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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
DuPont’s new game
(June 27, 2009) DuPont made a killing in the battle over CFC regulation. Now it’s poised to do it all over again with carbon dioxide. Fourth in a series called ‘Climate Profiteers’. Continue reading
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Suzuki silliness
Famed environmentalist stages energetic home invasions.
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Hot climate premiums
(June 12, 2009) How the insurance industry uses climate change to charge higher rates and post record profits. Third in a series called ‘Climate Profiteers’. Continue reading
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Climate insurance
(June 6, 2009) Contrary to conventional wisdom, fear of climate change has been the biggest boon in insurance industry history. Second in a series called ‘Climate Profiteers’. Continue reading
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Lawrence Solomon on TVO’s The Agenda discussing high-speed rail
(June 4, 2009) Lawmakers in both Canada and the U.S. continue to push high-speed rail initiatives. Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon participated in TVO’s program debating the merits and drawbacks of high-speed rail. Continue reading
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Lawrence Solomon debates Jeff Rubin's new book, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller
Welcome to the first installment of the National Post’s non-fiction book club, Speaking Volumes, an ongoing series that features National Post writers and expert guests. In this edition, we examine Jeff Rubin’s new book, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller (Random House Canada) on peak oil and the end of globalization.
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Enron’s other secret
(May 30, 2009) In the climate-change debate, the companies on the ‘environmental’ side have the most to gain. First in a series called “Climate Profiteers”. Continue reading
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2050: An energy odyssey
(May 9, 2009) Ottawa’s low-carbon energy projections leave Canada producing more energy from coal, oil sands, nuclear and forests. This is green? Continue reading
Paying Respect to Longshoremen
(May 5, 2009) The New Brunswick longshoremen who blockaded the shipment of heavy water to Argentina’s military government thirty years ago were given a celebration at Saint John’s City Hall last week. The blackade, which led to the release of 11 trade unionists being held by the junta, is credited with loosening the military grip on the country’s political system and preventing it from bringing a nuclear reactor on line. Continue reading
A primer for global warming deniers
(May 1, 2009) Another day, another denier comes forward to challenge the views of Al Gore and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The number of scientists who are speaking out for the first time is heartening — I take it as a sign that the climate of fear is subsiding, and that reason may soon reign in this politically charged debate. Continue reading
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