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Category Archives: Climate Change
Polar bear battle in Toronto! It’s good science vs. climate do-gooders
Two events next week juxtapose two conflicting conclusions on the current health and future for polar bears. Behind the science, there’s also a juicy personal clash. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Here’s the truth about Energy Probe’s alleged links to Big Oil
Lawrence Solomon: I’m called a lobbyist for the oil industry, a shill, a mouthpiece, and some not-so-nice words, too, all of it made up. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, The Deniers
Tagged Energy Probe, Lawrence Solomon
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Lawrence Solomon: Carbon bounties (not taxes) could save us from the next Little Ice Age
With scientists increasingly predicting a long period of global cooling, we may need incentives to put additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Paris is dead. The global warming deniers have won
Since his pullout in June, Trump has repeatedly reaffirmed the wisdom of pulling out of the “bad deal” for the U.S. that was Paris. Continue reading
Grounds for Thought presents: Paris is dead
Join us for the return of the Grounds for Thought discussion night with our most controversial topic to date. Oh, it’s a doozy alright! Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, The Deniers
Tagged discussion, event, Global Warming, Grounds for Thought, Lawrence Solomon
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Ontario’s green energy experience: sobering lessons for sustainable climate change policies
A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute finds Ontario’s green energy policies have yielded moderate environmental gains while drastically increasing energy prices. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: How Tesla’s Elon Musk became the master of fake business
Musk’s genius is primarily in the subsidy-seeking realm. By 2015, U.S. governments alone had given his companies US$5 billion through direct grants, tax breaks, cut-rate loans, tax credits and rebates. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, Transportation
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Lawrence Solomon: Why big business CEOs lean left on the Paris climate deal — and on most everything else
A little history would help explain why big business spoke almost as one in favour of sweeping regulation by the governments of the world. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News
Tagged big business, Donald Trump, Paris Agreement
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Lawrence Solomon: The Paris accord always was a sham
The accord allowed politicians to pay lip service meanwhile raising taxes in the name of the environment. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels
Tagged Donald Trump, Paris climate agreement
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How Queen’s Park broke Ontario’s provincial electricity sector
(April 12, 2017) Political meddling has undermined the province’s electricity sector.
Posted in Conservation, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables
Tagged Brady Yauch, electricity, electricity rates, energy, Energy Probe, green energy, Green Energy Act, Hydro One, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Renewable Energy
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