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Author Archives: energyprbe
The art of the green disinvite
(February 27, 2009) An environmental veteran and global-warming skeptic finds himself frequently disinvited to debate the likes of Elizabeth May. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, The Deniers
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Darwin vs the climate change modeller
(February 26, 2009) For a delightful perspective on the global warming controversy, replete with insightful historical anecdotes, I commend you to William Happer’s testimony yesterday before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, The Deniers
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CLIMATE CHANGE – Statement to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
(February 25, 2009) Madam Chairman and members, thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee on Environment and Public Works to testify on Climate Change. My name is William Happer, and I am the Cyrus Fogg Bracket Professor of Physics at Princeton University. I am not a climatologist, but I don’t think any of the other witnesses are either. Continue reading
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Increasing carbon storage in old-growth forests: a pan-tropical phenomenon
(February 20, 2009) The response of terrestrial vegetation to a globally changing environment is central to predictions of future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The role of tropical forests is critical because they are carbon-dense and highly productive. Continue reading
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The Dirty Truth
(February 20, 2009) Barack Obama and Stephen Harper are all for carbon capture technology. Too bad it`s not as green as it seems. Continue reading
Posted in Clean Coal, Climate Change, Energy Probe News
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One-fifth of fossil-fuel emissions absorbed by threatened forests
(February 18, 2009) An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change. Continue reading
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Cool Tools says The Deniers is cool
(February 16, 2009) Wired magazine founder and bestselling author Kevin Kelly agrees the science on global warming isn’t settled. The former publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review throws his support behind Probe’s efforts to give a voice to the skeptics in the following review. Continue reading
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Wal-Mart’s glow-in-the-dark mystery
(February 15, 2009) Retail giant can’t account for 15,800 of its exit signs that contain a potentially dangerous radioactive gas. It began in the late 2007 as a rountine audit. Retail giant Wal-Mart noticed that some exit signs at the company’s stores and warehoues had gone missing. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Safety
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Lawrence Solomon: Under oath, North faults Mann too
(February 14, 2009) Gerald North’s panel ruled that Michael Mann’s conclusion was right even if his study provided no basis for that conclusion, despite the response above. Continue reading
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AECL paying out $100M for Point Lepreau, Bruce refurbishment delays
(February 13, 2009) Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. is paying out $100 million in extra costs for delays with nuclear refurbishment projects at Point Lepreau, N.B., and the Bruce plant in Ontario. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, New Brunswick Power
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