Tag Archives: Global Warming

Lawrence Solomon: Northern Ontario’s gain may come at Southern Ontario’s pain

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Other News Sources

(February 22, 2011) Energy Probe executive director Lawrence Solomon writes in today’s Financial Post about how politically correct green power projects could kill a multi-billion dollar mining development. Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged Climate Change, electricity rates, environment, ferrochrome, Global Warming, green energy, Lawrence Solomon, mining, Northern Ontario, smart-grid, subsidies | 3 Comments

Lawrence Solomon: US House votes to defund IPCC in Climategate fallout

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Other News Sources

(February 19, 2011) The U.S. House of Representatives today voted by a wide margin — 244-179 — to defund the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The $13-million cut, which garnered support from some Democrats, is part of the House’s budget for 2011. It now goes to the U.S. Senate. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Climate Change, Climategate, Deniers, Global Warming, IPCC, Lawrence Solomon, UN | 7 Comments

Aldyen Donnelly: British Columbia’s carbon tax quagmire

Posted on February 18, 2011 by energyprbe

(February 18, 2011) British Columbia is now more reliant on carbon tax revenues than any other jurisdiction on earth. Aldyen Donnelly discusses the challenges this poses for the provincial government. Continue reading →

Posted in Aldyen Donnelly | Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, BC Budget, British Columbia, cap and trade, carbon tax, Climate Change, CO2, environment, GHG, Global Warming | 5 Comments

Aldyen Donnelly: Why large industry supports a carbon tax over other GHG regulations

Posted on February 15, 2011 by energyprbe

(February 15, 2011) Aldyen Donnelly argues that large industry in Canada has been supportive of carbon taxes over other forms of emissions regulations, since they could reasonably expect to receive the same exemptions that their European counterparts enjoy. Continue reading →

Posted in Aldyen Donnelly | Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, cap and trade, carbon credits, carbon tax, Climate Change, Global Warming | 1 Comment

Aldyen Donnelly: Use product standards, not carbon taxes to reduce C02 emissions

Posted on February 3, 2011 by energyprbe

(Feb.3, 2010) Governments should look to product standards, rather than economically harmful carbon taxes or cap and trade to curb C02 emissions.

Posted in Aldyen Donnelly | Tagged Aldyen Donnelly, cap and trade, carbon tax, Climate Change, Global Warming | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Has the IPCC discovered the Sun?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by energyprbe

(Jan. 25, 2011) The IPCC is investigating the Sun as a driver of global warming. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, The Deniers | Tagged Climate Change, climate change models, climate change scandal; global warming scandal, climate models, Climategate, Danish National Space Center, glaciergate, global cooling, Global Warming, global warming models, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Jairam Ramesh, Lawrence Solomon, Pauchari, Rajendra Pauchari, Ramesh, solar scientists, space scientists, Sun, Svensmark, UNIPCC | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: Cash-strapped UK to sell its forests to stop climate change

Posted on January 16, 2011 by energyprbe

(Jan. 16, 2011) The UK government plans to sell the country’s forests in order to raise money to fight climate change. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change, The Deniers | Tagged carbon footprint, carbon offsets, carbon sequestration, carbon trading, Climate Change, climate change scandal; global warming scandal, DEFRA, England, environmental groups, FIT, forest management, forest privatization, forestry, Forestry Commission, forests, Global Warming, Jim Paice, Lawrence Solomon, petition, privatization, UK | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: The weather office’s secret forecast

Posted on January 6, 2011 by energyprbe

(Jan. 06, 2011) The UK’s weather office, the Met, provided the UK’s Cabinet with a secret forecast that was at odds with the one made public, according to The Global Warming Policy Foundation, a non-partisan think tank based in London. Continue reading →