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Wind power a viable, but unreliable source of energy in quake shattered Haiti25 Jan 2010 Winnipeg Free Press Experts recommend wind power as part of Haiti's long-term energy strategy but not as a short-term source for fuel reconstruction. TORONTO - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister is eyeing the potential for wind power along Haiti's coastline as part of the effort to improve the earthquake ravaged country's capacity for power production. Full story » Inside Ontario: Ontario Signs a Massive Green Energy Deal with Samsung24 Jan 2010 TVO A media round-up of the reactions to the renewable energy deal Ontario recently signed with Samsung. Some, like Lawrence Solomon are challenging the wisdom of it. Winds of change23 Jan 2010 National Post In a signing ceremony Thursday for a $7-billion deal with Samsung to build wind and solar facilities, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said: “This means Ontario is officially the place to be for green energy manufacturing in North America.” Full story » Endless oil12 Sep 2009 National Post Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil. Full story » Carbon Baron Gore25 Aug 2009 National Post At the turn of the 20th century, a period famous for its Robber Barons, John D. Rockefeller was making his fortune in oil, Andrew Carnegie in steel, Cornelius Vanderbilt in railroads and J.P Morgan in finance. Many predict that the history books of the future, when listing the legendary fortunes made at the turn of the 21st century, will place Al Gore at the top of the list, as the first great Carbon Baron. The two blows that killed the industry1 Aug 2009 National Post No industry in history has held more promise, been more welcomed, received more favours and failed more spectacularly than the commercial nuclear power industry. Full story » Profitin' in the wind17 Jul 2009 National Post In the 1970s and 1980s, T. Boone Pickens made millions as a corporate raider through takeovers of poorly managed corporations. In the process, he became scorned throughout the world.
In the 1990s and 2000s, Pickens upped his take to billions, and this time without suffering public scorn. The former greenmailer became known as an environmentalist and, instead of raiding corporations, he took to raiding government treasuries. Full story » Lawrence Solomon debates Jeff Rubin's new book, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller29 May 2009 National Post Welcome to the first installment of the National Post's non-fiction book club, Speaking Volumes, an ongoing series that features National Post writers and expert guests. In this edition, we examine Jeff Rubin's new book, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller (Random House Canada) on peak oil and the end of globalization. Full story » 2050: An energy odyssey9 May 2009 National Post Ottawa's low-carbon energy projections leave Canada producing more energy from coal, oil sands, nuclear and forests. This is green? Here's a toast to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy for providing us with a vision of what a carbon-lite Canada looks like. A toast, too, to environmental groups like Pembina, for endorsing the Round Table's vision and letting all Canadians in on the future that these carbonistas foresee for us. Full story » Toronto trying to force Green roofs21 Apr 2009 RedGreenandBlue.org North of the border a controversy is starting to gain steam in the nation's largest city, Toronto. The city has proposed a by-law that would make 'green roofs' mandatory in new construction of condos higher than 7 storeys and office or retail complexes greater than 54,000 square feet (about 1/4 of a Wal-Mart Supercenter). The proposed law would require 30-60% of the surface area of buildings' roofs to be green (depending on the size of the building) and violators would be subject to fines up to $100,000. Full story » |
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