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Lawrence Solomon: More evidence it used to be really hot out there
(May 26, 2011) A linchpin in the global warming theory is the claim that we now live in a time of unprecedented warmth. Unfortunately for those who assert this theory, the history books all said it was hot during the centuries immediately before and after 1000 AD – the time known the Medieval Warm Period. Continue reading
Hydro One: Time to break it up
(May 23, 2011) In November 2003 the C. D. Howe Institute released a report entitled “What will Keep the Lights on in Ontario: Responses to a Policy Short-Circuit”. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Go fish — wind developers forced to shut down to protect salmon stocks
(May 19, 2011) Wind farms not only threaten the landscape, they also threaten marine life, as wind developers in Washington State just learned to their dismay. The Bonneville Power Authority, a major power utility in the Columbia River system, has ordered wind producers feeding unwanted power into its grid to shut down their operations to protect salmon stock. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged Bonneville Power Authority, BPA, electricity, green energy, hydro dams, hydroelectricity, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, nuclear, power prices, renewables, salmon, salmon migration, subsidies, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills
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Aldyen Donnelly: The indispensable report
(May 18, 2011) I attach a copy of one of a series of Xcel workbooks that, since 1999, the UK Treasury publishes as part of a set of “Pre-Budget” documents. It shows the estimated impact of all government taxes and transfers/benefits (cash and in-kind) on working families, by income decile. The Treasury also publishes a similar analysis for retired and not working families, and a workbook that combines all families. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Renewables now bigger than nuclear
(May 18, 2011) The world now has more renewable electricity capacity than nuclear capacity, according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. According to its World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011, just four types of renewables — wind, small-scale hydro, solar, and biomass – accounted for 381 gigawatts (GW) of capacity at the end of 2010, edging past nuclear power’s 375 GW of capacity. Continue reading
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Tagged biomass, coal, electricity, fossil fuel generation, green energy, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, natural gas, nuclear, power prices, renewables, solar electricity, subsidies, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills, Worldwatch
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FP Letters to the Editor: We are green, EDC says
(May 12, 2011) Re: “Greening Harper,” Lawrence Solomon, May 7 Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
Tagged AECL, EDC, ethanol, Export Development Canada, FP Letters To The Editor, green energy
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Too much of a good thing
(May 12, 2011) An Edmonton Journal article takes issue with the views of Lawrence Solomon — and most scientists — on carbon dioxide. Continue reading
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Lawrence Solomon: What Hudak failed to say
(May 11, 2011) In a much ballyhooed speech yesterday, would-be Ontario Premier Tim Hudak promised to kill the financing method that Premier Dalton McGuinty uses to build wind turbines. But Hudak doesn’t promise to kill wind turbines. He merely proposes some alternative financing method, not yet described, to bring Ontarians more wind turbines. Hudak’s wind turbines will also be uneconomic, just less so than McGuinty’s. Continue reading
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Tagged 2009, Dalton McGuinty, electricity, GEA, green energy, Green Energy Act, Green Energy and Green Economy Act, hydro, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Ontario energy, power prices, rate payers, renewables, subsidies, Tim Hudak, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills
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Lawrence Solomon: Are high CO2 levels again saving the Amazon Forest?
(May 9, 2011) The Amazon Forest – often called the lungs of the Earth – suffered a large drought in 2005 and an even larger one in 2010, devastating populations of river dolphins and other species and leading many climate scientists to fear the worst. Continue reading
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