Category Archives: Energy Probe News

The limits to nuclear: McCain shouldn’t try to follow French disaster

(May 13, 2008) The U.S. doesn’t have a market for the nighttime power surplus that nuclear inevitably produces. Continue reading

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Green consumers turn red

(May 7, 2008) US presidential candidates John McCain and Hilary Clinton vow to combat man-made climate change by curbing America’s CO2 emissions. They also vow to give American drivers a tax holiday this summer by suspending the federal gas tax. Voters are upset at the price they must pay at the pump. Continue reading

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Public intellectuals

(May 1, 2008) Foreign Policy/Prospect lists the world’s top 100 public intellectuals, “the thinkers who are shaping the tenor of our time,” as it describes them. Now it’s up to us to select the best from among them, by choosing our five favourites. Continue reading

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The real climate Martians

(April 26, 2008) Fred Singer, one of the world’s renowned scientists, believes in Martians. I discovered this several weeks ago while reading his biography on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia. “Do you really believe in Martians?” I asked him last week, at a chance meeting at a Washington event. The answer was “No.” Continue reading

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Europe’s Coal Renaissance

(April 24, 2008) Coal is back, despite — and perhaps also because of — attempts to beat it back. Continue reading

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Don’t Deny Yourself

(April 22, 2008) Lawrence Solomon is author of a new book from the new Richard Vigilante Books. The Book is The Deniers: The World Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution and Fraud *And those who are too fearful to do so. And that about tells you everything you need to know. Continue reading

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Climate change not a done deal

For the past 18 months, National Post journalist Lawrence Solomon has been profiling scientists who disagree with the UN panel’s position on climate change.

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Hide your name on Wicked Pedia

(April 19, 2008) Last week, in my column on Wikipedia’s zealots, I described how the website’s editors patrol the website’s pages to enforce the conventional wisdom on climate change. Anyone skpetical of the United Nations’ take on global warming gets swarmed — Wikipedia’s enforcers neutralize him and his comments or take him out completely. Continue reading

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Capitol Hill Book Forum with Lawrence Solomon

(April 18, 2008) Thank you, Richard (Vigilante) and Myron (Ebell), for those introductions and thank you all for coming to this book forum. I am especially grateful to CEI and the Cooler Heads Coalition, to Myron, and to Fred Smirth, for the integrity and tenacity that he and they have shown during this entire global warming debate. Continue reading

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Capitol Hill Book Forum with Lawrence Solomon, Author of the Deniers

(April 17, 2008) On Friday, April 18, Lawrence Solomon will make an appearance as guest speaker of the Capitol Hill Book Forum, at the invitation of The Cooler Heads Coalition. Program information. Continue reading

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