Category Archives: Climate Change

The high risks of climate-change policy

(October 23, 2009) Earlier this week, I addressed a meeting of the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for National Security in Winnipeg. An abbreviated version of my presentation appears below. Continue reading

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Fewer Americans See Solid Evidence of Global Warming

(October 22, 2009) Survery Also Shows Modest Support for “Cap and Trade” Policy Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: How to make economies based on renewable energy work

The data appearing under "key findings" heading for the RWI study, “Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies: The German Experience,” study look generally correct to me, but I do not completely agree with the study’s conclusions.  After looking at Germany, the authors have pretty much written off renewable energy mandates altogether. 

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The Case for Doing Nothing on Global Warming

(October 21, 2009) A Presentation to the Centre for National Security of the Conference Board of Canada Winnipeg, Oct. 21 and Oct. 22, 2009. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Canadian exports will suffer at the hands of US cap and trade bills

I am not sure where Janet Peace, Vice President of Markets and Business Strategy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, gets her estimate that only 10% to 20% of Canadian exports are vulnerable to US trans-border charges under US climate change legislation.
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The free luncher: Exelon

(Oct. 17, 2009) Fourteen principled companies abandoned the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week in protest over climate change. Let’s investigate their principles. Continue reading

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The free luncher: Exelon

(October 17, 2009) Fourteen principled companies abandoned the U.S. Chamber of Commerce this week in protest over climate change. Let’s investigate their principles. Continue reading

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Climate change dominoes fall

(Oct. 16, 2009) Australians are the latest citizenry to turn against climate change catastrophism. For the first time, according to a Lowy poll released this week, a majority of the population turned thumbs down to the proposition that “global warming is a serious and pressing problem. Continue reading

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Climate change dominoes fall

(October 16, 2009) Australians are the latest citizenry to turn against climate change catastrophism. For the first time, according to a Lowy poll released this week, a majority of the population turned thumbs down to the proposition that “global warming is a serious and pressing problem. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Tim Flannery has it all wrong when it comes to combating climate change

Tim Flannery, a famous Australian environmentalist was recently interviewed by a number of Canadian media outlets, including the CBC and CPAC. I found his appearance most bizarre. 

His home country of Australia is one of roughly a dozen nations worldwide that have (1) higher per capita GHGs than Canada and (2) have exhibited a higher rate of GHG growth since 1990 than Canada. I found it bizarre to see his disapproval of Canada aired on CBC, yesterday, given the performance of his home nation. 
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