Parker Gallant: Duping the public

(September 21, 2013)  Three years ago (on November 9, 2010) “confidential” documents were obtained by the Ontario PC Party and reported on by the Toronto Star. The documents disclosed a plan to “confuse the public” about the “true cost of the government’s push for green energy”.

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Lawrence Solomon: Favour free markets, not Keystone XL

(September 17, 2013) Cutting carbon dioxide emissions to appease Obama would hobble the Canadian economy.

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Parker Gallant and Scott Luft: Michigan and New York’s best friend–Ontario

(September 18, 2013) The press releases flowing from the Ministry of Energy’s offices have been many over the past several years and claim a variety of wonderful things despite the mundane attributes of the electricity sector. Continue reading

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Parker Gallant: Ontario’s big LEAP: Low-income Energy Assistance Program

(September 14, 2013) The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) just released their 2nd annual report on LEAP and after reading it and relating it to the money being passed around it does give you an inspiration to do just that—leap! Continue reading

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Parker Gallant: Bright Ideas from Toronto Hydro discloses they failed math

(September 13, 2013) For the approximately 700,000 customers of Toronto Hydro who have either received or are about to receive their latest hydro bill they should pay attention to the brochure enclosed with the bill, titled, “bright ideas” and the subheading: “Electricity rates are rising. We want you to know why.”

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Lawrence Solomon: Smart roads are making new mass transit and expressways obsolete

(September 5, 2013) Satellite technology tracks traffic along all routes, changing rates on the fly.

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Lawrence Solomon: Model mockery

(August 22, 2013) Top economist, a true believer in global warming, proves predictions of catastrophe are meaningless.

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Listen to Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin on CBC Radio

(August 14, 2013) The 2003 Blackout ten years after — what have we learned from that experience and are we better off now?

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The top 5 lies Of Obama’s climate change speech

(June 26, 2013) President Obama’s recent presentation to Georgetown University rolled out a major plan to combat climate change in a speech “laden with myths, fables, distortions and outright lies” according to this editorial by Investors.com. Lawrence Solomon is quoted.

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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.

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