/0/productivity2.pdf"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">demand for electricity is falling</a></span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(down 10%
since 2005 and predicted to continue to fall in
the coming decade). We simply do not need the
power from these reactors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">Incredibly, phasing out
these high-cost reactors would<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
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href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/node/1190"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">reduce our electricity bills by
$850 million per year or 5%.</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">We have much lower cost,
safer and cleaner options to keep our lights on
(e.g.,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
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href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/energy_efficiency"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">energy efficiency</a></span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>investments,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cleanairalliance.org/files/active/0/hydroquebec-english.pdf"
style="color: blue; text-decoration:
underline; ">hydro-electric imports</a></span><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from
Quebec, and made-in-Ontario renewables).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">Premier Wynne – Please
save us close to a billion dollars per year by
ordering the shut-down of the Pickering reactors
in 2014 & 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; ">- end -<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="font-size: 12pt; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Endorsed by:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in;
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font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Ontario Clean
Air Alliance<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Xxx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); ">Xxx<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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