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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
It’s official, there’s no consensus on climate change
(July 10, 2010) A panel criticizes the Climategate scientists for being defensive and unhelpful, for withholding data, for providing misleading information, for having been “blinded… to the possibility of merit” in the claims of their critics. Continue reading
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Wind’s bad day
(July 8, 2010) Yesterday’s scorcher scorched wind power’s reputation and its long-term bottom line, too. This simple chart demonstrates why no company can make a profit supplying wind power to the electricity system without government subsidies, and why no society can count on wind power when the power is most needed. Continue reading
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Catastrophism collapses
(July 3, 2010) G20 leaders in Toronto tried to avoid the fate of colleagues felled by warming advocacy. Continue reading
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Avertible catastrophe
How U.S. labour and environmental rules blocked Dutch spill-cleanup technology.
Some are attuned to the possibility of looming catastrophe and know how to head it off. Others are unprepared for risk and even unable to get their priorities straight when risk turns to reality.
Posted in Energy Probe News, Fossil Fuels
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New Brunswick talks with French firm about building 2nd nuclear reactor (NB-Nuclear)
(June 24, 2010) FREDERICTON_The New Brunswick government has renewed efforts to see a second nuclear reactor built in the province, but at least one industry observer doesn’t believe it will ever happen. Continue reading
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Global warming strategist scores New York Times coup
(June 21, 2010) Stanford University’s Jon A Krosnick, a communications guru and advisor to the global warming camp, scored a coup in a New York Times oped last week that discredits polls by firms such as Gallup and Pew Research Center. Continue reading
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When climate, public relations meet
(June 4, 2010) Environmentalism may be the world`s fastest-growing religion. And, like other religions, its ability to win converts often relies on crises. After the scarce over the coming ice age failed to materialize in the 1970s, environmentalism was given a real boost when the global warming crisis revved up. Continue reading
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Forum blows hot over Scarborough wind farm
(May 28, 2010) Opponents of a proposed wind farm off the Scarborough Bluffs have adopted the old Bob Dylan folk classic, with their own spin, as a rallying cry: ‘the answer is not blowing in the wind.’ Continue reading
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Green elites meet the people
(May 28, 2010) On Wednesday evening, as a part of a panel of energy insiders, I spoke in Toronto’s financial district before an audience of some 150, most of them professionals interested in the clean energy industry. On Thursday evening, I spoke to some 300 of their victims, in a school auditorium in a residential neighbourhood 15 miles away. Continue reading
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Be prepared for electric shock
If you haven’t already, you’re about to get a nasty shock when you open your electricity bill.
New time-of-use charges (based on smart meter readings) coupled with an Ontario Energy Board (OEB) increase of $5.78 for Horizon customers (based on average usage and HST) are being loaded onto bills this spring.
"We all know electricity prices are going up," said Shelley Parker, acting director of customer services at Horizon Utilities.
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