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IF Orono Town Hall BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1-05 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday September 1, 2004 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard. Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 19_ 1 , 'i', ' aiiiiiri 'I 1 ill mm •■"'a'aw ! D r Pa 1 1 il CIA 'LÎnaiUln iliifâMile 11 .... E,:, ;"'!i t, ii. in ii! Mip'l Ijli inSiéllI lipii 111 !!!:! ill li ■ 1 ■•küitiii'îrnhiliiÎT.Ml - :1 j f.! :i : .i- , fît:-., ,"" r , '-v " JS& II S! ThTwaterfront along Lakeshore Drive in Newcastle has become a dumping ground ™g taking place there. Residents can be saved the bother of dumping their garbage pick-up of bulky and white goods Energy hearing generates electricity in Orono ™ W J ° Adam Beck Generation sources and to meet Ontaru nmvinr.ial ffovernment renewable energy, stated a ical leaders p. Thev have also demand for more power 1 The nrovincial government renewable energy, stated a ical leadership, putKnw uptopublic Greenpeace press release In his opening address at v • •- ^ loot issued after the meeting. Greenpeace took exception to comments made to the committee committee by Gerald Grandey, President & CEO of CAME- scrutiny in Orono last Thursday. The Standing Committee on Social Policy, and the Honourable Dwight Duncan, Minister of Energy, have been travelling to a number of communities communities across Ontario in August. They have conducted a public hearing process on the Bill. Greenpeace activists gathered gathered outside the Heather Rebekah Lodge with mock barrels of radioactive waste and radiation protection suits as well as a banner that read, "Green Power NOT Nuclear Power." Greenpeace is calling on the government to clean up its act and phase out both coal and nuclear power, while moving much more aggressively aggressively on the green energy alternatives, conservation and CO "Mr. Grandey claims that nuclear power is clean. That's simply not true," said Dave Martin, Greenpeace Energy Coordinator. " Nuclear power plants have created 40,000 tonnes of high level radioactive radioactive waste and release radioactive radioactive emissions that can cause cancer and birth defects "The Government » should stop throwing good inoncy after bad and phase out nuclear power," states Martin. "Nukes are too costly, too unreliable and too risky. Green energy alternatives are safer, cleaner, cheaper and more reliable. We have the power, what's lacking is polit- Thursday's public hearing, Minister Duncan told the gathered gathered delegates that between now and the year 2020, approximately 25,000 megawatts megawatts of electricity capacity, or about 80 per cent of our current current generating capacity, is due for retirement or refurbishment. refurbishment. In order to meet the looming supply-demand gap, an investment of $25 to $40 billion will be required to keep the lights on over the next 15 years. "There is no more time to waste," stated Duncan. "It is clear we must act quickly, responsibly and prudently before the challenge in front of us becomes even greater." The province has recently announced the Niagara 1 unnel project that will increase the amount of water flowing to existing turbines at the Sir Adam Beck Generation Station. They have also accepted a recommendation from Ontario Power Generation to restart a unit at the Pickering A nuclear power generation station. Bill 100 gives the government government the mandate to dictate the energy mix for the future, said Ted Gruetzner of the Minister's press office. According to local MPP John O'Toole, who is the PC Energy Critic, "Bill 100 in its present form gives too much power to the provincial government government to change the rules at the stroke of a pen. 1 his does not contribute to clarity and stability." In his weekly column to his constituents this week, O'Toole stated, "There is a feeling among many stakeholders stakeholders that the Province of Ontario must do more to encourage renewable sources and to meet Ontario's demand for more power by innovation. For example, it is estimated that 4,000 megawatts of generating capacity could result from new water power generators or by redeveloping existing hydroelectric sites. Each of us can and should be part of the solution through conservation." conservation." BILL 100 see page 3 re- Orono Town Hall Barbecue 8e Summer Conceit Series finale tonight!