Category Archives: Energy Probe News

Is Wikipedia promoting global warming hysteria?

(July 9, 2008) Two weeks ago, a parent-teacher council blamed the online research source Wikipedia for falling test scores in Scotland. Continue reading

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Wikipropaganda – Spinning green

(July 8, 2008) Ever wonder how Al Gore, the United Nations, and company continue to get away with their claim of a “scientific consensus” confirming their doomsday view of global warming? Look no farther than Wikipedia for a stunning example of how the global-warming propaganda machine works. Continue reading

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Hysteria, persecution and fraud

(June 30, 2008) Lawrence Solomon: Airing the dubious science of global warming. Continue reading

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What I told the Petroleum Club

(June 28, 2008) On a tour earlier this week for his new book on global warming, The Deniers, Lawrence Solomon made a presentation at the Petroleum Club in Calgary. His remarks, adapted, appear below. Continue reading

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Despite their benefits, wind farms aren’t without environmental baggage, say some experts

(June 28, 2008) Studies are being done to monitor the impacts of wind turbines on landscape ecology and wildlife, such as birds and bats. Continue reading

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Writer says fears of global warming unfounded

Regina: Mother earth "is doing wonderfully,” despite alarmist reports about global warming and unfounded warnings about pending environmental catastrophes, a Regina audience was told Wednesday.

Lawrence Solomon, an author and newspaper columnist who has long been involved in environmental issues and organizations, said there is no scientific proof global warming is caused by the burning of carbon-based fuels.
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Energy Probe on Focus Ontario

 

On Saturday, June 21, Norman Rubin of Energy Probe appeared on Global TV’s "Focus Ontario" to discuss the proposed Darlington B new nuclear build with host Sean Mallen and Murray Elston of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA).

The appearance in full is captured at the Focus Ontario website, listed here:
www.canada.com/globaltv/ontario/features/focus_ontario/video.html

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Here comes the sun

(June 24, 2008) Nanosolar’s breakthrough technology is 10 times more powerful than a nuclear reactor and cheaper, too. Continue reading

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The Hydrogen Debate

(June 23, 2008) The CBC Radio series, “The Hydrogen Solution,” features a debate between Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin and hydrogen expert David Sanborn Scott. This debate is now available for download online, via podcast. Continue reading

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Behind the costs at Darlington

Critics of the provincial government’s decision to expand the Darlington nuclear station have zeroed in not on safety or environmental concerns but on potential cost overruns.

The original Darlington plant, completed in 1993, was "wildly overbudget," said Lawrence Solomon of the anti-nuclear Energy Probe, citing an original cost estimate of $2.5 billion and comparing it with the final bill of $14.4 billion.
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