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Lawrence Solomon (born 1948 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Canadian author, and columnist for the National Post. Some commentators also describe him as an environmentalist. Solomon is perhaps best known as the author of a recently published series of articles and companion book (The Deniers), where he draws attention to a number of scientists whom he considers to have advanced arguments against what he defines as 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's book The Deniers was featured on C-SPAN's Book TV on May 11, 2008. The reviews on this book also appeared in the Washington Times, Vancouver Sun and other newspapers. Most recently he wrote several columns criticizing Misplaced Pages's coverage of global warming and several other topics.

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. The profits from Green Beanery go to Probe International, a division of the Energy Probe Research Foundation.

Published works

Solomon's books include the following titles:

• 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

1. Hume, Brit (June 04, 2007). "Is the Earmark System Really Being Reformed by Democrats?". FoxNews. Retrieved 2009-08-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
2. ^ "Lawrence Solomon Biography". Financial Post. Retrieved 2008-07-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
3. Macomber, Shawn. "A Time to Deny". American Spectator. Retrieved 2008-07-25. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
4. "The climate change deniers". Washington Times. Retrieved 2008-09-22. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
5. "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.
6. Solomon, Lawrence (2008-04-12). "Misplaced Pages's Zealots: Solomon". Financial Post. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
7. Solomon, Lawrence (2008-07-08). "Wikipropaganda". National Review Online. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
8. "Roast-your-own coffee business goes green" (Press release). Green Beanery. 2004-09-15. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
9. "Green Beanery home page". Green Beanery. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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.
• FP Comment Tag for Lawrence Solomon lists a variety of articles written by Solomon as part of his work at the National Post.
• 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.

• 1948 births
• Living people
• Critics of Misplaced Pages
• Canadian non-fiction writers
• Canadian columnists
• Canadian environmentalists