Category Archives: Climate Change

Joe Oliver sparks environmentalist fury as Tory ministers head in opposite directions on climate change debate

(April 13, 2013) When Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver appeared to downplay the urgency of fighting climate change, his comments took on a life of their own amongst environmentalists, who bombarded social media with comments questioning the Harper government’s dedication to slowing global warming. An article by Lawrence Solomon was quoted in the ensuing furore. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Climate changing for global warming journalists

(April 13, 2013) The Economist and other journalism icons are beginning to reassess their position on global warming. Continue reading →

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Did Obama just block Keystone?

(March 16, 2013) Deciding whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline is surely one of the toughest challenges of Barack Obama’s presidency. He hasn’t made up his mind yet, of course. Or has he? … maybe Obama is going to nix the pipeline outright. That’s what Lawrence Solomon predicts. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Obama will block Keystone

(March 14, 2013) Not needed for U.S. energy security or employment. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Polar bears like it hot

(March 7, 2013) Canada’s polar bears are also thriving thanks to a free market in bears. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon on the failure of global-warming alarmists to rally the public

(March 11, 2013) The Wall Street Journal’s Notable & Quotable section highlights Lawrence Solomon’s column for the Financial Post on global warming and the barometer of public opinion. Continue reading →

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Whom to believe on global warming?

(March 12, 2013) David T. Koyzis, a Professor of Political Science at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario looks at the continuing controversy over climate change and the validity of conflicting reports; in this instance, Koyzis compares a recent Financial Post column by Lawrence Solomon with “Where Has All the Ice Gone?”, a blog by Emily E. Adams for the Washington-based environmental think-tank Earth Policy Institute. Continue reading →

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Look at the graph to see the evidence of global warming

(March 9, 2013) Is the world truly in the grip of runaway global warming, or is this belief based on a colossal misreading of the scientific evidence? “One reason why it is so vital for us to understand this, of course, has been all those devastating political responses to this fear, which promise to change our way of life out of recognition,” writes the noted U.K. Sunday Telegraph columnist, Christopher Booker, in this piece quoting Lawrence Solomon. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Not easy being green

(February 28, 2013) Series of disasters for the climate doomsayers. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Fight jihad, stop carbon taxes

(February 21, 2013) Shale oil boom means security. Continue reading →

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