Category Archives: Energy Probe News

How megaprojects bankrupt utilities

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

Brady Yauch, executive director of Consumer Policy Institute, describes the looming threat to public institutions – and to our pocketbooks. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Why big business CEOs lean left on the Paris climate deal — and on most everything else

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

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 →

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Lawrence Solomon: The Paris accord always was a sham

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

The accord allowed politicians to pay lip service meanwhile raising taxes in the name of the environment. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: How to make Ontario’s awful power system as dull (and affordable) as natural gas

Posted on May 16, 2017 by

Unlike its power companies, Ontario’s gas is sold by pencil-pushers who keep their nose to the grindstone and avoid controversy. Continue reading →

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How Queen’s Park broke Ontario’s provincial electricity sector

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

(April 12, 2017) Political meddling has undermined the province’s electricity sector.

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Looking to lower Ontario power rates? Start with Pickering, where $550 million will be wastefully spent

Posted on March 28, 2017 by

The economic argument to keep Pickering open past 2020 relies on an analysis that requires some far apart stars to align. Brady Yauch for Consumer Policy Institute. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Now that the global warming era is nearing an end, the Third World can breathe easier

Posted on March 27, 2017 by

Treating the Third World as a global warming guinea pig damaged it along with the West. Continue reading →

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