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Ignorance deadlier than radiation in Japan

Posted on October 9, 2012 by energyprbe

(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.

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Lawrence Solomon: Why gasoline wins

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 28, 2012) Electric and CNG cars cost more but do less.

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Lawrence Solomon: Evacuation a worse killer than radiation

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(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.

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Lawrence Solomon: Israel and Russia join forces over gas

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 10, 2012) A deal unfolding between Israel and Russia represents a diplomatic and business masterstroke for both parties and shows how, when the energy business is at play, geopolitics is often the driver.

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Lawrence Solomon: The Romney boom

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 3, 2012) Romney would make good his pledge of energy self-sufficiency and lift the blanket of insecurity stifling the U.S. economy.

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Listen to Energy Probe on Green Majority

Posted on August 21, 2012 by energyprbe

(August 21, 2012) Energy Probe’s Director of Research, Norman Rubin, joined a roundtable on nuclear energy in Canada hosted by the environmental news radio program ‘Green Majority’ (CIUT FM 89.5), which you can listen to in full at the link supplied.

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Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Power Generation in Ontario, Renewables | Tagged Canada's Nuclear Liability Act, energy supply in Ontario, Norman Rubin, Renewable Energy | Leave a comment

Great scams of our time

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(July 20, 2012) Canadian poet and essayist David Solway explores his picks for the three greatest scams of our time. Number two on his list is man-made global warming. Solway says the political ideology driving global warming alarmism “rides on the deeper, rhizomatous sense of spiritual vacuity that characterizes the modern age. In effect, political science has coalesced with dominical theology.” Lawrence Solomon’s work is noted.

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Taking green seriously

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Other News Sources

(July 20, 2012) A new report finds the provincial government’s renewable energy policies are jeopardizing Ontario’s economy and inflicting unnecessary environmental costs and health risks on communities.

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Candu strike could threaten service to 34 units worldwide

Posted on July 10, 2012 by energyprbe

(June 22, 2012) Even if the strike is not affecting Candu’s current business, and the engineers eventually return to work, Candu may end up primarily a servicing company for its old reactors. Meanwhile, skepticism regarding the completion of two new reactors planned for Darlington and the refurbishment of four existing units remains high. “The Darlington Refurbishment is like something from Alice and Wonderland,” says Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin.

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