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AECL waits anxiously as Britain considers its nuclear future
A beleaguered Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) and a "Team Candu" consortium of Canadian engineering and manufacturing companies are looking with hope to Britain for new nuclear contracts. Continue reading
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Power Unplugged in China
(February 21, 2008) What is going on in China’s electricity sector? A month ago, power failures during China’s coldest, snowiest winter in decades left millions without heat or running water. Continue reading
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The pro-carbon tax
(February 20, 2008) Governments are proposing carbon taxes to discourage people and industries from activities that emit carbon dioxide. This is a feeble use of the tax system in fending off the catastrophe that governments see coming. There are other, more powerful ways in which governments could, and should, use the tax system if they truly want to discourage CO2 emissions. Continue reading
The Carbon Harvest
(February 13, 2008) Global warming is the biggest threat that farmers face, and not because carbon dioxide threatens their crops — carbon dioxide is actually a boon to crops, and increases yields. Continue reading
Extreme competition, but not extreme enough
(February 7, 2008) Since Maggie Thatcher broke up the United Kingdom’s dysfunctional energy monopolies two decades ago, costs plummeted, as did prices for consumers, as a wave of new entrants into the energy business led to a textbook example of the benefits of competition. Continue reading
Geo-pipe dreams
(January 26, 2008) With climate change threatening us with extinction, many of the best minds going are working on methods to save us from oblivion. Here they are, and how they propose to save us from ourselves: Continue reading
The Deniers, Part XLI: Geo-pipe dreams
(January 26, 2008) With climate change threatening us with extinction, many of the best minds going are working on methods to save us from oblivion. Here they are, and how they propose to save us from ourselves: Continue reading
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The Nuclear Power Baseload Myth
(January 18, 2008) MR.RUBIN: Madam Chair, my comments deal with issues concerning nuclear power, and we offer them to urge this Board to do two things: To stipulate and construe the nuclear issues as broadly as possible; and, in particular, to seek mechanisms to ensure that Ontario ratepayers and taxpayers are protected from the peculiar risks presented by nuclear power. Continue reading
The Deniers, Part XL: Carbon as currency
(January 12, 2008) To lower our carbon footprint to levels deemed necessary to prevent climate change, we’ll need to do more than limit our air travel, buy fuel-efficient cars and switch to compact fluorescent light bulbs. Continue reading
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Shedding some light on CFL bulbs
(January 5, 2008) Globe and Mail style columnist Janice Lindsay presents an open-eyed review of energy efficient light bulbs and finds that manufacturers have not solved the ‘color issues’ that concern users of CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) and LEDs (light emitting diodes). Continue reading
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