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Sell nuclear to grow nuclear

Kevin Gaudet
29 Jun 2009
EnterStageRight.com

Prime Minister Harper quipped last Fall that falling stock markets provided a good buying opportunity. Right now the opposite is true for Canadian nuclear. Now is the time for the government to sell, sell, sell; which is exactly what the government plans to do. The federal government plans to restructure and sell off parts of the federal Crown Corporation, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL).

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DuPont’s new game

Lawrence Solomon
27 Jun 2009
Financial Post

DuPont made a killing in the battle over CFC regulation. Now it's poised to do it all over again with carbon dioxide. Fourth in a series.  read more »

Blogger

Can't bear opposition

Lawrence Solomon
30 Jun 2009
Financial Post

"Polar bear experts from all over the world have been invited by Greenland to meet at the Greenland Representation at the North Atlantic Bryggen in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 29 June and 3 July 2009," announces the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.  read more »

Federal low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) dropped from climate change bill

Aldyen Donnelly
25 Jun 2009

In his May 18 summary of the amendments to the Waxman-Markey climate change bill ("ACES"), David Doniger at the Natural Resources Defence Council ("NRDC") accurately reports that the federal Low carbon fuel standard. ("LCFS") that was incorporated in the March 31 draft has been dropped from the bill. Doniger goes on to suggest that the LCFS would have limited US oil companies' consumption of feedstock originating in Alberta's oilsands.  read more »


Alternative Energy

Danger overhead

Lawrence Solomon
17 Apr 2009
National Post

Toronto's plan to mandate green roofs on new buildings could seriously threaten the city's building stock.  read more »

Climate Change

A Call for Action: Consensus Principles and Recommendations

U.S. Climate Action Partnership: A Business and NGO Partnership
29 Jun 2009

In June 2005, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences joined with the scientific academies often other countries in stating that "the scientific understanding ofclimate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt actions."  read more »


Nuclear Power

Nuclear Liability Act

3 Jun 2009

An Act respecting civil liability for nuclear damage : http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/N-28/text.html

Utility Reform

Vampire hour

Lawrence Solomon
28 Mar 2009
FP Comment

The every-little-bit-counts crowd behind Earth Hour doesn’t understand the bigger human picture  read more »