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Lawrence Solomon: Port Hope — a hot spot that may be cool

(Nov. 13, 2010) Nuclear workers in Port Hope contract fewer cancers. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Energy cost savings do not generate paybacks for customer investments in energy efficiency

(Nov. 12, 2010) In real life, it is not possible to deliver energy cost savings to consumers who invest in efficiency if we mobilize a market-wide movement towards efficiency, unless we build a market construct that moves us increasingly away from high fixed cost solutions to a construct that favours, smaller scale, more locally appropriate, lower fixed cost/higher variable cost solutions. Continue reading

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No Cause For Alarm Over Sea Level Or Ice Sheets

(Nov. 11, 2010) Professor Cliff Ollier, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, says the alarm over rising sea levels is unfounded. Continue reading

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Experts debate Canada’s role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

(Nov. 09, 2010) News report on the participation of Energy Probe’s Executive Director Lawrence Solomon in a recent debate on climate change at Queen’s University. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The scan that cures

(Nov. 06, 2010) CT scans may not just detect ­cancer, they may actually prevent it. Continue reading

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Climate Change Experts, Skeptic to Debate Global Warming

(Nov. 04, 2010) Energy Probe’s Executive Director, Lawrence Solomon, will be part of a debate at Queen’s University on the science behind climate change and what policy measure should be taken—or avoided—to address the issue. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: The effect of California’s cap-and-trade plans on Canada

(Nov. 04, 2010) California’s proposed cap-and-trade and offset system regulation kills any potential for BC or Ontario linkage to the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) market without major changes. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: CO2 blesses China and Tibet

(Nov. 3, 2010) A new study details the benefits of CO2 for China and Tibet. Continue reading

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Initiative to develop electricity distribution system reliability standards

(Oct. 29, 2010) Comments of Energy Probe Research Foundation on the initiative to develop electricity distribution system reliability standards in Ontario.

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A year after power deal, questions linger

(Oct. 29, 2010) One of the first things that you have to do to get real in planning an electricity system and running it, is to pass on the real commercial style costs of manufacturing electricity to your consumers, says Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin. Continue reading

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