Category Archives: Energy Probe News

Energy Probe's position of power sector reform in Ontario

1. Criticisms of the White Paper

1.1 Continuation of Excessive Market Power
1.2 Failure to Endorse Privatization
1.3 Deficient Financial Planning
1.4 Lack of Firm Commitments to Tougher Environmental and Public Health Rules
1.4.1 Specific Environmental and Public Health Initiatives Required

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Sell nuclear to grow nuclear

(June 29. 2009) Prime Minister Harper quipped last Fall that falling stock markets provided a good buying opportunity. Right now the opposite is true for Canadian nuclear. Now is the time for the government to sell, sell, sell; which is exactly what the government plans to do. The federal government plants to restructure and sell off parts of the federal Crown Corporation, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL). Continue reading

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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

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