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Porter: I am a protester, not a terrorist - thestar.com ..... ....TERRORIST OR PROTESTER ? ? CLICK ON THE ABOVE LINK TO SEE THE FULL NEWS ARTICLE FROM THE TORONTO STAR

WE KNOW THAT MOST OF THE LEADERS COMING TO THE G-20 SUMMIT TORONTO,CANADA..NEXT WEEK REPRESENT COUNTRIES THAT ARE HEAVY USERS OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCTS AND AS SUCH ALSO ARE INTERESTED IN THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WHICH WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON WORLD SUPPLY OF OIL . . . . .IT FOLLOWS THEN THAT THIS MEETING IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE COMPLETE WORLD WIDE BAN OF OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING . . .THE WORLD EXPECTS ITS LEADERS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOT TO SELL OUT THE DRILLING RIGHTS TO PLUNDERING MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANIES....TO G-20 DELEGATES PLEASE ENACT A WORLD WIDE BAN ON OFFSHORE OIL NOW . . .FOR EARTHS SAKE . . . .ALSO WORTH DISCUSSING IS THE TAR SANDS OIL. . .AND NO . . .NO . .NO . . TO NUCLEAR POWER.

. . . . . . . NUCLEAR ENERGY IS SUPPOSED TO BE CLEAN . . THIS IS A MYTH. .THIS VIDEO OF THE PROCESS OF THE COMPLETE LIFE CYCLE OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR FROM THE MINING OF THE URANIUM ORE TO THE DECOMMISSIONING AND STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE SHOWS HOW HUGE AMOUNTS OF CO2 AND MANY OTHER POLLUTANTS ARE EMITTED .

. . IMMEDIATE CARBON TAX IS THE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEMS PROPOSED BY DAVID FRIDLEY . . . . I AGREE 100 % THE SOONER THE BETTER

FROM A MINE IN THE OUT BACK OF AUSTRALIA TO A NUCLEAR PLANT HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD URANIUM TRAVELS BY TRUCK,RAIL AND SHIP...... . . . http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/uranium-is-it-a-country/ . . . PLEASE GOOGLE THE WEBSITE(ABOVE) TO SEE A 53 MINUTE VIDEO ON HOW A NUCLEAR INDUSTRY EXTRACTS URANIUM ORE FROM OPEN PIT MINES OF AUSTRALIA,CONTAMINATES THE LAND,WATER AND AIR AND THEN SHIPS IT HALFWAY ROUND THE WORLD BY TRUCK,RAIL AND SHIP WHILE SPEWING POLLUTION AND RADIATION ALONG THE WAY.

. . . . ONE OF THE SADDEST PICTURES I HAVE EVER SEEN...TO THINK LOVE OF THE AUTOMOBILE IS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE OFFSHORE DRILLING THAT CAUSED THIS ONCE STATELY BIRD A TRAGIC OILY SUFFOCATING DEATH. . . .PLEASE DON'T POLLUTE THE PLANET WITH MORE CARS . . .PROTECT THE BIRDS AND WILDLIFE. . . BAN OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING . . .PERMANENTLY . . .NOT ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA BUT ALL OVER THE WORLD ...WE CAN LIVE (WELL) WITHOUT CARS . . .TRY IT...YOU'LL LIKE IT....WE CAN'T LIVE AT ALL WITHOUT CLEAN WATER OR CLEAN AIR.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/01/2915071.htm?section=justin . . . IN A WELCOME BUT SURPRISING MOVE THE ETU ELECTRICAL TRADE UNION IN AUSTRALIA HAS DECIDED TO GIVE UP THEIR VERY HIGH SALARIES AND NOT WORK IN ANY NUCLEAR RELATED INDUSTRY....IT SEEMS THEY WANT TO KEEP WHATS LEFT OF THEIR HEALTH AND NOT BE SUBJECTED TO THE HAZARDS OF POLLUTION,RADIOACTIVE DUST,WATER,TOXIC CHEMICALS AND DANGEROUS ISOTOPES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS INDUSTRY ALONG WITH THE PROLIFERATION ASPECTS OF EXPORTING NUCLEAR HAZARDS WORLD WIDE.