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If not nuclear, then what?
(March 17, 2011) When even experts disagree about how safe nuclear reactors are, or ought to be, what do we make of nuclear? The Globe and Mail’s Margaret Wente looks at the pros and cons of nuclear energy and finds concern in the less obvious. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety
Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, Japan earthquake, meltdown, nuclear energy, Radiation, tsunami
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Nuclear concern: worldwide reaction to Japan crisis
(March 16, 2011) Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin weighs in on the developing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Safety
Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, Japan earthquake, meltdown, nuclear energy, Radiation, tsunami
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Workers pulled from nuclear plant as radiation spikes
(March 15, 2011) CTV News reports on the latest setback at the stricken Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant. Energy Probe’s director of nuclear research Norm Rubin says the 40-year-old plant was only designed to withstand a quake of 6.5 magnitude. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Safety
Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, Japan earthquake, meltdown, nuclear energy, Radiation, tsunami
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Japan quake triggers Ont. nuclear safety debate
(March 14, 2011) CBC News examines the implications of the nuclear crisis in Japan for Ontario’s nuclear sector. Energy Probe’s director of nuclear research Norm Rubin comments on the tradeoff between cost and safety in nuclear facilities. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power
Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, Japan earthquake, meltdown, nuclear energy, Radiation, tsunami
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Norm Rubin discussing the Japanese nuclear situation on CBC Radio
(March 14, 2011) Energy Probe’s director of nuclear research Norm Rubin appeared on CBC Radio’s Sunday Edition this weekend to discuss the dire situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant, and the potential ramifications for the global nuclear industry. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power
Tagged Chernobyl, Fukushima, Japan earthquake, meltdown, nuclear disaster, Nuclear Power, Radiation, tsunami
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Lawrence Solomon: Don’t count on constant electricity under renewable energy, says UK electricity CEO
(March 5, 2011) According to the CEO of the UK’s electricity grid operator, consumers are going to have to make lifestyle changes to adapt to unreliable wind power. Continue reading
Turning transit stations into profit centres: Ottawa Business Journal
(March 4, 2011) Ottawa Business Journal discusses Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon’s proposal to sell transit stations to the private sector. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Privatization, Transportation
Tagged Energy Probe, Lawrence Solomon, P3, PPP, privatization, public transit, transit stations
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Why are our electricity bills going up?
(Jan. 27, 2010) Now we’re told that our hydro bills will increase 46 % over the next 4 years. Why? What caused it? Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: China’s coming fall
(Jan. 22, 2011) Like the Soviet Union before it, much of China’s supposed boom is illusory — and just as likely to come crashing down. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: New Zealand’s Climategate –Act II
(October 9, 2010) Last November, I reported on accusations from New Zealand that a government agency called NTWA — New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research — had cooked the books on global warming. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, The Deniers
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