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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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Lawrence Solomon (born 1948 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Canadian author and columnist who has written on energy and environmental issues. He writes for the National Post and has authored books on energy resources, urban sprawl and global warming.
Solomon opposes nuclear power based on its economic costs , is a global warming skeptic, and has been critical of government approaches and policies used to address environmental concerns . Solomon is described as an environmentalist in his biography and by conservative columnists.
Career
Solomon was an advisor to President Jimmy Carter's Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970s. Solomon published a series of articles and a companion book (The Deniers 2008), drawing attention to a number of scientists whom he describes as having advanced arguments against the "alarmist" view of global warming presented by Al Gore, the IPCC and the mainstream media. Solomon was previously a columnist at The Globe and Mail, and has been published in the National Review Online, CBS News, and the Wall Street Journal. Solomon is a founder and managing director of the Energy Probe Research Foundation.
Solomon supports reforms in foreign aid, putting a stop to nuclear power expansion and opposes toll roads.
Global warming
Solomon's book The Deniers was featured on C-SPAN's Book TV on May 11, 2008. Reviews of the book have appeared in the Washington Times, Vancouver Sun and other newspapers. Solomon has written columns criticizing Misplaced Pages's coverage of global warming and other topics.
Business investments
Solomon started an online merchant of green and roasted coffee in 2004 called the Green Beanery. The company acquired a former bank building in downtown Toronto and converted it to an emporium that has become Canada's largest coffee equipment store and includes a cafe where customers can sample some 90 varieties of coffee. The profits from Green Beanery go to Probe International, a division of the Energy Probe Research Foundation.
Published works
Solomon's books include:
- The Conserver Solution (Doubleday, 1978 ISBN 978-0385145336)
- Energy shock: After the oil runs out (Doubleday, 1980 ISBN 978-0385171618)
- Breaking up Ontario Hydro's Monopoly (Energy Probe, 1982)
- Power at What Cost (Doubleday, 1984 ISBN 978-0919849037)
- Graduate Record Examination: Biology; Subject Test (ARCO, 1984 ISBN 978-0668058636)
- In the Name of Progress (with Patricia Adams) (Earthscan, 1992 ISBN 978-1853831218)
- Toronto Sprawls: A History (University of Toronto Press, 2007 ISBN 978-0772786180)
- The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud (Richard Vigilante Books, 2008 ISBN 978-0980076318)
References
- Hume, Brit (June 04, 2007). "Is the Earmark System Really Being Reformed by Democrats?". FoxNews. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
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- Macomber, Shawn. "A Time to Deny". American Spectator. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "The climate change deniers". Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "The Deniers: The World-Renowned Scientists Who Stood Up Against Global Warming Hysteria, Political Persecution, and Fraud". Book TV on C-Span2. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- Solomon, Lawrence (2008-04-12). "Misplaced Pages's Zealots: Solomon". Financial Post. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- Solomon, Lawrence (2008-07-08). "Wikipropaganda". National Review Online. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- "Roast-your-own coffee business goes green" (Press release). Green Beanery. 2004-09-15. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- "Green Beanery home page". Green Beanery. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- "Green Beanery landing web page". Green Beanery. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
External links
- Climate change: The Deniers provides an index to the series of articles by Solomon in the National Post about scientists who are skeptics of the notion of anthropogenic global warming.
- Don’t Deny Yourself, an interview with Lawrence Solomon, in the National Review, April 22, 2008.
- A Time to Deny, an interview with Lawrence Solomon at The American Spectator, April 18, 2008.
- The climate change deniers, an article on Solomon's book The Deniers, Washington Times, May 6, 2008.
- 'The Deniers' details flaws in the theories on global warming, Vancouver Sun, May 09, 2008.
- Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change contains links to various articles by Solomon.
- Lawrence Solomon (1990-01-01). "Save the Forests - Sell the Trees". American Forests. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- Mark Milke, Alberta to Bury Carbon, and its History, a Frontier Centre for Public Policy article dated 2008-07-16 referring to Lawrence Solomon's book The Deniers.