03/15/2024
" Turns out, the NS government is trying to pull a fast one with regard to the local affordable & clean energy evolution we all want to see in the province." Atlantic Sierra Club .
With little to no consultation the Nova Scotia government has placed a (radioactive) Trojan horse in the much-needed electricity reform law - two Clauses of the proposed Energy Reform Bill would remove the ban on nuclear power generation in Nova Scotia.
Aside from risks to human health and links to nuclear weapons proliferation, nuclear power is a huge waste of time and money - at a time when we can waste neither. If you think your power bills are jaw-dropping - just wait till expensive and risky nuclear power gets added to the dirty energy cocktail we are currently all paying for on our electricity bills.
We need a clear path to clean energy that benefits Nova Scotians - not the dangerous, dirty distraction of nuclear power. Nova Scotians have said no repeatedly to uranium mining (the power source for nuclear) and nuclear power over the years. Don't let the NS government open the door to nuclear power when we need all of our efforts on real energy solutions that will benefit - not harm - local communities.
Please see below for more info, and how you can write a quick note to the Legislative Council's office to tell legislators to take out clauses in the Energy Reform Act that would lift the ban on nuclear power generation in Nova Scotia.
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Dear Fellow Nova Scotians,
We are writing with urgency about the Nova Scotia government’s Bill 404 Energy Reform (2024) Act which contains Clauses 52 and 75 that would open the door to nuclear power in our province!
Bill 404 had First Reading Feb. 27, 2024 and is on a rapid road to Third Reading and the Vote by the House.
There is an opportunity this week to comment through the Legislative Council’s Office. Please join us in this ACTION and feel free to forward the ACTION to others.
While there is much value in Bill 404 Energy Reform (2024) Act, to retain the current prohibition of nuclear power plants in NS the following Clauses 52 and 75(b) of Bill 404 must be removed.
CLAUSE 52: Clause 8(1)(a) of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1992, the Nova Scotia Power Privatization Act, is amended by striking out "and the Company shall not construct a generating plant that utilizes nuclear energy to produce electricity".
CLAUSE 75(b): Removes the prohibition on nuclear energy plants from the Public Utilities Act .
ACTION
Please send an email this week to Legislative Counsel's Office
1. The title of your Email must be “Bill 404 Energy Reform (2024) Act”
2. Salutation: Dear Law Amendments Committee members
3. Send to [email protected] - the Legislative Counsel’s Office will forward Bill 404 emails to the Law Amendments Committee members
4. State in your words that you want the original prohibition of nuclear power to be retained.
Please Email or phone MLAs
Share your concerns about Bill 404 Clause 52 and ask them to support the removal of Clauses 52 and 75(b) from the Energy Reform (2024) Act.
The list of MLAs and their contact information is available at https://nslegislature.ca/members/profiles/mailing-labels
Note: email addresses are in the Microsoft Word and Excel files at this link
With Thanks,
Nancy Covington MD and Mary Lou Harley PhD
Simple truths:
Nuclear Energy has no role in a Clean Reliable Affordable Electricity system for NS.
Radioactive routine releases and radioactive fuel wastes have no place in a Healthy Environment for NS.
**Please NOTE**: Emails MUST have the subject line (without quotation marks): "Bill 404 Energy Reform (2024) Act" and sent to the email address of the Legislative Council's Office to be accepted. The Office will then pass the email on to the Legislation Amendments Committee members.
Use the links below to download members' address lists. Choose between Avery 5163 Labels, Word Documents or Excel Documents.Note: e-mail addresses are included in the Word and Excel files.
