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Category Archives: Radiation
Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 3
(March 6, 2015) The prior Chapter in this series finished with the disclosure that many affected by “energy poverty” were seniors living on fixed incomes wanting to spend their final years; “aging at home” but rising energy prices were making … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Benefits and Risks, Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Electricity, Global Cooling, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Utility Regulation and Commodity Deregulation, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables, Utility Reform
Tagged energy, green energy, Green Energy Act, natural gas, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, Renewable Energy, subsidies
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Parker Gallant: Energy poverty in Ontario Chapter 1
(March 1, 2015) The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) annually puts out a consumer chart with the questions/issues most often asked about.
Posted in Climate Change, Conservation, Consumer Health, Costs, Costs, Benefits and Risks, Electricity, Power Generation in Ontario, Reforming Ontario's Electrical Generation Sector, Reforming Ontario's Local Electrical Distribution Sector, Renewables
Tagged Climate Change, electricity, Global Warming, green energy, Ontario electricity, Ontario Energy Board, Ontario Power Authority, Parker Gallant, subsidies
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Fukushima fear and fallout
(January 27, 2014) An interesting look at comparisons between the Fukushima, Chernobyl and Hiroshima and Nagasaki disaster zones, particularly in regard to radiation doses. In this report for the New American, quoting Lawrence Solomon’s piece “Evacuation a worse killer than radiation,” Rebecca Terrell writes that “the true Fukushima disaster was and still is the forced evacuation of some 200,000 people.” Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: A billion dollars full of nuclear waste
(November 21, 2013) The Deep Geologic Repository is a make-work project. Continue reading
Ignorance deadlier than radiation in Japan
(October 5, 2012) The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 continue to claim lives more than a year and a half later, yet Fukushima’s radiation-related death toll remains at zero. How is this possible? This New American report by Rebecca Terrell draws on a recent article by Lawrence Solomon. Continue reading
Posted in Hormesis, Radiation
Tagged evacuation, Fukushima, Lawrence Solomon, Radiation
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Lawrence Solomon: Evacuation a worse killer than radiation
(September 21, 2012) The Fukushima calamity claimed almost 16,000 lives, with another 3,500 missing and feared lost. This toll from one of the worst natural disasters of all time was then followed by a tragedy of another kind. Continue reading
Posted in Hormesis, Radiation
Tagged dirty bomb, evacuation, Fukushima, Hormesis, nuclear, Radiation
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Lawrence Solomon: The fallout of the Nobel scam of 1946
(February 10, 2012) Scientist’s radiation cover-up might have cost thousands of lives. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Canada’s bad radiation cancer data
Radiation exposure may have been underreported in the 1950s and ’60s, making it appear more deadly. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Just a (nuclear) waste
(September 9, 2011) Canada’s nuclear industry is again plying the back routes of Ontario’s northlands, looking for a willing host in places like Hornepayne (population 1209) and Ear Falls (population 1153) for a multi-billion-dollar long-term storage facility for the country’s nuclear wastes. Continue reading
The Rubber Duckies: Scaring cell users
(June 17, 2011) IARC’s warning of cancer risks for cell users wins an honorable mention a this year’s Rubber Duckies Awards. Continue reading
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