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The nuclear shield

(November 14, 2007) Acts of gross negligence by suppliers of nuclear goods and services – the kind of mistakes that might cause nuclear reactors to explode – will no longer be protected from liability under a proposed law that passed first reading in the House of Commons last month. Continue reading

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Climate change debate

Two recent FP Comment columns make the case that Canada should have no policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Continue reading

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Climate change by Jupiter – Part XXXVIII

(November 10, 2007) The alignment of the planets, and especially that of Jupiter and Saturn, control the climate on Earth. Continue reading

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Why melting of ice sheets ‘is impossible’ Deniers part XXXVII

(November 7, 2007) ‘Big Thaw,’ a summertime spectacular in National Geographic magazine, provided awesome scenes of climate-change catastrophes. Continue reading

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IPCC too blinkered and corrupt to save

(October 26, 2007) Vincent Gray has begun a second career as a climate-change activist. His motivation springs from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body that combats global warming by advocating the reduction of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Continue reading

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Inconventient Truth court case forces teachers to highlight film’s inaccuracies and biases

(October 11, 2007) Should children become tools of propagandists, their schools able to serve as indoctrination centres that teach students to parrot the views of the powers-that-be rather than think for themselves? Continue reading

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The U.K. miracle

(September 26, 2007) In Canada, our electricity systems operate like little islands, isolated from the world around them, oblivious to innovation and insulated from the real economy by regulators that administer prices.. Our horizons extend as far as our power monopolies, and their government masters, permit. Continue reading

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The Deniers, Part XXXIV: The hot trend is cool yachts

(September 8, 2007) To save the planet from global warming – a looming catastrophe many believe we can no longer prevent – could require that China stop building the equivalent of a new 1000 megawatt coal plant every five days, and India the same equivalent of a new 1000 megawatt coal plant every five days, and India the same equivalent every two weeks. Continue reading

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Struggling abroad, AECL says it’s found new hope

(September 5, 2007) Stung by criticism that it is being left on the sidelines of a global nuclear resurgence, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) yesterday trumpeted an agreement with China and Argentina to co-operate in building new Candu reactors in the three countries. Continue reading

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The Deniers, Part XXXIII: The aerosol man

(September 1, 2007) Stephen Schwartz knows as much about the effects of aerosols on climate change as anyone in the world, and he’s worried. He believes climate change is so massive an economic issue that we face costs “in the trillions if not quadrillions of dollars.” Continue reading

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