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==Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure==
==Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure==
The Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure group consists of 1570 concerned residents of Port Hope who are monitoring the activities of the nuclear industry, following a 16-month campaign against the plans of [[Cameco Corporation]] to enrich uranium.<ref>[http://www.ph-fare.com/ Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure]</ref>
The Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure group consists of 1570 concerned residents of Port Hope who are monitoring the activities of the nuclear industry, following a 16-month campaign against the plans of [[Cameco Corporation]] to enrich uranium.<ref>[http://www.ph-fare.com/ Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure]</ref>

==Save Our Saskatchewan==
Save Our Saskatchewan is a group of local residents opposed to nuclear development in Saskatchewan.<ref>[http://www.leaderpost.com/Technology/Sask+group+forms+oppose+nuclear+development/1504006/story.html Sask. group forms to oppose nuclear development]</ref>


==Sierra Club of Canada==
==Sierra Club of Canada==

Revision as of 01:37, 18 April 2009

Uranium mining and export, and nuclear issues, have at times been the subject of public debate in Canada, and many different anti-nuclear groups have been involved.

Algonquin tribe

Members of the Algonquin tribe have been peacefully blockading a uranium mining operation on their sacred lands north of Kingston, Ontario since June 29, 2007.[1]

Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout

The Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout (CNP) represents a coalition of Canadian public interest organizations concerned with the environmental impacts of nuclear power generation. CNP's mandate is supported by over 300 public interest groups from across Canada.[2]

In 2003, Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout commissioned the report Phasing Out Nuclear Power in Canada, which outlined a possible scenario where the central coal and nuclear plants in Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick could be phased out as they reach the end of their operational lifespan, to be replaced with a combination of more efficient energy use, expansion of combined heat and power technology, and deployment of renewable energy and distributed sources of power generation.[3]

Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility

CCNR is a non-profit organization, federally incorporated since 1978. It conducts education and research on issues related to nuclear energy, whether civilian or military (including non-nuclear alternatives), especially those pertaining to Canada.[4]

Citizens Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy

Citizens Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy (CAUSE) is a Calgary-based grassroots group opposing plans for nuclear development in Alberta. CAUSE is a member of the Coalition for a Nuclear Free Alberta, a province-wide coalition of groups committed to keeping Alberta nuclear free.[5][6]

Greenpeace Canada

Greenpeace Canada argues that nuclear power is an unacceptable risk to the environment and to humanity, and that the only solution is to halt the expansion of all nuclear power and to shutdown existing plants. Greenpeace Canada believes we need an energy system that can combat climate change, based on renewable energy and energy efficiency.[7][8]

Energy Probe

Energy Probe is a consumer and environmental research team, which is opposed to nuclear power, and dedicated to resource conservation, economic efficiency, and effective utility regulation.[9] Founded in 1970 as a sister project of Pollution Probe and incorporated in 1980 as EPRF Energy Probe Research Foundation, Energy Probe led the opposition to Ontario Hydro's nuclear expansion plans starting in 1974. Energy Probe's plans to break up Ontario Hydro's monopoly and end support for nuclear power were endorsed in 1984 by the leaders of the Ontario Liberal Party and the Ontario New Democratic Party, the two opposition parties at the time. Later, the Ontario Conservative Party led by Mike Harris formally adopted Energy Probe's positions in its Common Sense Revolution.[10]

Energy Quest 4 Nanticoke

Energy Quest 4 Nanticoke was formed to raise awareness on energy options for the Ontario regions of Haldimand/Norfolk/Brant/Hamilton, as the county council's of Norfolk and Haldimand endorsed an Environmental Assessment on a nuclear reactor at Nanticoke without meaningful public debate.[11]

Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative

The Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative (ICUCEC) is a church coalition that educates people about the nuclear industry in Saskatchewan and wants to halt all nuclear development in the province, including the mining of uranium.[12]

Nuclear Free Great Lakes Campaign

The Nuclear Free Great Lakes Campaign consists of eight safe-energy organizations from Canada and the United States dedicated to the cessation of radioactive contamination of the Great Lakes Basin, and the removal of nuclear power from the area.[13]

Pembina Institute

The Pembina Institute is a Canadian not-for-profit environmental policy research and education organization specializing in the fields of sustainable energy, community sustainability, global warming and corporate environmental management. Founded in 1985, the Institute has offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto. In 2006 the Institute released the report Nuclear Power in Canada: An Examination of Risks, Impacts and Sustainability.[14][15]

Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee

The Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee (PHCHCC) is an incorporated nonprofit community organization which aims to produce a comprehensive independent health assessment about long term exposure to radioactive and heavy metal contaminants from sixty years of nuclear industry operations in Port Hope, Ontario.[16][17]

Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure

The Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure group consists of 1570 concerned residents of Port Hope who are monitoring the activities of the nuclear industry, following a 16-month campaign against the plans of Cameco Corporation to enrich uranium.[18]

Save Our Saskatchewan

Save Our Saskatchewan is a group of local residents opposed to nuclear development in Saskatchewan.[19]

Sierra Club of Canada

The Sierra Club of Canada has been active in Canada since 1963 and a national office was established in Ottawa in 1989. There are active chapters in every region of Canada, with offices in Ottawa, Victoria, Sydney, Corner Brook, Halifax, Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto.[20] The Sierra Club contends that despite over 50-years of development and government support in Canada, nuclear power continues to be plagued by cost overruns, technical problems, accidents and the ongoing difficulty of how to manage high-level nuclear waste.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Algonquin Alliance Protest Update
  2. ^ Campaign for nuclear phaseout
  3. ^ Phasing Out Nuclear Power in Canada
  4. ^ Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
  5. ^ Citizens Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy
  6. ^ Local anti-nuclear group raises red flags
  7. ^ End the nuclear threat
  8. ^ Press releases
  9. ^ Energy Probe
  10. ^ The Common Sense Revolution
  11. ^ Grand Erie Energy Quest
  12. ^ Inter-Church Uranium Committee Educational Co-operative
  13. ^ Comments of the Nuclear Free Great Lakes Campaign
  14. ^ Nuclear Power in Canada
  15. ^ The Pembina Institute
  16. ^ Port Hope Community Health Concerns Committee
  17. ^ "Nuclear Reaction". The Walrus. March 2008.
  18. ^ Port Hope Families Against Radiation Exposure
  19. ^ Sask. group forms to oppose nuclear development
  20. ^ Welcome to the Sierra Club of Canada!
  21. ^ Towards a Nuclear-Free Canada

Further reading

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