Lawrence Solomon on the failure of global-warming alarmists to rally the public

(March 11, 2013) The Wall Street Journal’s Notable & Quotable section highlights Lawrence Solomon’s column for the Financial Post on global warming and the barometer of public opinion.

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Whom to believe on global warming?

(March 12, 2013) David T. Koyzis, a Professor of Political Science at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario looks at the continuing controversy over climate change and the validity of conflicting reports; in this instance, Koyzis compares a recent Financial Post column by Lawrence Solomon with “Where Has All the Ice Gone?”, a blog by Emily E. Adams for the Washington-based environmental think-tank Earth Policy Institute.

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Look at the graph to see the evidence of global warming

(March 9, 2013) Is the world truly in the grip of runaway global warming, or is this belief based on a colossal misreading of the scientific evidence? “One reason why it is so vital for us to understand this, of course, has been all those devastating political responses to this fear, which promise to change our way of life out of recognition,” writes the noted U.K. Sunday Telegraph columnist, Christopher Booker, in this piece quoting Lawrence Solomon.

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Lawrence Solomon: Not easy being green

(February 28, 2013) Series of disasters for the climate doomsayers.

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Lawrence Solomon: Argo perpetuates myth of CIA coup

(February 25, 2013) Oil was the last thing on the CIA’s mind in 1953 intervention.

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Lawrence Solomon: Fight jihad, stop carbon taxes

(February 21, 2013) Shale oil boom means security.

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Lawrence Solomon: Celsius not rising

(February 7, 2013) Public opinion won’t change as long as temperatures don’t.

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Lawrence Solomon: Move into the fast lane

(December 7, 2012) The U.S. has pioneered dynamic pricing of highway toll lanes.

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The big Ontario power-plant question

(Dec. 3, 2012) Will the Liberals ever explain their botched site-selection process?

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Russia deal could make Israel a major energy exporter

(November 29, 2012) A joint venture between Russia’s national gas giant Gazprom and Israel to develop its offshore gas fields, could propel Israel to energy superpower status in the Middle East. Lawrence Solomon’s recent presentation to the Middle East Forum forms the basis of the following article.

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