By Probe Media Scotland’s electricity system is becoming increasingly fragile as the National Energy System Operator (NESO) prepares to conduct a world-first experiment on its power grid. The operator plans to test “synthetic” or alternative stability services—such as grid-forming batteries, synchronous condensers, and other inverter-based technologies—at a scale never before attempted across an entire regional […]
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Is Canada in danger of importing stagnation to become Europe’s twenty-eighth province? By Tammy Nemeth, published by The Western Standard In Brief by Probe Media Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for a deeper alignment with the European Union (EU) raises serious concerns for Canada’s industries. While Carney speaks of a need for integration in critical […]
If Europeans hadn’t outlawed the fracking that has made the U.S. a net energy exporter, they would need much less Middle East oil and gas. By Lawrence Solomon, published by the Financial Post Iran did not create the strategic leverage it currently derives from the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical maritime […]
By Lee Harding, published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy A legal challenge to the EPA’s recent rescission of its 2009 “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases is set to test the validity of climate science in court, a shift that environmentalist Lawrence Solomon has long anticipated. Read this article at the publisher’s website here.
Toronto folks in dense, cheap-to-serve spots quietly chip in extra to cover the longer pipes and higher expenses for farther-out areas like Ottawa. By Energy Probe Despite years of regulatory wrangling over how to fairly charge for natural gas delivery across Ontario, customers in dense urban areas like downtown Toronto continue to subsidize higher-cost regions […]
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The no-more-pipelines MOU
By Andrew Roman for the Financial Post For the original commentary, see the publisher’s website here. In Brief by Probe Media The recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney is being criticized as a façade that does little to facilitate pipeline development, argues veteran litigator Andrew Roman. […]
As presidents Trump and Xi convene for the first time in six years, fresh scrutiny falls on a 2024 congressional probe branding China the “ultimate source” of fentanyl precursors—subsidized by the CCP. By Probe Media In the wake of today’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, we are revisiting […]
Despite public perception that wind and solar power are cheap and clean, their true costs—production, disposal, backup and infrastructure needs, as well as lifespan—are much higher than fossil fuels or nuclear energy, concludes a new report by the Institute for Energy Research, a Washington, D.C.–based NGO think tank focused on energy analysis. In Brief by […]
By Andrew Roman | Published by C2C The battle over climate policy has taken on a new face: that of children and youth fronting litigation demanding that courts of law require governments to take stronger action against climate change. The case of Mathur v Ontario is the most prominent example. Seven minor children and youths […]
As China’s Yarlung Zangbo megadam on the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau breaks ground, critics question Beijing’s dangerous penchant for megadams for their own sake. By Three Gorges Probe and Probe International China has formally launched construction of the Yarlung Zangbo Hydropower Project in Tibet, a megaproject poised to become the world’s largest hydropower […]