Category Archives: Energy Probe News

Listen to Energy Probe on Green Majority

Posted on August 21, 2012 by energyprbe

(August 21, 2012) Energy Probe’s Director of Research, Norman Rubin, joined a roundtable on nuclear energy in Canada hosted by the environmental news radio program ‘Green Majority’ (CIUT FM 89.5), which you can listen to in full at the link supplied. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Power Generation in Ontario, Renewables | Tagged Canada's Nuclear Liability Act, energy supply in Ontario, Norman Rubin, Renewable Energy | Leave a comment

Candu strike could threaten service to 34 units worldwide

Posted on July 10, 2012 by energyprbe

(June 22, 2012) Even if the strike is not affecting Candu’s current business, and the engineers eventually return to work, Candu may end up primarily a servicing company for its old reactors. Meanwhile, skepticism regarding the completion of two new reactors planned for Darlington and the refurbishment of four existing units remains high. “The Darlington Refurbishment is like something from Alice and Wonderland,” says Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Economics, Nuclear Power, Uncategorized | Tagged Candu Energy, Darlington, Norm Rubin, nuclear, SNC-Lavalin, strike | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Drop effort to keep Somalia together

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Other News Sources

(June 1, 2012) Better to break up this artificial nation. Last in a series. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Uncategorized | Tagged nationalism, Somalia | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Capitalist haven

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(May 25, 2012) British traditions boost the de facto state of Somaliland. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Uncategorized | Tagged foreign investment, markets, Somalia | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Occupy Somalia

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(May 18, 2012) Behind the first onshore strike by European Union naval forces against a suspected pirate base on the coast of Somalia: oil wealth that could rival Kuwait’s. New series. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Uncategorized | Tagged colonialism, failed states, Somalia, United Nations | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Green power failure

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(May 11, 2012) Climate mania impoverishes electricity customers worldwide. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Energy Probe News | Tagged Climate Change, climate change hoax, electricity, electricity prices, Feed-In Tariffs, fracking, Global Warming, global warming hoax, green energy, Obama, Ontario, power, renewables, solar energy, wind energy | 3 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: The lost debate

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(May 4, 2012) Readers resist the triumph of cosmic rays over CO2. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, Energy Probe News, The Deniers | Tagged arctic ice, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, cosmic rays | 1 Comment

Another wind protest

Posted on April 3, 2012 by energyprbe

(April 3, 2012) Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon presented at the third annual Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum today on wind turbine development. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Power Generation in Ontario, Renewables | Tagged Lawrence Solomon, Ontario Feed-In Tariff Forum, wind turbines | Leave a comment

Israel: On brink of energy self-sufficiency?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by energyprbe

(March 30, 2012 ) Israel could well become a net exporter of oil and gas in the near future, a forum on the Middle East was told. The claim was made by an environmentalist and a former Canadian diplomat at a conference on “Canada and the New Middle East.” Continue reading →