Agence France Presse: Canada’s Ontario province announced Friday plans to build its first new nuclear reactor in decades to meet its burgeoning energy needs and reduce its carbon emissions. Four companies — France’s Areva, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), US-Japanese partnership GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and US-based Westinghouse Electric Company — have been shortlisted and will be invited to bid on the project, said Ontario Energy Minister Gerry Phillips. Construction would begin within …