Lawrence Solomon: The apples and oranges of radiation

(Dec. 02, 2010) We may need to scrap the current ­regulatory regime governing low levels of radiation. Continue reading

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Parker Gallant: Open letter to Minister of Energy Brad Duguid

(Dec. 02, 2010) Parker Gallant asks Ontario’s Minister of Energy, Brad Duguid, if he would be willing to openly debate the merits of the province’s Long Term Energy Plan. Continue reading

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Ontario’s Green Energy Act: Explained in animation

(Dec. 01, 2010) Energy Probe is mentioned in this comedic look at the Ontario Green Energy Act. Continue reading

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Aldyen Donnelly: Why the income-to-consumption tax shift is a potential economic death spiral

(Nov. 30, 2010) Aldyen Donnelly looks at the major drawbacks to implementing consumption taxes, rather than income taxes. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Europe’s press (and Canada’s) turns against global warming

(Nov. 28, 2010) More media outlets express their global warming scepticism. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: An $87-billion grave

(Nov. 27, 2010) Ontario’s plan to pour colossal amounts of money into nuclear, wind and solar could bury the province. Continue reading

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Green goals, bigger bills

(Nov. 26, 2010) Former executive director of Energy Probe Tom Adams tells the Toronto Star that the Green Energy Act is politicizing energy in Ontario and placing utility regulation in the hands of a cabinet that rules by directives. Continue reading

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Tuvalu – the touchstone of global warming and rising sea level

(Nov. 26, 2010) “…Tuvalu has become “hot news” as the favourite island to be doomed by sea level rise driven by global warming, allegedly caused in turn by anthropogenic carbon dioxide.” Continue reading

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Queen’s hosts groundbreaking debate on climate change

(Nov. 26, 2010) Convocation Hall was at standing-room-only capacity on November 8, 2010, as students, professors and Kingston residents packed in tight for “The Great Climate Debate.”

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Lawrence Solomon: Massive Canadian carbon sink disappears

(Nov. 25, 2010) Federal government pulls the plug on funding for carbon-related research. Continue reading

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