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Lawrence Solomon is a Canadian writer on the environment and the executive director of Energy Probe, a Canadian non-governmental environmental policy organization. His writing has appeared in a number of newspapers, including ''The National Post'' where he has a column, and he is the author of several books on energy resources, urban sprawl, and global warming, among them ''The Conserver Solution'' (1978), ''Energy Shock'' (1980), ''Toronto Sprawls: A History'' (2007), and ''The Deniers'' (2008). Solomon opposes nuclear power based on its economic cost, is a global warming skeptic, and has been critical of government approaches and policies used to address environmental concerns.〔For his views on nuclear power, see Solomon, Lawrence. ("The two blows that killed the industry'' ), ''The National Post'', August 1, 2001. *For his approach to global warming, see Humen, Brit, and Hill, Martin. ("Is the Earmark System Really Being Reformed by Democrats?" ), Fox News, June 4, 2007. *Also see ("Lawrence Solomon biography" ), ''The National Post'', and (List of Solomon articles ), ''The National Post'', accessed August 2, 2010.〕 ==Career and environmental activities== Solomon writes that he was an adviser to President Jimmy Carter's task force on the environment in the late 1970s, which released The Global 2000 Report to the President in 1980.〔("Lawrence Solomon biography" ), ''The National Post'', accessed August 2, 2010. For the Global 2000 report, see Council on Environmental Quality and Department of State. ("The Global 2000 Report to the President" ), Pergamon, 1980; this link courtesy of the Council on Foreign Relations, accessed August 2, 2010.〕 He has a regular column in ''The National Post'', and has written for ''The Globe and Mail'', ''National Review Online'', CBS News, and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He was the editor and publisher of the defunct ''Next City'' magazine.〔〔"The Next City magazine, published and edited by Solomon, was started in 1995." Thomas Walkom (Hydro thorn Energy Probe rooted on the right ); Pro-privatization empire not part of environmentalism's whole-grain world August 23, 1997 page E.1 Toronto Star〕 He has also written for American Forests, an environmental conservation organization.〔Solomon, Lawrence. "Save the forests - sell the trees." ''American Forests'' Jan.-Feb. 1990: 48+.〕 Serving as executive director of the Urban Renaissance Institute, a division of Energy Probe, Solomon has advocated environmental protection, conservation, and safeguards throughout the world, especially in non-affluent nations.〔Spence, Bruce, "Correlation does not equal causation." ''America's Intelligence Wire'' 11 Aug. 2003.〕 He supports reforms in foreign aid, putting a stop to nuclear power expansion, and supports the privatization of transport projects and the expansion of toll roads.〔 "I note that Lawrence Solomon continues to advocate road tolls, and the privatization of the TTC (like London) for Toronto's transportation system." Bruce Campion-Smith 〔(Toll roads safer, better maintained, expert says ) November 21, 1996 Toronto Star page A.20〕 In his columns and his book ''Toronto Sprawls: A History'', he blames government policy for exacerbating and encouraging sprawl.〔Walks, R. Alan. "Toronto Sprawls: A History." ''Ontario History'' 100.1 (2008): 110+; Berridge, Joe. "Suburbia forever: nothing, it seems, can stop cities from growing ever outwards." ''Literary Review of Canada'' 15.7 (2007): 24+〕 He is a critic of subsidies to rural Canada,〔(You keep Yonge St. ): Two writers from Alberta take on Lawrence Solomon's view that rural Canada is an unviable drag on cities. What about all those urban subsidies? May 15, 2004 America's Intelligence Wire (From Financial Post)〕 and has criticized Ontario Hydro's actions and projects and their effects on Canada's environment.〔Solomon, Lawrence. "Ontario Hydro, 1906-2002." ''Toronto Life''. 36. 8 (May 2002): 146.〕 He writes that he was very active during the 1970s and 1980s with Energy Probe in opposing attempts to expand the use of nuclear power in Canada.〔Solomon, Lawrence, ''The Deniers'', Richard Vigilante Books, 2007, pp. 2–3.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawrence Solomon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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