Greenpeace Canada weblogsGreenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice.French Reactor Project Delayed- August 27, 2008 Yet another bad news story out of France today for AREVA, one the three companies vying to sell its reactor design to Ontario. According to the French newspaper Le Canard Enchan the construction of its EPR reactor at Flammanville in France is already nine months behind schedule after just nine months of construction. The Flammanville ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/27/french-reactor-project-delayed/ Ecuadorian Assembly Approves Constitutional Rights for Nature- August 21, 2008 Way to go Ecuador! Most of us would assume that nature has a natural right to exist. Now in Ecuador, this right could finally be codified in law. The articles listed below, were passed on July 7 of this year by the 130 member Ecuador Constitutional Assembly elected nation wide to review the constitution ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/21/ecuadorian-assembly-approves-constitutional-rights-f... Bruce Power CEO Should Retract Statement- August 21, 2008 Ive written the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to ask it to instruct Bruce Power CEO Duncan Hawthrone to retract a dismissive comment he made last month about a significant safety event at the Bruce A nuclear station. In June, a worker at the Bruce A nuclear station was exposed to a significant dose of radiation ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/21/bruce-power-ceo-should-retract-statement/ Bairds Ministry of the Environment Fastracking Nuclear Reviews- August 18, 2008 John Bairds Ministry of the Environment seems intent to ram through and rubberstamp the environmental approvals for building new nuclear stations. Today is the deadline for making requests for intervener funding to comment on Bruce Powers report on the environmental impacts of building new reactors its site on Lake Huron. The problem We dont ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/18/bairds-ministry-of-the-environment-fastracking-nucle... Hydro-Quebec to Decide Gentilly-2s Fate Today- August 15, 2008 Quebec media reports that Hydro-Quebecs board of directors will decide at a closed door meeting today whether it proceeds with the $1.5 billion project to rebuild and extend the life of Gentilly-2, Quebecs only nuclear reactor. Earlier this week over 40 organizations wrote Quebecs National Assembly and asked it to say no to Hydro-Quebec if it ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/15/hydro-quebec-to-decide-gentilly-2s-fate-today/ Prince Charles says GE crops the biggest environmental disaster ever- August 14, 2008 If only it were the nineteenth century, instead of the twenty-first. Back then, what the British Royals thought and said about global agricultural issues really mattered. Unfortunately, at that time the Empire&8217;s agriculture policies brought famines and mass displacement displacement of millions of people (see Mike Davis&8217;s Late Victorian Holocausts). Now Prince Charles is speaking ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/14/prince-charles-says-ge-crops-the-biggest-environment... AREVA Ignores Safety Procedures- August 13, 2008 Documents acquired by Greenpeace show that AREVA, which hopes to sell a reactor to Ontario, has failed to respect basic safety procedures during the construction of its prototype European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) at the Olkiluoto site in Finland. The documents show Areva has carried out welding for more than a year without approved quality control procedures, ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/13/areva-ignores-safety-procedures/ Nuclear Spin - Lepreau II Wont Happen- August 13, 2008 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 lobbys spin doctors somehow manage to turn such a non-committal statement into a headline proclaiming Province to Build Reactor. Take New Brunswick. When the ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/12/nuclear-spin-lepreau-ii-wont-happen/ How much does it cost to just look like youre supporting the nuclear industry- August 11, 2008 Last weeks report that Canadas 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 Limiteds (AECL) future. The Globe and Mail reports this morning that some in the nuclear lobby are worried the Harper government ...http://blogs.greenpeace.ca/2008/08/11/how-much-does-it-cost-to-just-look-like-youre-suppor... |