Tag Archives: Obama

Lawrence Solomon: Russia’s rise — a threat to the West

(November 8, 2013) America’s demise in the Middle East has made Russia the region’s preeminent power, and a threat to the West. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Quarantining Alberta oil

(April 25, 2013) Environmentalists are successfully ring-fencing the province. Continue reading

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Obama’s idea of weaning us off oil not in sync with reality

(March 23, 2013) For starters, writes Maine columnist M.D. Harmon, quoting Lawrence Solomon in the Financial Post: “North America’s reserves of oil and natural gas are substantial enough to turn it into an oil-exporting region within five years and let it become “oil self-sufficient” by 2035.” Continue reading

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Did Obama just block Keystone?

(March 16, 2013) Deciding whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline is surely one of the toughest challenges of Barack Obama’s presidency. He hasn’t made up his mind yet, of course. Or has he? … maybe Obama is going to nix the pipeline outright. That’s what Lawrence Solomon predicts. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Obama will block Keystone

(March 14, 2013) Not needed for U.S. energy security or employment. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Green power failure

(May 11, 2012) Climate mania impoverishes electricity customers worldwide. Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Harper’s mission

(February 3, 2012) He is the only PM in memory who has shown any spine in his dealings with China’s brutal plunderers. Continue reading

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Lawrence Solomon: Liberate U.S. oil

(July 5, 2011) Richard Nixon was the first U.S. president to vow and fail to wean the United States off its dependency on Middle Eastern oil. Barack Obama will be the last. The United States today has the wherewithal to become independent in energy. Once Obama goes, it will also have the will. Continue reading

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