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'''Lawrence Solomon''' is a columnist for the [[National Post]] of Canada, best known as a [[Climate change denial|denier of global warming]]. Solomon was previously a columnist at [[The Globe and Mail]] {{Fact|date=June 2008}} |
'''Lawrence Solomon''' is a columnist for the [[National Post]] of Canada, best known as a [[Climate change denial|denier of global warming]]. Solomon was previously a columnist at [[The Globe and Mail]] {{Fact|date=June 2008}}, and wrote an article for the [[Wall Street Journal]]<ref name="Save the Forests -- Save the Trees">[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/wsj/access/860643732.html?dids=860643732:860643732&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Aug+25%2C+1989&author=LAWRENCE+SOLOMON&pub=Wall+Street+Journal++(1889-Current+file)&edition=&startpage=A8&type=historic&desc=Save+the+Forests--Sell+the+Trees ''Save the Forests -- Sell the Trees'', by Lawrence Solomon, Wall Street Journal, 25 August 1989]</ref>. He is also a founder and managing director of the [[Energy Probe|Energy Probe Research Foundation]]. |
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Solomon started the "Green Beanery", an online merchant of green and roasted coffee in 2004. |
Solomon started the "Green Beanery", an online merchant of green and roasted coffee in 2004. Subsequently it acquired a former bank building in downtown Toronto and converted it to an [[emporium]] that has become Canada's largest coffee equipment store, including a cafe that allows customers to sample some 90 varieties of coffee.<ref>[http://coffeegeek.com/resources/pressreleases/greenbeanery2004sept15 Green Beanery 15 September 2004 press release]</ref> The profits from Green Beanery go to Probe International,<ref>[http://www.greenbeanery.ca/bean/home.php Green Beanery home page]</ref> a division of the Energy Probe Research Foundation<ref>[http://www.greenbeanery.ca/bean/ Green Beanery landing web page]</ref>. |
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Solomon's books include the following titles: |
Solomon's books include the following titles: |
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Revision as of 20:15, 12 June 2008
Lawrence Solomon is a columnist for the National Post of Canada, best known as a denier of global warming. Solomon was previously a columnist at The Globe and Mail [citation needed], and wrote an article for the Wall Street Journal[1]. He is also a founder and managing director of the Energy Probe Research Foundation.
Solomon started the "Green Beanery", an online merchant of green and roasted coffee in 2004. Subsequently it acquired a former bank building in downtown Toronto and converted it to an emporium that has become Canada's largest coffee equipment store, including a cafe that allows customers to sample some 90 varieties of coffee.[2] The profits from Green Beanery go to Probe International,[3] a division of the Energy Probe Research Foundation[4].
Solomon's books include the following titles:
- The Deniers, (Richard Vigilante Books)
- Toronto Sprawls: A History (University of Toronto Press)
- (with Patricia Adams) In the Name of Progress (Doubleday)
- Energy shock: After the oil runs out (Doubleday)
- The Conserver Solution (Doubleday)
Solomon's book The Deniers was featured on C-SPAN's Book TV on May 11, 2008.[5] The reviews on this book also appeared in the Washington Times, Vancouver Sun and other newspapers. Most recently he wrote several columns criticizing Wikipedia [6][7].
References
- ^ Save the Forests -- Sell the Trees, by Lawrence Solomon, Wall Street Journal, 25 August 1989
- ^ Green Beanery 15 September 2004 press release
- ^ Green Beanery home page
- ^ Green Beanery landing web page
- ^ The Deniers by Lawrence Solomon, on Book TV, C-SPAN2, May 11, 2008.
- ^ Wikipedia's Zealots, an article on Naomi Oreskes's entry in Wikipedia in the National Post by Lawrence Solomon, April 12, 2008.
- ^ The real climate Martians, a followup article, April 25, 2008
External links
- 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.
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