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Taking the temperature on climate change
(March 25, 2008) Public support for global warming, by some measures, is overwhelming. By other measures, public support more resembles lip-service. As, for example, when the public is asked to put its money where it’s mouth is. Continue reading
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Kyoto’s latest victim
(March 20, 2008) Climate change continues to wreak havoc throughout the world, Egypt being the most recent example. In the last year, bread prices have climbed 36%, leading to rioting by the hungry. Bread riots are also occuring in Yemen and Pakistan, as they have in other countries over the last year, while in other nations food protests have taken other forms. Continue reading
Do you trust Canada’s nuclear establishment to safely dispose of its wastes?
(March 19, 2008) More than a quarter century after the nuclear industry started creating Canada’s largest collection of cancer-causing poisons, there still is no acceptable plan to get rid of these wastes. Continue reading
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Accomplishments
(March 19, 2008) In the twenty years since I started working at Energy Probe on nuclear energy and environmental issues, some amazing advances have happened and become widely known, with our help: Continue reading
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Nuke sector on upswing?
CALGARY — With two nuclear mega-projects planned for Alberta and Ontario, the sector is showing signs of growth for the first time in decades, but critics warn those sorts of major projects are fraught with risk.
On Thursday, Ontario power firm Bruce Power said it wants to build Western Canada’s first nuclear power plant near Peace River, Alta. The proposed $10-billion facility could produce enough electricity to power two million homes by 2017.
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Burning in the dark
Nuclear runs all night, can’t be ramped up in day.
After scores of bankruptcies and bailouts, many if not most energy analysts recognize nuclear electricity for what it has been: the single biggest business disaster in history.
But nuclear power’s failings extend beyond the red ink on the balance sheets to the limitations in the technology. The nuclear reactor, though efficient in medical and military applications, is ill-suited for the production of electricity in a sophisticated power market of diverse customers with diverse needs
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Green Roofs and Homeowner Protection in B.C.: Balancing Benefits and Risks
(March 15, 2008) As provincial and local governments focus their attention on setting and reaching goals for greenhouse has reduction and environmental protection, the role that new development and construction can play is under active scrutiny. Continue reading
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Nuclear giant plans 4 reactors; Bruce Power proposes $10B
(March 14, 2008) The only private operator of nuclear plants in Canada, Bruce Power LP, plans to bring nuclear power to Alberta, saying Thursday it hopes to build a $10-billion-plus generating complex near Peace River. Continue reading
The Polluter Overpay Principle
(March 12, 2008) The UK is clobbering well-engineered automobiles in a move to re-engineer society. A Land Rover will soon face a tax of £950 when purchased, and then an additional £455 per year. Saab owners are hit less hard (£425 in year one, then £270) and Audi owners even less (£155 and £155). Continue reading
Ontario’s Roadmap
(March 10, 2008) Energy policy isn’t just consuming U.S. lawmakers. It’s also dominating the Canadian agenda and particularly the province of Ontario. Continue reading
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