Four protesters from Greenpeace were arrested as they occupied the offices of MPP's earlier this morning. New reactors are needed at the Darlington generating plant, which is 70km east of Toronto, and Greenpeace is protesting for the government to cosider environmentally friendly options instead of nuclear reactors. So a handful of Greenpeace representatives went to the offices of the Minister of Energy at nine this morning, chained themsleves together, held up a banner, and began their protest. According to the Press Secretary, officials were willing to talk with the activists. The Press Secretary also stated that the police were not to be involved unless the situation became unpeaceful, however no further information was released following the arrest of the four activists.
-Em
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