-
Support our campaign
to stop disastrous global
warming policies!
Getting Zapped: Ontario electricity prices increasing faster than anywhere else
Read Our Report On Wind Subsidies in Ontario
Tag Archives: Radiation
Fukushima fear and fallout
(January 27, 2014) An interesting look at comparisons between the Fukushima, Chernobyl and Hiroshima and Nagasaki disaster zones, particularly in regard to radiation doses. In this report for the New American, quoting Lawrence Solomon’s piece “Evacuation a worse killer than radiation,” Rebecca Terrell writes that “the true Fukushima disaster was and still is the forced evacuation of some 200,000 people.” Continue reading
Ignorance deadlier than radiation in Japan
(October 5, 2012) The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011 continue to claim lives more than a year and a half later, yet Fukushima’s radiation-related death toll remains at zero. How is this possible? This New American report by Rebecca Terrell draws on a recent article by Lawrence Solomon. Continue reading
Posted in Hormesis, Radiation
Tagged evacuation, Fukushima, Lawrence Solomon, Radiation
Leave a comment
Lawrence Solomon: Evacuation a worse killer than radiation
(September 21, 2012) The Fukushima calamity claimed almost 16,000 lives, with another 3,500 missing and feared lost. This toll from one of the worst natural disasters of all time was then followed by a tragedy of another kind. Continue reading
Posted in Hormesis, Radiation
Tagged dirty bomb, evacuation, Fukushima, Hormesis, nuclear, Radiation
Leave a comment
Lawrence Solomon: The Green Goliath takes on nuclear
The renewable industry is wrong to claim that it is cost effective. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power
Tagged environmentalism, Feed-In Tariffs, green energy, Hormesis, Lawrence Solomon, nuclear, Nuclear Power, OSEA, Provincial Auditor, Radiation, renewables, solar, wind
Leave a comment
Lawrence Solomon: Canada’s bad radiation cancer data
Radiation exposure may have been underreported in the 1950s and ’60s, making it appear more deadly. Continue reading
Lawrence Solomon: Nuclear power extremes
(April 8, 2011) Lawrence Solomon discusses why support for nuclear power from both the left and the right is misguided. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power
Tagged electricity, ideology, Lawrence Solomon, Nuclear Power, Patrick Moore, Radiation, radioactivity
4 Comments
Podcast: Lawrence Solomon on radiation in Japan
(April 1, 2011) Lawrence Solomon joins Financial Post reporters Eric Lam and John Shmuel for the FP Big Picture podcast. Continue reading
Posted in Hormesis, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Safety, Radiation
Tagged Fukushima, Hormesis, Japan, nuclear, Radiation
1 Comment
You can trust Japan’s radiation data, says Greenpeace
(March 30, 2011) Greenpeace and the Japanese authorities should be providing the public with both sides of the radiation debate, to let them decide for themselves if they are best off evacuating their homes. Continue reading
Posted in Radiation
Tagged cancer, Chernobyl, Fukushima, genetic defects, Greenpeace, Hormesis, Japan, Japan nuclear industry, Lawrence Solomon, LNT, Nuclear Power, Radiation, radioactivity
Leave a comment
Japan crisis won’t deter N.B. nuclear plans: premier
(March 29, 2011) The premier of New Brunswick says he has no concerns about resuming the Province’s nuclear power generation. However, Energy Probe’s Norm Rubin says that the Point Lepreau nuclear plant will continue to be a safety hazard, even after costly refurbishments. Continue reading
Posted in New Brunswick Power, Nuclear Power
Tagged David Alward, electricity, New Brunswick, Norm Rubin, Nuclear Power, Point Lepreau, Radiation
4 Comments
Norm Rubin: Thorium not the miracle solution nuclear advocates claim it is
(March 29, 2011) Energy Probe director of nuclear research Norm Rubin in the Toronto Star and The Week discussing why thorium is not the solution to the high costs of nuclear energy. Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Power
Tagged clean energy, Energy Probe, green, Norm Rubin, nuclear costs, Nuclear Power, Radiation, renewables, thorium
6 Comments
Energy Probe 