Author Archives: energyprbe

New Brunswick talks with French firm about building 2nd nuclear reactor (NB-Nuclear)

(June 24, 2010) FREDERICTON_The New Brunswick government has renewed efforts to see a second nuclear reactor built in the province, but at least one industry observer doesn’t believe it will ever happen. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Google Scholar at the Academy

The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has utilized a non-expert to write an analysis entitled “Expert credibility in climate change.” This analysis judges the climate science credentials of scientists who have taken a position in the climate change debate, and disqualifies those who are not expert enough in climate science for its choosing.
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Aldyen Donnelly: HST and carbon taxes: job creators or destroyers? Depends on who you ask

Charles Lammam and Niels Veldhuis would have us believe that net tax cuts are in the future for most BC households. But Finance Minister Colin Hansen’s 2010 Budget Fiscal Plan suggests otherwise. Who should we believe?
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Global warming strategist scores New York Times coup

(Jun. 21, 2010) Stanford University’s Jon A Krosnick, a communications guru and advisor to the global warming camp, scored a coup in a New York Times oped last week that discredits polls by firms such as Gallup and Pew Research Center. Continue reading

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Global warming strategist scores New York Times coup

(June 21, 2010) Stanford University’s Jon A Krosnick, a communications guru and advisor to the global warming camp, scored a coup in a New York Times oped last week that discredits polls by firms such as Gallup and Pew Research Center. Continue reading

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Rejecting the good news

(Jun. 19, 2010) The massive Interphone cellphone study released earlier this year dismissed its own work because it failed to prove what researchers were looking for, namely, evidence of adverse effects of cellphones. Also rejected was evidence in their research that showed cellphones may reduce brain-tumour risk. The Interphone researchers may well have missed the real story in their work because they didn’t want to see it. Continue reading

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Rejecting the good news

(Jun. 19, 2010) The massive Interphone cellphone study released earlier this year dismissed its own work because it failed to prove what researchers were looking for, namely, evidence of adverse effects of cellphones. Also rejected was evidence in their research that showed cellphones may reduce brain-tumour risk. The Interphone researchers may well have missed the real story in their work because they didn’t want to see it. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Nightfall on the solar industry

(June 18, 2010) Solar may be a renewable technology but government subsidies to it aren`t, Europe`s solar industry is learning. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: IPCC insider explains embarrassing disclosure that went viral

(June 17, 2010) On Sunday, I wrote a blog about an IPCC insider who stated that the IPCC had been disingenuous in claiming that 2500 scientists had endorsed the view that humans are responsible for global warming. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The IPCC consensus on climate change was phoney, says IPCC insider

(June 16, 2010) The UN`s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change misled the press and public into believing that thousands of scientists backed its claims on manmade global warming, according to Mike Hulme, a prominent climate scientist and IPCC insider. Continue reading

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