Lawrence Solomon: Quarantining Alberta oil

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

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Lawrence Solomon: German newsmagazine, Der Zeit, joins list of climate skeptics

(April 19, 2013) Der Zeit and its top columnist Harald Martenstein, join the list of newly skeptical global warming journalists, with an article today entitled “On the surprises of climate change.”

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Lawrence Solomon: History trumps climate scientists

(April 18, 2013) Climate alarmist claims are at odds with reality.

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Lawrence Solomon: Reuters joins list of global warming skeptics

(April 16, 2013) Reuters and its environmental correspondent, Alister Doyle, join the list of newly skeptical global warming journalists, with an article today entitled “Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown.” Continue reading

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Joe Oliver sparks environmentalist fury as Tory ministers head in opposite directions on climate change debate

(April 13, 2013) When Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver appeared to downplay the urgency of fighting climate change, his comments took on a life of their own amongst environmentalists, who bombarded social media with comments questioning the Harper government’s dedication to slowing global warming. An article by Lawrence Solomon was quoted in the ensuing furore.

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Lawrence Solomon: Climate changing for global warming journalists

(April 13, 2013) The Economist and other journalism icons are beginning to reassess their position on global warming.

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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.”

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Did Obama just block Keystone?

(March 16, 2013) Deciding whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline is surely one of the toughest challenges of Barack Obama’s presidency. He hasn’t made up his mind yet, of course. Or has he? … maybe Obama is going to nix the pipeline outright. That’s what Lawrence Solomon predicts.

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Lawrence Solomon: Obama will block Keystone

(March 14, 2013) Not needed for U.S. energy security or employment.

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Lawrence Solomon: Polar bears like it hot

(March 7, 2013) Canada’s polar bears are also thriving thanks to a free market in bears.

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