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Canada is the world's largest exporter of uranium and operates nuclear reactors including on the Great Lakes. Attempts are underway to introduce nuclear power to the province of Alberta and to use nuclear reactors to power oil extraction from the tar sands.

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Saturday
Aug222015

The Voice: "Organizers deem rally against proposed nuclear waste dump a success"

Jeremy Whitmore, Kevin Kamps, Jutta Splettstoesser and Valerie Daggett were at the event. (Photo by DAVE ANGELL). Whitmore and Daggett organized the rally. The Blue Water Bridge, St. Clair River, and Lake Huron are visible in the background.Jim Bloch has reported in The Voice on the Aug. 16th rally in Port Huron, MI in opposition to the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) proposal to bury radioactive waste on the Lake Huron shoreline upstream, at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Kincardine, Ontario.

Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste watchdog, Kevin Kamps, is quoted in the article, as are several environmental allies. The article also features a photo gallery.

And, as mentioned in the article, the rally organizers' Facebook page also include a link to a ten-minute YouTube video montage of the day's activities, speakers, and participants.

Tuesday
Aug182015

"Canada Might Start Dumping Nuclear Waste Near the US Border"

As reported by Arthur White of VICE News, the U.S. State Department is derelict in its duty to protect the Great Lakes against a radioactive waste dump, proposed by Ontario Power Generation to be built on the Lake Huron shoreline, upstream of 40 million people's drinking water supply. Both Sierra Club of Canada, as well as Canadian Environmental Law Association, are quoted in opposition to the Deep Geological Repository (DGR).

Tuesday
Aug182015

"River mess undermines nuke dump assurances"

The Port Huron Times Herald has editorialized against Ontario Power Generation's proposed Deep Geologic Repository for radioactive waste burial on the Lake Huron shoreline, comparing the risks of a leak to EPA's recent spill of toxic gold mining wastewater into the Animus River in Colorado.

Monday
Aug172015

"Locals protest Canadian nuclear waste site"

(Photo: ANDREW JOWETT / TIMES HERALD)Nicole Hayden in the Port Huron Times Herald has reported on the international rally against the Ontario Power Generation radioactive waste dump targeted at the Lake Huron shore. The rally brought together a couple hundred participants, as more than a thousand people floated by on the St. Clair River.

Monday
Aug172015

Video interview with Port Huron rally organizer Valerie Daggett

The Port Huron Times Herald has posted a video interview with Valerie Daggett, organizer of the Port Huron rally against Ontario Power Generation's proposed radioactive waste dump upstream on the Lake Huron shore.