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Lawrence Solomon: Go fish — wind developers forced to shut down to protect salmon stocks

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 19, 2011) Wind farms not only threaten the landscape, they also threaten marine life, as wind developers in Washington State just learned to their dismay. The Bonneville Power Authority, a major power utility in the Columbia River system, has ordered wind producers feeding unwanted power into its grid to shut down their operations to protect salmon stock. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables | Tagged Bonneville Power Authority, BPA, electricity, green energy, hydro dams, hydroelectricity, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, nuclear, power prices, renewables, salmon, salmon migration, subsidies, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills | Leave a comment

Aldyen Donnelly: The indispensable report

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 18, 2011) I attach a copy of one of a series of Xcel workbooks that, since 1999, the UK Treasury publishes as part of a set of “Pre-Budget” documents. It shows the estimated impact of all government taxes and transfers/benefits (cash and in-kind) on working families, by income decile. The Treasury also publishes a similar analysis for retired and not working families, and a workbook that combines all families. Continue reading →

Posted in Aldyen Donnelly | Tagged carbon taxes, government taxes, income-to-consumption tax shift, Maggie Thatcher, United Kingdom | 1 Comment

Lawrence Solomon: Renewables now bigger than nuclear

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 18, 2011) The world now has more renewable electricity capacity than nuclear capacity, according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. According to its World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010–2011, just four types of renewables — wind, small-scale hydro, solar, and biomass – accounted for 381 gigawatts (GW) of capacity at the end of 2010, edging past nuclear power’s 375 GW of capacity. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables | Tagged biomass, coal, electricity, fossil fuel generation, green energy, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, natural gas, nuclear, power prices, renewables, solar electricity, subsidies, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills, Worldwatch | Leave a comment

FP Letters to the Editor: We are green, EDC says

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 12, 2011) Re: “Greening Harper,” Lawrence Solomon, May 7 Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables | Tagged AECL, EDC, ethanol, Export Development Canada, FP Letters To The Editor, green energy | Leave a comment

Too much of a good thing

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 12, 2011) An Edmonton Journal article takes issue with the views of Lawrence Solomon — and most scientists — on carbon dioxide. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: What Hudak failed to say

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 11, 2011) In a much ballyhooed speech yesterday, would-be Ontario Premier Tim Hudak promised to kill the financing method that Premier Dalton McGuinty uses to build wind turbines. But Hudak doesn’t promise to kill wind turbines. He merely proposes some alternative financing method, not yet described, to bring Ontarians more wind turbines. Hudak’s wind turbines will also be uneconomic, just less so than McGuinty’s. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables | Tagged 2009, Dalton McGuinty, electricity, GEA, green energy, Green Energy Act, Green Energy and Green Economy Act, hydro, industrial wind turbines, IWT, Lawrence Solomon, Ontario, Ontario energy, power prices, rate payers, renewables, subsidies, Tim Hudak, wind, wind farms, wind power, wind turbines, windmills | 2 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: Are high CO2 levels again saving the Amazon Forest?

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 9, 2011) The Amazon Forest – often called the lungs of the Earth – suffered a large drought in 2005 and an even larger one in 2010, devastating populations of river dolphins and other species and leading many climate scientists to fear the worst. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Amazon, Amazon drought, Amazon forest, Amazonia, carbon dioxide, Climate Change, climate change models, climate models, CO2, drought, forestry, Global Warming, global warming benefits, global warming models, Lawrence Solomon | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Losing indicators — 91% of Liberals, 90% of Bloc supporters, believe in global warming

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 9, 2011) According to a draft report from the Brookings Institute that compares attitudes to global warming in the U.S. and Canada, an astounding 91% of Canadians who identify themselves as Liberals, and 90% who identify with the Bloc, answer “Yes” when asked: “From what you’ve read and heard, is there solid evidence that the average temperature on Earth has been getting warmer over the past four decades.” Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Brookings, Climate Change, Conservatives, Democrats, election, Global Warming, global warming benefits, Independents, Lawrence Solomon, Liberals, media, media bias, polling, polls, public opinion, public opinion polling, public opinion polls, Republicans, science is settled | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Greening Harper

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 6, 2011) Fiscal prudence and smaller government could go hand in hand with environmentalism — really! Continue reading →

Posted in Conservation, Electricity | Tagged AECL, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, carbon capture and storage, carbon dioxide, CCS, Climate Change, EDC, electricity, energy conservation, energy subsidies, environmentalists, ethanol, Export Development Canada, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, privatization, subsidies | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Don’t count on constant electricity under renewable energy, says UK electricity CEO

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Other News Sources

(May 5, 2011) Wind power will require lifestyle change Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Renewables | Tagged Climate Change, electricity, electricity grid, electricity network, electricity rates, Global Warming, Lawrence Solomon, lifestyle changes, National Grid, remewables, smart electricity grid, Smart Grid City, smart meters, smart-grid, solar, Steve Holliday, wind | Leave a comment

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