Panel approves underground nuclear waste facility near Lake Huron

By Gina Joseph, The Macomb Daily 
Shortly before midnight, Wednesday, Canada’s Minister of Environment informed many on both sides of the international border what many did not want to hear: A Joint Review Panel has endorsed Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plan to bury radioactive nuclear waste on the shores of Lake Huron.

An aerial view of the Bruce Power generating station. A Canadian advisory panel has endorsed a fiercely debated plan to bury waste from this plant, and others less than a mile from Lake Huron. (The Macomb Daily/OPG file photo) 

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This is a serious thread to the health of the Great Lakes. The article Joni posted provides more info on the political and historic aspects of this tragedy. All I can add is that we do NOT need nuclear energy - the same way as we do NOT need fossil fuels. Therefore every nuclear power plant should be shut down immediately and stop producing nuclear waste for whichs disposal there are NO safe options!

Outcome of EPA vs. Savoy Will Most Probably Not be Published

On my inquiry about the status of the legal proceedings against Savoy to the EPA officer in charge of the Savoy case - I was told: "Most if not all of the discussions between EPA and Savoy will be settlement/enforcement confidential from here moving forward, but I will certainly alert you if EPA posts or releases anything public regarding this matter."
I find it very unsatisfactory that the Adrian people, who were unnecessarily and knowingly poisoned by Savoy for more than a year, should not even get to know if and how much penalty or settlement Savoy has to pay to the EPA? for this wrongdoing. Actually - not that it really would adequately pay for the endangerment of residents living around the processing facility - but shouldn't the eventual penalty or settlement rather go to the local communities? If you think the same, you may want to contact Natalie Topinka at topinka.natalie@epa.gov

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U.S. gas heading for Mexico 

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Published: 03 July 2015 08:32 PM

Updated: 03 July 2015 10:30 PM

A surge in pipeline construction across the Texas-Mexico border is underway, to meet projections that the flow of U.S. natural gas to Mexico will almost double by the end of the decade.

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Prince Charles: rewire the global economy to stop climate change

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Heir to the throne calls for end to ‘business as usual’ approach that does nothing to avert catastrophic global warming – and praises Guardian’s climate campaign


 Prince Charles has called for profound changes to how businesses are run and economies are managed. Photograph: William Deshazer/EPA

Prince Charles has said that “profound changes” to the global economic system are needed in order to avert environmental catastrophe, in an uncompromising speech delivered in front of an audience of senior business leaders and politicians.

The heir to the throne – often criticised for his meddling in political affairs – argued that ending the taxpayer subsidies enjoyed by coal, oil and gas companiescould reduce the carbon emissions driving climate change by an estimated 13%.

Although the prince’s passion for environmental causes is well known, the speech delivered on Thursday evening in St James’s Palace, London was particularly pointed in its criticism of companies that protected vested interests and came with a report that proposed raising taxes on them.

Speaking at a event for the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), of which he is a patron, the prince complained that “the irresistible power of ‘business as usual’ has so far defeated every attempt to ‘rewire’ our economic system in ways that will deliver what we so urgently need”.

Full story: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/prince-charles-climate-change-rewire-global-economy?CMP=ema-60

G7 leaders agree to phase out fossil fuel use by end of century

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German chancellor Angela Merkel announces commitment to ‘decarbonise global economy’ and end extreme poverty and hunger

The G7 leading industrial nations have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of fossil fuels by the end of the century, the German chancellor,Angela Merkel, has announced, in a move hailed as historic by some environmental campaigners.
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The full text of the declaration (18 pages) can be downloaded here.