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Greenpeace brings Nuclear lies, green truths speaking tour to Lindsay

Greenpeace brings Nuclear lies, green truths speaking tour to Lindsay |VIDEO mykawartha.com 2009-03-04
By Barbara-Ann MacEachern
The executive director of Greenpeace Canada, Bruce Cox, visited Fleming College in Lindsay Feb. 27 as part of the ‘Nuclear lies, green truths speaking tour.’
Mr. Cox spoke about climate change and possible alternatives to nuclear power in the Auk Lodge of the Albert Street campus.
“We need global agreements to battle a global problem,” Mr. Cox said.
A World Climate Conference is scheduled for Sept. 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, which will decide the immediate future of climate change, he predicted.
“We are either going to come out with a global, legally binding agreement, or we are in big trouble.”…………………..Nuclear power was a major topic in Mr. Cox’s climate change discussion. Its use takes money away from other potentially cleaner technology, including wind and solar. It is also expensive, unsafe, unreliable and, “we are left with a million years of nuclear waste,” said Mr. Cox.
“If you are in favour of nuclear power, are you willing to store the nuclear waste in your backyard?” Mr. Cox challenged…………………………….“The McGuinty government’s Green Energy Act is an exercise in green washing if they proceed with their nuclear expansion plans,” said Mr. Cox. “Tonnes of radioactive waste, that will be toxic for thousands of years are stockpiled now at the Pickering reactor site on the shores of Lake Ontario. What is green about that?”
He dropped off a list of 10 reasons why nuclear power should be replaced with green power sources.
When money is poured into nuclear power production, Mr. Cox argued, it puts a cap on funds available for the development of green energy, and scares off investment in this sector.

Greenpeace brings Nuclear lies, green truths speaking tour to Lindsay |VIDEO – myKawartha

March 5, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized