Category Archives: Climate Change

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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FIll up with subsidies: Sources

(July 11, 2009) H.R. 1835 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage alternative energy investments and job creation. Continue reading →

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Fill up with subsidies

(July 11, 2009) Billionaire energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens has a two-step plan to cash in on climate change. Today: Step one. Continue reading →

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A scam revealed

(July 7, 2009) There have been comments recently, including in the comic strip “Pickles,” that newspapers are needed because they used to expose scandals. Today, scandals are more likely to be exposed on the Web by bloggers than in newspapers. Continue reading →

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Science, diplomacy, and the Montreal Protocol

(June 29, 2009) In January 1985, not long after I took over the international environment portfolio at the State Department, I led a small American delegation to a little-noticed meeting in Geneva. There, the U.S., Canada, and a few like-minded countries tried, and ultimately failed in the face of strong opposition from other governments, to achieve a multilateral agreement to limit use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The event attracted only perfunctory attention in the press, and its unremarkable results occasioned no diplomatic ripples in national capitals. Continue reading →

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A Call for Action: Consensus Principles and Recommendations

(June 29, 2009) In June 2005, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences joined with the scientific academies often other countries in stating that “the scientific understanding of climate change is now suficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt actions.” Continue reading →

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DuPont’s new game

(June 27, 2009) DuPont made a killing in the battle over CFC regulation. Now it’s poised to do it all over again with carbon dioxide. Fourth in a series called ‘Climate Profiteers’. Continue reading →

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Aldyen Donnelly: Federal low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) dropped from climate change bill

In his May 18 summary of the amendments to the Waxman-Markey climate change bill ("ACES"), David Doniger at the Natural Resources Defence Council ("NRDC") accurately reports that the federal Low carbon fuel standard. ("LCFS") that was incorporated in the March 31 draft has been dropped from the bill. Doniger goes on to suggest that the LCFS would have limited US oil companies’ consumption of feedstock originating in Alberta’s oilsands. Continue reading →

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