Energy Probe News

Mike Byfield
30 Jun 2008
Daily Oil Bulletin

Lawrence Solomon: Airing the dubious science of global warming 

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Conor Mihell
28 Jun 2008
The Sault Star

Studies are being done to monitor the impacts of wind turbines on landscape ecology and wildlife, such as birds and bats.

According to the Ministry of Natural Resources' Ontario Wind Atlas, winds off of Lake Superior blow more incessantly than anywhere else in the province.

As the province ramps up its supply of "green" energy, the 126 turbines spinning in Prince Township are likely a harbinger of more to come -- and a storm of debate over the pros and cons of harvesting power from the wind.  read more »

Lawrence Solomon
28 Jun 2008
FP Comment

On a tour earlier this week for his new book on global warming, The Deniers, Lawrence Solomon made a presentation at the Petroleum Club in Calgary. His remarks, adapted, appear below.  read more »

Neil Scott
25 Jun 2008
Leader-Post

Regina: Mother earth "is doing wonderfully,'' despite alarmist reports about global warming and unfounded warnings about pending environmental catastrophes, a Regina audience was told Wednesday.

Lawrence Solomon, an author and newspaper columnist who has long been involved in environmental issues and organizations, said there is no scientific proof global warming is caused by the burning of carbon-based fuels.  read more »

Lawrence Solomon
24 Jun 2008

Nanosolar's breakthrough technology is 10 times more powerful than a nuclear reactor and cheaper, too.  read more »

23 Jun 2008

The CBC Radio series, "The Hydrogen Solution," features a debate between Energy Probe's Norm Rubin and hydrogen expert David Sanborn Scott. This debate is now available for download online, via podcast.

To recap:

THE HYDROGEN SOLUTION

Ideas, CBC Radio One

Energy is not just a fuel. It’s an entire system that links our civilization together, says David Sanborn Scott, a hydrogen energy  read more »

Toronto Star editorial
22 Jun 2008

Critics of the provincial government's decision to expand the Darlington nuclear station have zeroed in not on safety or environmental concerns but on potential cost overruns.

The original Darlington plant, completed in 1993, was "wildly overbudget," said Lawrence Solomon of the anti-nuclear Energy Probe, citing an original cost estimate of $2.5 billion and comparing it with the final bill of $14.4 billion.  read more »

21 Jun 2008

 

On Saturday, June 21, Norman Rubin of Energy Probe appeared on Global TV's "Focus Ontario" to discuss the proposed Darlington B new nuclear build with host Sean Mallen and Murray Elston of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA).

The appearance in full is captured at the Focus Ontario website, listed here:
www.canada.com/globaltv/ontario/features/focus_ontario/video.html

Issac J. Bailey
20 Jun 2008
www.myrtlebeachonline.com

We've done a disservice. I'm talking about the media, in the aggregate, about global warming.

We skim over uncertainty inherent in predictions. The perils we face, not from potential catastrophes, but from over reach, we discount. If we did the same for hurricanes, tourism would be harmed every time a storm formed off Africa.

We would be placed in a "cone of uncertainty" for weeks at a time, scaring off potential visitors.  read more »

Lawrence Solomon
16 Jun 2008
FP Comment

Ontario's Liberal government will soon announce the construction of new nuclear reactors, likely at the site of the existing reactors at the Darlington A station near Toronto. If history is any judge, the construction of those reactors will not be smooth, and may not happen at all.  read more »