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What she didn’t ask

(Nov. 21, 2009) CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti had tough questions for me this week, but none for a global warming propagandist. Continue reading

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Energy Probe Executive Director Lawrence Solomon on CBC Radio’s The Current

(November 20, 2009) Listen to an interview with Energy Probe’s Executive Director Lawrence Solomon on CBC Radio’s The Current. Mr. Solomon discusses the current debate surrounding climate change. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Dr. Jaccard’s carbon plan has it all wrong (part 2)

In my first response, I focused on the relevance of Dr. Jaccard’s plan and costing model from a rather theoretical perspective.  In this message, I try to take the debate to the ground.

Dr. Jaccard’s model puts his compliance cost and GDP estimates in a very general setting. One question I asked myself was: which Canadian communities will be most impacted, and how much?

Remember, you can only reduce GHG emissions where they physically occur.
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Running on veggies

A round trip from Orillia, Ont., to Toronto is 270 kilometres, and William Cox recently made the drive in his 1979 Mercedes. Total fuel cost: $1.25.

How is this possible? Cox runs his car on used vegetable oil he gets for free from local restaurants, along with a little diesel fuel at the start and finish of each trip, which accounts for the $1.25 expenditure.
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Clear financial rewards

(Nov. 19, 2009) Power: Profit, savings are the factors influencing P.E.I. and Quebec (in their talks about a possible electrical energy deal), experts say
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Clear financial rewards

Power: Profit, savings are the factors influencing P.E.I. and Quebec(in their talks about a possible electrical energy deal), experts say

HALIFAX – Cheap power and domination of the regional electricity grid.

According to energy experts, those are the two biggest factors influencing Prince Edward Island and Quebec in their talks about a possible energy deal.

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Aldyen Donnelly: Dr. Jaccard’s carbon plan has it all wrong (Part 1)

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Op Ed: Oba Mao in China

Most of Obama’s many foreign trips have been hurtful to American interests. Don’t expect anything to change now.

No president has travelled more than Barack Obama in his first year — his current trip to Asia is his eighth. The first seven took him nowhere. In the afterglow of each, his prestige declined as his results proved ephemeral.

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UK reaches consensus on climate change

Supporters of the UK’s three major political parties – Labour, Conservatives, and Liberal-Democrats – don’t often agree but on one major issue they are of one mind -all agree that humans can’t be blamed for global warming. Only 45% of Labour voters, 38% of Conservative voters, and 47% of Liberal-Democrats, believe global warming is man-made.

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‘A boon for New Brunswick’

(Nov. 13, 2009) Clearwater Seafoods director says proposed sale of NB Power to Hydro-Québec would help province retain and attract business. Continue reading

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