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About Lawrence Solomon

Lawrence Solomon is one of Canada's leading environmentalists. His book, The Conserver Solution (Doubleday) popularized the Conserver Society concept in the late 1970s and became the manual for those interested in incorporating environmental factors into economic life. An advisor to President Jimmy Carter's Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970's, he has since been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion and adopt toll roads. Mr. Solomon is a founder and managing director of Energy Probe Research Foundation and the executive director of its Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Institute divisions. He has been a columnist for The Globe and Mail, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the editor and publisher of the award-winning The Next City magazine, and the author or co-author of seven books, most recently The Deniers, a #1 environmental best-seller in both Canada and the U.S. .

Lawrence Solomon: A billion dollars full of nuclear waste

(November 21, 2013) The Deep Geologic Repository is a make-work project. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Fossil fuels now beat wind and solar on environmental as well as economic grounds

(November 14, 2013) When governments try to impose large-scale renewable technologies, they lay waste to nature. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Russia’s rise — a threat to the West

(November 8, 2013) America’s demise in the Middle East has made Russia the region’s preeminent power, and a threat to the West. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: A global cooling consensus

(October 31, 2013) Solar activity is now falling more rapidly than at any time in the last 10,000 years. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Big Brother takes the wheel

(October 17, 2013) ‘Smart roads’ would take the task of driving out of the hands of human drivers. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Let’s play Chicken Little

(September 23, 2013) Insurance is the last refuge of the global warming true believer. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Favour free markets, not Keystone XL

(September 17, 2013) Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to appease Obama would hobble the Canadian economy. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Smart roads are making new mass transit and expressways obsolete

(September 5, 2013) Satellite technology tracks traffic along all routes, changing rates on the fly. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Model mockery

(August 22, 2013) Top economist, a true believer in global warming, proves predictions of catastrophe are meaningless. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The new cold war

(June 6, 2013) Russia and Iran are now aligned against the U.S. and Sunni states. Continue reading

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