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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
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
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
Posted in Climate Change
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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
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
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
Lawrence Solomon: Losing indicators — 91% of Liberals, 90% of Bloc supporters, believe in global warming
(May 9, 2011) According to a draft report from the Brookings Institute that compares attitudes to global warming in the U.S. and Canada, an astounding 91% of Canadians who identify themselves as Liberals, and 90% who identify with the Bloc, answer “Yes” when asked: “From what you’ve read and heard, is there solid evidence that the average temperature on Earth has been getting warmer over the past four decades.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Brookings, Climate Change, Conservatives, Democrats, election, Global Warming, global warming benefits, Independents, Lawrence Solomon, Liberals, media, media bias, polling, polls, public opinion, public opinion polling, public opinion polls, Republicans, science is settled
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Lawrence Solomon: Greening Harper
(May 6, 2011) Fiscal prudence and smaller government could go hand in hand with environmentalism — really! Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Electricity
Tagged AECL, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, CCS, Climate Change, EDC, electricity, energy conservation, energy subsidies, environmentalists, ethanol, Export Development Canada, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, privatization, subsidies
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Lawrence Solomon: Don’t count on constant electricity under renewable energy, says UK electricity CEO
(May 5, 2011) Wind power will require lifestyle change Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity grid, electricity network, electricity rates, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, lifestyle changes, National Grid, remewables, smart electricity grid, Smart Grid City, smart meters, smart-grid, solar, Steve Holliday, wind
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Lawrence Solomon: Raising U.S. debt ceiling is real threat
(April 21, 2011) Rather than saving the economy, raising the US debt ceiling would further undermine the US dollar’s standing as the world’s reserve currency. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News
Tagged debt, debt ceiling, deficit, inflation, Lawrence Solomon, Timothy Geithner, US dollar
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Lawrence Solomon: Dams are worse
(April 2, 2011) While many believe that nuclear is the most dangerous source of electricity, the designation actually belongs to major hydroelectric dams. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy
Tagged dams, green energy, hydroelectric, nuclear, renewables
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