Category Archives: Energy Probe News

IPCC: Beyond the Himalayas

Posted on February 7, 2010 by energyprbe

(February 7, 2010) Climategate is one of many known failing by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Continue reading →

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Campus climate orthodoxy

Posted on February 4, 2010 by energyprbe

(February 4, 2010) Editor’s note: Lawrence Solomon’s column, Keeping Canadian Students in The Dark On Climate, provoked some interesting responses on our online blog. Continue reading →

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Pending N.B. report on power deal with Quebec dismissed sight unseen by Tories

Posted on February 1, 2010 by energyprbe

HALIFAX, N.S. — A provincially appointed panel will release its opinion Monday on a controversial deal to sell major NB Power assets to Hydro-Quebec, but New Brunswick’s Opposition leader is already dismissing its work.

Conservative Leader David Alward maintains the six-person panel appointed last November by Premier Shawn Graham to provide independent advice has been "irrelevant from square one."

He also questions the legitimacy of the panel’s report, which will be presented in Fredericton by chair David Ganong and panel member Louis LaPierre. Continue reading →

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Keeping Canadian students in the dark on climate

Posted on January 30, 2010 by energyprbe

(January 30, 2010) Climate change is natural. Spending time and money on the issue is largely a waste,” posited Steve Paikin, host of TV Ontario’s The Agenda, to his live studio audience at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre for International Studies Thursday evening. Continue reading →

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Ontario hasn’t heard the news

Posted on January 28, 2010 by energyprbe

(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

Posted on January 26, 2010 by energyprbe

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

Posted on January 24, 2010 by energyprbe

(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

Posted on January 23, 2010 by energyprbe

(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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