China Dialogue review of global warming debate not objective, says author of environmental best seller [1]

Lawrence Solomon

11 Nov 2008

China Dialogue fails to objectively review the scientific debate about global warming Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation. in the environmental best seller, The Deniers, by Lawrence Solomon of Energy Probe, Canada's top energy industry watchdog. Probe International calls the author's response a "must read" for Chinese environmentalists, lawmakers, and scholars.

Response to China Dialogue review read more » [2]

Green market risk [6]

Lawrence Solomon

8 Nov 2008

FP Comment

If you think the causes of the financial crisis are complicated, just wait until we start trading carbon. read more » [7]

False hope for global unity [11]

Lawrence Solomon

31 Oct 2008

National Post

My American friends believe that, after Barack Obama becomes president, America will once again be loved around the world. They are wishful thinkers.

Anti-Americanism didn’t begin with George Bush and it won’t end with an Obama presidency. With rare exceptions, America has always inspired hatred and contempt, and for reasons that aren’t about to go away. Those who expect America’s haters to convert on November 4 need to get out more. read more » [12]

Wal-Mart environmentalism [15]

Lawrence Solomon

17 Oct 2008

FP Comment

The next commodity to collapse will be mass-marketed environmentalism, which will come to be disdained. read more » [16]

Wielding the carbon club [20]

Lawrence Solomon

30 Sep 2008

National Post

'Cut back on carbon emissions," the Third World is lectured. "It's for the good of the planet and it's for your own good, too. Don't point fingers at the West's carbon emissions. Don't protest that you'd like your share of automobiles and air conditioners. Don't tell us that you know what's in your own self-interest. Just do as your told, or we'll punish you."

These threats are sometimes implicit, sometimes explicit, always arrogant. Carbon has become a club with which to discipline the Third World. read more » [21]

Lawrence Solomon nominated for book award [25]

30 Sep 2008

Energy Probe's Lawrence Solomon has been recognized by the Annual Heritage Toronto Awards with a nomination for his 2007 book, Toronto Sprawls [26]. read more » [27]

Global cooling sign: Solar winds at 50-year-low [30]

Lawrence Solomon

28 Sep 2008

FP Comment

In yet another sign that the Earth could be heading in to a period of global cooling, NASA reports that the solar wind is now at a 50-year low, the lowest that NASA has seen. This change in solar activity, which began to occur about a decade ago, coincides with the end of the climb in global temperatures that had been underway for decades.

"What we're seeing is a long term trend, a steady decrease in pressure that began sometime in the mid-1990s," explains Arik Posner, NASA's Ulysses Program Scientist in Washington DC. read more » [31]

What to do about high energy prices [35]

Gordon Powers

25 Sep 2008

MSN Finance

With energy prices soaring, is this the right time to lock into a fixed-rate gas contract or should you stick with the floating rate offered by your utility? read more » [36]

Oil sands cleanup [40]

Lawrence Solomon

13 Sep 2008

National Post

The public debate on oil sands fails to recognize that restoration is possible and not that expensive. read more » [41]

Sands of peace [45]

Lawrence Solomon

6 Sep 2008

National Post

Russia's energy supplies enabled their aggression, Canada's supply could be the placating alternative.

"When it comes to action over Georgia, Russia has the European Union over a barrel. In fact, 1.2 million barrels. That's how much Russian crude is pumped westward every day down the Druzhba pipeline to fuel Europe's economies." read more » [46]