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COP28 Preview: What can we expect from Dubai?

As the age of “climate hysteria” enters a new era of energy realism, the UN COP28 climate summit is expected to shift in tone from previous years, according to a panel of climate and energy experts in a preview of what to expect from this year’s gathering in Dubai. Organized by climate policy watchdog Net Zero […]

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Climate Change Energy

Alberta to apply sovereignty act to try to thwart federal clean-electricity plan

By Sean Silcoff | Published by The Globe and Mail Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s promise to apply the sovereignty act to protect provincial power companies from proposed federal clean-electricity regulations is a move Ottawa argues is at odds with continuing “good faith” federal-provincial talks. Continue reading at the publisher’s website here Update: The premier did […]

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Climate Change Energy Environment

Global warming issues and the IPCC

The primary causes of current global warming are natural forces, not CO2 emissions. Scientists and governments have neither the knowledge nor the means to control the earth’s climate, at least not at this time. What few people realize is that on a technical basis, the earth remains in the grip of an ice age which began […]

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Measuring Canadian energy subsidies

Controversies over the development of estimates for energy subsidies in Canada has impeded subsidy reform and elimination. A new report from the Fraser Institute looks at the extent of those controversies and the difficulties that have developed in achieving a consensus on key definitions of what constitutes a subsidy. Measuring Canadian Energy Subsidies: A Review […]

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China Climate Change Energy Environment

China’s addiction to coal

The world believes China is leading the way on green energy. In reality, Xi Jinping’s political legitimacy depends on fossil-fuel powered growth for stability. Broadcast by Between the Lines, Australian Broadcasting Corporation Probe International’s Patricia Adams joins Between the Lines with Tom Switzer to discuss China’s record highs for coal production. Beijing has approved its largest expansion of […]

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Climate Change Environment

Poor forest management to blame for Canada’s wildfires, not climate change

By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times Commentary As North America suffers from Canada’s out-of-control forest fires, the Canadian government shuns responsibility. Instead of acknowledging its failure to follow tried-and-true forest-management procedures, the government instead points the finger at climate change. “We’re seeing more and more of these fires because of […]

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Climate Change Energy Environment

The energy transition Ontario really needs is to nuclear

By Lawrence Solomon, published by Financial Post If Ontario wants to keep its lights on and its economy stable, it needs to abandon the fantasy that wind and solar power can make a meaningful contribution to its energy needs. In the absence of untapped hydroelectric sites, the provincial government’s determination to outlaw fossil fuels in […]

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Climate Change Energy Environment

Junk Science Week — Lawrence Solomon: Levelling coal makes wind look good

By Lawrence Solomon, published by Financial Post According to Forbes, “99 per cent of U.S. coal plants are more expensive than new renewables.” Scores of other media outlets have chimed in. “It now ‘unequivocally’ costs less to build new renewable energy projects than to operate existing coal plants, according to a new analysis,” reported Bloomberg. Except the […]

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Climate Change Energy

Canada’s rising carbon tax and the supreme court

The expansion of federal control over the economies of resource-rich provinces will ensure those provinces, and all Canadians, will lose out through escalating energy prices that increase the cost of living generally.

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Climate Change Energy Environment

Climate Porn: the hottest day on record

By Andrew Roman For the original version of this posting, see here. For more analysis by Andrew Roman, check out his blog here:https://andrewromanviews.blog Escape Your Bubble What you read online about climate change is carefully targeted by social media algorithms and cookies to keep you in your ideological comfort zone. The TV news is also designed […]