Category Archives: Oil

Lawrence Solomon: Hottest year ever?! Climate doomsayers may have hit the panic button a little too early

Global warming doomsayers have issues confronting reality. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Saudi Arabia’s war of attrition

With the U.S. no longer a reliable ally, and no longer in need of Saudi oil, the Saudis know they are on their own against Iran. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: How global warming policies have led to global insecurity

(September 4, 2014) Limits on energy production in the West enabled conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East. Continue reading

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The ISIS boon for America

Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon is now a contributor to the top US political website, The Hill. His debut column on Kurdistan becoming an oil state appears in today’s edition. Read on! Continue reading

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Perspective: Consensus not the way to prove truth on climate issues

(April 21, 2014) There is a growing realization that the Green Movement and its focus on carbon dioxide emissions may be not fully justified by the facts. Lawrence Solomon is quoted in this opinion piece by a contributor to the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Lavish energy lifestyles

(January 9, 2014) With energy becoming abundant, we’ll be heating our sidewalks and bringing back large cars – all part of a new Age of Plenty. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The new cold war

(June 6, 2013) Russia and Iran are now aligned against the U.S. and Sunni states. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: The oil war dividends

(May 31, 2013) Who stands to gain financially from war and unrest in the Middle East? Arms exporters? Yes, but their take is as nothing compared to the main profiteers from war – oil exporters. The more war looms, the higher the premium they fetch. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Quarantining Alberta oil

(April 25, 2013) Environmentalists are successfully ring-fencing the province. Continue reading

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Obama’s idea of weaning us off oil not in sync with reality

(March 23, 2013) For starters, writes Maine columnist M.D. Harmon, quoting Lawrence Solomon in the Financial Post: “North America’s reserves of oil and natural gas are substantial enough to turn it into an oil-exporting region within five years and let it become “oil self-sufficient” by 2035.” Continue reading

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