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Enbridge household customers catch a break on natural gas bills
(May 22, 2014) After considering the views of individuals and groups, such as Energy Probe, the Ontario Energy Board has announced consumers will now have 27 months to pay back the $655.5 million shortfall accrued by Enbridge Gas Distribution. The Board is also slated to reassess its process of reviewing the cost of natural gas utilities pass on to customers. Continue reading
Legislature’s gas-plants committee a gong show
(April 26, 2014) Digging up important facts becomes secondary to doing, or dodging, political damage. Former Energy Probe executive director, Tom Adams, implored the Queen’s Park committee probing the cancellation of a pair of power plants in Oakville and Mississauga, to cut the bull: “I urge you to pass the baton of sorting out the issues of document destruction to the OPP, the courts and the Information and Privacy Commissioner,” he told them. “My pitch is, do not allow the gas scandal investigation to get waylaid again.” Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Natural Gas
Tagged gas plant scandal, investigation, Liberals, Queen’s Park
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Lawrence Solomon: America’s LNG exports won’t counter Putin
(March 28, 2014) Europe is prospecting for gas in the wrong place in asking for U.S. LNG. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Liquified Natural Gas, Shale Gas
Tagged Crimea, Lawrence Solomon, LNG, Russia, shale gas, Vladimir Putin
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Lawrence Solomon: Lavish energy lifestyles
(January 9, 2014) With energy becoming abundant, we’ll be heating our sidewalks and bringing back large cars – all part of a new Age of Plenty. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Shale Gas
Tagged energy surpluses, lifestyle changes, OPEC Oil Crisis
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Parker Gallant: Ontario’s environmental commissioner, serving the public or simply sucking up?
(October 14, 2013) On October 10, 2013, Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller released his 194-page annual report titled, “Serving the Public,” and backed it up with a “supplement” that ran to 247 pages. His press conference at 10 a.m. on that day attracted little attention resulting in only minor media coverage. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Nuclear Power, Power Generation in Ontario, Privatization, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, Crown land, Global Warming, Gord Miller, green energy, Ontario, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, wind power, wind turbines
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Lawrence Solomon: Why Russia is in Syria
(May 23, 2013) To maintain Gazprom’s dominance in the European market, Putin has been fighting off competitors on numerous fronts. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Natural Gas, Shale Gas
Tagged Assad, Europe, Gazprom, Israel, Mediterranean gas, natural gas, Putin, Syria
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The huge impact of Israel’s energy reserves
(November 8, 2012) A summary of Lawrence Solomon’s remote presentation to the Middle East Forum, based in Philadelphia, on Israel’s energy reserves and its impact on the region. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Why gasoline wins
(September 28, 2012) Electric and CNG cars cost more but do less. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Natural Gas, Shale Gas, Uncategorized
Tagged electric vehicles, green energy, Lawrence Solomon, natural gas
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Lawrence Solomon: Israel and Russia join forces over gas
(September 10, 2012) A deal unfolding between Israel and Russia represents a diplomatic and business masterstroke for both parties and shows how, when the energy business is at play, geopolitics is often the driver. Continue reading
Posted in Natural Gas, Shale Gas
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Israel: On brink of energy self-sufficiency?
(March 30, 2012 ) Israel could well become a net exporter of oil and gas in the near future, a forum on the Middle East was told. The claim was made by an environmentalist and a former Canadian diplomat at a conference on “Canada and the New Middle East.” Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Shale Oil
Tagged free trade agreement, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, oil and gas, oil shale
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