OPG 7

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The OPG 7 were part of a much larger group of Toronto area residents who decided to confront on August 20, 2001 Ontario Power Generation about their abysmal air quality record.

7 of the almost 100 participants were arrested that day in front of OPG headquarters at University Ave and College Street in Toronto, Canada. Their charge was

They were all acquited.

OPG, who had 6 weeks warning that the activists would be coming, decided to use the date of the protest to unveil the Pickering Wind turbine, located on the grounds of the OPG nuclear power plant.