Category Archives: Energy Probe News

Lawrence Solomon: The new cold war

(June 6, 2013) Russia and Iran are now aligned against the U.S. and Sunni states. Continue reading

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Deniers still ranting like street-corner prophets

(May 15, 2013) Telegram regular Peter Jackson takes issue with climate change commentary at the National Post, Lawrence Solomon in particular. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Reuters joins list of global warming skeptics

(April 16, 2013) Reuters and its environmental correspondent, Alister Doyle, join the list of newly skeptical global warming journalists, with an article today entitled “Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown.” Continue reading

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Listen to Energy Probe on Green Majority

(August 21, 2012) Energy Probe’s Director of Research, Norman Rubin, joined a roundtable on nuclear energy in Canada hosted by the environmental news radio program ‘Green Majority’ (CIUT FM 89.5), which you can listen to in full at the link supplied. Continue reading

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Candu strike could threaten service to 34 units worldwide

(June 22, 2012) Even if the strike is not affecting Candu’s current business, and the engineers eventually return to work, Candu may end up primarily a servicing company for its old reactors. Meanwhile, skepticism regarding the completion of two new reactors planned for Darlington and the refurbishment of four existing units remains high. “The Darlington Refurbishment is like something from Alice and Wonderland,” says Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Drop effort to keep Somalia together

(June 1, 2012) Better to break up this artificial nation. Last in a series. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Capitalist haven

(May 25, 2012) British traditions boost the de facto state of Somaliland. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Occupy Somalia

(May 18, 2012) Behind the first onshore strike by European Union naval forces against a suspected pirate base on the coast of Somalia: oil wealth that could rival Kuwait’s. New series. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Green power failure

(May 11, 2012) Climate mania impoverishes electricity customers worldwide. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The lost debate

(May 4, 2012) Readers resist the triumph of cosmic rays over CO2. Continue reading

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