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New nuke sinkholes
(January 14, 2005) Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has cost federal taxpayers an estimated $17-billion in failed attempts to develop commercially viable nuclear reactors. Even the sales that AECL has made have proven to be wildly unprofitable, going back a generation to its perplexing reactor sale to Argentina, when AECL agreed to price its contract in pesos. Today, the federal Crown corporation is poised to blow more billions. Continue reading
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News Release: Ontario government announces Centre of Excellence for Energy
(January 10, 2005) Toronto: Economic Development and Trade Minister Joseph Cordiano today announced $8 million in funding, over four years, to create a new Centre of Excellence for Energy. Continue reading
Posted in Renewables
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Hormetic Influence of Glucocorticoids on Human Memory
(January 1, 2005) In this paper, we discuss the effects of glucocorticoids on human learning and memory using the recent model of hormesis proposed by Calabrese and collaborators. Continue reading
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Hormetic influence of glucocorticoids on human memory
(Jan. 1, 2005) Discussion of the effects of glucocorticoids on human learning and memory using the recent model of hormesis proposed by Calabrese and collaborators. Continue reading
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Proposed power plant may kill plan to fix Lepreau
(October 29, 2004) A decision on whether to dump or fix up New Brunswick’s aging nuclear power plant could be swayed by a private firm’s plans to build a giant gas-fired generator, says the province’s energy minister. Continue reading
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Time to move energy-intensive industries offshore
(October 16, 2004) To counter the high energy prices that consumers now face, governments in Canada and the U.S. have been subsidizing domestic energy production. This dirty government business lowers the bill a little for consumers but raises it a lot for taxpayers, making us worse off in the exchange. Continue reading
Hot and bothered over heating
(Oct. 9, 2004) Radcliffe Robinson isn’t looking forward to heating his home this winter. Continue reading
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Winter’s coming: Time to lock in your gas rate?
(October 9, 2004) Like a lot of homeowners, Bill Harang cringes when he opens his natural gas bill. “It just shocks me when I look at the bottom line,” says the Bowmanville, Ont., resident, who has watched his heating costs soar since he bought his three-bedroom townhouse in the late eighties. Continue reading
Soaring costs trim earnings
(October 9, 2004) Canadian businesses are begining to experience the energy industry’s version of sticker price shock. Continue reading
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Hot and bothered over heating
(October 9, 2004) Radcliffe Robinson isn’t looking forward to heating his home this winter. Robinson, 38, and his wife Patricia, moved into a three-bedroom house in Whitby in January, just in time for one of the more dramatic oil-price upswings in recent history. Continue reading
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