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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
Carbon Baron Gore
(August 25, 2009) Who will be the Robber Barons of the 21st century? Al Gore is poised to become the first climate billionaire. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, The Deniers
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Press Release: Energy Probe hails McGuinty's Toronto taxi reform, urges full speed ahead outside Toronto, too
The Toronto-based Energy Probe Research Foundation is applauding the provincial government for its recent decision to amend the City of Toronto Act and allow airport-licensed taxis and limousines to pick up fares in the city. Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Energy Probe News
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Another lightbulb moment for One Change
Backers of Project Porchlight turn attention to saving gas by keeping tires properly inflated
Posted in Conservation, Energy Probe News
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Carbon disaster
(August 15, 2009) Don’t worry about the risks of earthquakes or suffocation or water contamination. Carbon capture is good, really. Continue reading
National president of CUPE responds to Lawrence Solomon's article on privatization
In these pages and in other media, the issue of contracting out city services — most recently garbage collection — has been bandied about as a way to punish unionized public sector workers for everything from striking to costing too much to "monopolizing" the public sector. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Utility Reform
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The patter of little feet leaves few footprints
(August 11, 2009) You may have heard about the recent study at Oregon State University that examined the effects of reproduction on a parent’s carbon footprint. The researchers reached the obvious conclusion that children, who eat, breathe and otherwise have the effrontery to consume resources, deepen that footprint considerably. Continue reading
Privatize city hall
Toronto’s municipal strike is over. Some 30,000 garbage and other workers are back on the job. That’s at least 15,000 too many.
Posted in Energy Probe News, Utility Reform
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The two blows that killed the industry
(August 1, 2009) No industry in history has held more promise, been more welcomed, received more favours and failed more spectacularly than the commercial nuclear power industry. Continue reading
Is it time to press reset on nuclear?
(July 31, 2009) Cost overruns, delays in building reactors are sapping a nuclear revival. In a throwback to its tumultuous past, nuclear power is teetering on the brink of renaissance or relapse, waffling between a return to its golden age and a slow demise. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon on The Agenda – The Assault on Science
Lawrence Solomon appeared on TVO’s the Agenda to engage in a discussion alternative views to mainstream science. "Rational inquiry, the scientific method, or sheer ignorance: Is science itself to blame for the backlash against scientific inquiry?" Watch the Video. Continue reading
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