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Climate Grief vs. Climate Optimism: Why Not Open the Mind?

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 11, 2024

“The Centre for Climate Psychology and Change is committed to supporting people where they are at…. We are working on a rich programme of events, which includes a grief facilitator training, run by Francis Weller.”

It is grief and grieving in AlarmistLand. Jonathan Watts of The Guardian wrote:

Climate instability and nature extinction are making the Earth an uglier, riskier and more uncertain place, desiccating water supplies, driving up the price of food, displacing humans and non-humans, battering cities and ecosystems with ever fiercer storms, floods, heatwaves, droughts and forest fires. Still worse could be in store as we approach or pass a series of dangerous tipping points for Amazon rainforest dieback, ocean circulation breakdown, ice-cap collapse and other unimaginably horrible, but ever more possible, catastrophes.

Yet, apparently we must still have hope.

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Rate Inflation in New England (perils of political electricity)

By -- December 10, 2024

“Electricity bills in New England are poised to experience a sharp increase driven by the clean energy mandates in five of the six states, which require duplicative, overbuilt renewable energy.”

Connecticut ratepayers suffered sticker shock this summer when they opened their July electric bills. While their energy consumption was relatively flat, the “public benefits” component doubled for some and tripled for others. The culprit was not hard to find given a legislative requirement for utilities to itemize the cost components of monthly bills.

“Public benefits” cover the cost of subsidies the state provides for low-income electricity customers and energy-efficiency programs. They also include solar, electric vehicle, and other renewable energy incentives.

The wide array of renewable energy subsidies and aid to low-income residents who cannot afford high-cost electricity, growing everywhere, is an increasing cost burden for power users in the Northeast.…

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Energy & Environmental Review: December 9, 2024

By -- December 9, 2024

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Biden-Harris Admin Races To Dish Out $25 Billion for Green Energy Before Trump Takes Office, Sparking Fraud Fears
High Energy Costs Continue to Plague European Industry

Unreliables (General):
*** The Green Energy Apocalypse
*** Energy Transition Security
*** NERC: 2024–2025 Winter Reliability Assessment

Wind Energy — Offshore:
The California offshore wind environmental impact statement is full of holes

Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear SMR welding breakthrough: A year’s work now takes a day
Seven Reasons To Be Skeptical About SMRs

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** By burning fossil fuels we are saving the planet
*** Giving Thanks for Fossil Fuels

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Beijing Biden’s REAL Reason for Pushing Electric Vehicles So Much
|‘EV-obsessed’ Germany – ‘killing the car industry’
A Cautionary Tale from Europe
EV Death Pool Update: Rivian

Miscellaneous  Energy:
*** Visualized: U.S.

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Joe Romm vs. Climate Thugs: Civil War Within the Climate Fringe

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 6, 2024
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Climate Disobedience Ahead? Be Ready

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 5, 2024
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Trump 45’s Environmental Reset: 112 Rule Changes

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- December 4, 2024
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Abusive DOE Energy Efficiency Policy Archives (60+ articles)

By Mark Krebs and Tom Tanton -- December 3, 2024
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Wind and Solar Are Fragile

By Steve Goreham -- December 2, 2024
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Climategate Turns 15!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 29, 2024
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Thanksgiving 2024

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- November 28, 2024
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