Category Archives: Climate Change

Aldyen Donnelly: What the Waman-Markey Bill means to Canada

On the Status of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiatives and the Western Climate Initiative

The Waxman-Markey (W-M) Bill proposes to exchange Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) allowances for US federal Greenhouse Gas (GHG) allowances at a large RGGI allowance discount. The result of the W-M bill is that RGGI allowance market prices have fallen to US$2.50 to $2.90/TCO2e.  Note that CCX carbon financial instruments are trading at US$0.30 to $).40/TCO2e—well below last year’s peak of US$7.50.
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Carbon Baron Gore: Sources

(August 25, 2009) Generation announces plans for new investment management firm Continue reading

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Carbon Baron Gore

(August 25, 2009) Who will be the Robber Barons of the 21st century? Al Gore is poised to become the first climate billionaire. Continue reading

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Carbon disaster: Sources

(August 15, 2009) Carbon Capture and Storage — The Environmental and Economic Case and Challenges Continue reading

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Carbon disaster

(August 15, 2009) Don’t worry about the risks of earthquakes or suffocation or water contamination. Carbon capture is good, really. Continue reading

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The patter of little feet leaves few footprints

(August 11, 2009) You may have heard about the recent study at Oregon State University that examined the effects of reproduction on a parent’s carbon footprint. The researchers reached the obvious conclusion that children, who eat, breathe and otherwise have the effrontery to consume resources, deepen that footprint considerably. Continue reading

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Sources: James Hansen’s 1988 hearing on global warming before the committee on energy and natural resources

(August 7, 2009) James Hansen’s 1988 hearing on global warming before the committee on energy and natural resources Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon on The Agenda – The Assault on Science

Lawrence Solomon appeared on TVO’s the Agenda to engage in a discussion alternative views to mainstream science. "Rational inquiry, the scientific method, or sheer ignorance: Is science itself to blame for the backlash against scientific inquiry?" Watch the Video. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon on CBC Radio's Ideas

The science is settled” is now the mantra of climate change activism. Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley breaks the unofficial media blackout of skeptics in this courageous and path-breaking broadcast.
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Profitin’ in the wind

(July 17, 2009) Billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a two-step plan to cash in on climate change. Today: step two. Continue reading

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