Category Archives: Energy Probe News

Ontario hasn’t heard the news

(January 28, 2010) As Napoleon entered Moscow in the fall of 1812, Czar Alexander and his commanders were discussing just when and where they should stand their ground. A pessimistic Russian field marshal noted the splendid successes of the Grand Armeé and speculated that stopping the French might be a difficult thing. Alexander answered, “Napoleon may have Generals MacDonald and Ney, but I have General Winter.” Continue reading

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Wind power a viable, but unreliable source of energy in quake shattered Haiti

TORONTO – Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister is eyeing the potential for wind power along Haiti’s coastline as part of the effort to improve the earthquake ravaged country’s capacity for power production.

Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Monday technology will be an important element of rebuilding in Haiti after its infrastructure was devastated in the Jan. 12 earthquake that has left most of the Caribbean country in ruins.

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Inside Ontario: Ontario Signs a Massive Green Energy Deal with Samsung

(January 24, 2010) Ontario signed a $7-billion renewable energy deal with Samsung to built wind and solar energy clusters throughout the province. By 2016, the project is expected to generate 2,500 megawatts of energy, or about 4 per cent of Ontario’s total energy consumption. Continue reading

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Winds of change

(January 23, 2010) In signing ceremony Thursday for a $7-billion deal with Samsung to build wind and solar facilities, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said: “This means Ontario is officially the place to be for green energy manufacturing in North America.” Continue reading

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Who’s Watching the Climategate Gatekeepers?

(January 18, 2010) Who would have thought you couldn’t trust a search engine in America? Continue reading

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Better off with Bing

(January 16, 2010) Googlegate: The search engine may be standing up to Chinese censors. What about Google’s own censors? Continue reading

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Wikipedia meets its own climategate

(December 30, 2009) Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, had an article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal drawing attention to the rise of “online hostility” and the “degneration of online civilty.” Continue reading

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Special Report – Global Warming

(December 24, 2009) While the United Nations, President Obama and former Vice President Al Gore look for billions of dollars to fight “global warming,” scientists all over the world are debunking the theory as “bad science” and political manipulation. Continue reading

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Wikipedia’s hockey stick wars

(December 23, 2009) Since my Saturday column described how Wikipedia editors have been feverishly rewriting climate history over much of the decade, fair-minded Wikipedians have been doing their best to correct the record. Continue reading

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Climategate: the corruption of Wikipedia

(December 22, 2009) If you want to know the truth about Climategate, definitely don’t use Wikipedia. “Climatic Research Unit e-mail controversy”, if its preferred, mealy-mouthed euphemism to describe the greatest scientific scandal of the modern age. Continue reading

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