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Category Archives: Energy Probe News
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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Australia becoming a Denier Nation
(April 25, 2009) A break from faith in Australia! The continent down under, which until recently adhered to a strict form of global warming dogma, is experiencing an enlightenment. Continue reading
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Toronto Trying to Force Green Roofs – Could Your City be Next?
(April 21, 2009) North of the border a controversy is starting to gain steam in the nation’s largest city, Toronto. The city has proposed a by-law that would make ‘green roofs’ mandatory in new construction of condos higher than 7 storeys and office or retail complexes greater than 54,000 square feet (about 1/4 of a Wal-Mart Supercenter). Continue reading
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Danger overhead
(April 17, 2009) Toronto’s plan to mandate green roofs on new buildings could seriously threaten the city’s building stock. Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Electricity, Energy Probe News, Oil, Perversions, Renewables
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John Maddox, skeptic, 1925-2009
(April 16, 2009) Sir John Maddox, the legendary editor of the science journal Nature, died this week at age 83. The obituaries were laudatory, as might be expected given his role, over a 22-year career, in elevating Nature to one of the world’s great journals. Continue reading
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No Peak Gas
(April 15, 2009) Is the United States running out of natural gas? Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Liquified Natural Gas, Natural Gas
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Obama’s missed opportunity
(April 11, 2009) He could have told the Turks of America’s role in ending the universal scourge of slavery. No country on Earth is more responsible for the abolition of slavery than the United States of America. Continue reading
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Green Agenda Forgets About 2nd Grade Science Class
(April 7, 2009) It’s one of the first things I remember learning in second grade science class: People breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, plants “breathe” in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen. It seems that some scientists and journalists missed that day of class. Continue reading
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Stimulating sprawl
(April 4, 2009) Governments throughout the continent are shovelling money as fast as they can, largely into low- or no-value infrastructure projects. Continue reading
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