Israel’s shale-oil deposits may be its making

(April 12, 2012) Controlling the sources of energy in our world equals power and influence, and this power may be transferred to Israel, whose shale oil is estimated at probably as much as 5 billion barrels. ~ from a conference on the Middle East featuring Lawrence Solomon.

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Lawrence Solomon: Dare to question establishment science

(April 6, 2012) Well-informed conservatives realize that much of what passes for science today is deeply compromised.

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Another wind protest

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Israel: On brink of energy self-sufficiency?

(March 30, 2012 ) Israel could well become a net exporter of oil and gas in the near future, a forum on the Middle East was told. The claim was made by an environmentalist and a former Canadian diplomat at a conference on “Canada and the New Middle East.”

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Lawrence Solomon: A world awash in oil

(March 30, 2012) The Middle East will go back to being an obscure backwater.

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Canadian energy interests in the new Middle East

(March 27, 2012) Emerging energy technologies and new energy discoveries in Israel and the Middle East will transform that region, possibly more so than the Arab Spring uprisings, said Energy Probe’s Lawrence Solomon, at a conference on Canada and the new Middle East.

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Lawrence Solomon: Free global gas prices

(March 23, 2012) There is a silver bullet for lowering gas prices: a return to a free market in gasoline.

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Old King Coal

(March 19, 2012) Listen to Energy Probe’s Parker Gallant on “Demon Coal” – an in-depth look at the fossil fuel that made the industrial revolution happen, it’s demonization in the 21st century, and why coal is still a fuel of the future.

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Parker Gallant: Toronto Hydro — exaggerated hype or sophisticated spin

(March 12, 2012) “The aggregate total of incentive payments to the top five active executives in the five years ending 2010 was $2.9 million!” That sentence caught my eye in an article that appeared in the January 27, 2012 Toronto Star.

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Lawrence Solomon: Vladimir the Great

(March 2, 2012) After centuries of serfdom, Putin has delivered prosperity. But, it is also easy to foresee a Russian economic collapse if Putin follows in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessors: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great.

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