The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
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Greed Energy Economics:
As Hawaii Prepares for Utility Reform, the State’s Solar Industry Sheds 3,000 Workers
The Dumb Ways We Subsidize Renewable Energy
Paying wind developers to not produce electricity, etc.
Energy trade group, green bosses rake in green
Technology revolution in nuclear power could slash costs below coal
UW fusion reactor concept could be cheaper than coal
Devaluation of wind farms to hit government coffers
Rush for wind farms threatens to push up household energy bills
British Minister admits carbon taxes are damaging British businesses
Rates to jump for Pacific Power, PGE customers in January: due to renewables
Renewables will double the cost of electricity by 2030
Could Initial Offshore Wind Projects Crash New England’s REC Market?
Turbine Health Matters:
County Board of Health declares local wind project a human health hazard
Sounds you can’t hear can still hurt you
Diagnostic criteria for adverse health effects in the environs of wind turbines
Low-frequency sound affects active micromechanics in the human inner ear
Infrasound Medical Study Recommends 1.25 Mile Setbacks
Video: why renewables equal death
Dr. Jay Tibbetts: Wind turbines impact human health
For Crop-Dusters, Towers Pose a Hidden and Growing Danger
Turbine Opponent Calls 2010 Letter A ‘Smoking Gun’
Turbine Wildlife Matters:
Wind farm turbines take toll on birds of prey
Bird Carcass Count proves Wind Project is an Avian Slaughterhouse
Bats face increasing threat from wind turbines
Miscellaneous Energy News:
A decade after welcoming wind, states reconsider
The Harvard Crimson: The Fantasy of 100% Renewable Energy
Public Support for Big Wind Plummeting
Climate Change Has Jumped the Shark
Truth about Wind (in Maine, but most applies elsewhere)
Despite many more turbines, offshore wind energy production dropped 22%
Electricity supply, electricity demand and 100% renewables
Webinar: The Challenge Of Placing Intermittent Power Generators On The Grid
Done deal: wind turbine ban approved (Kentucky)
Britain’s Green Energy Fiasco Deepens
ITSSD steps up battle against GHG endangerment finding
Administrative Law in US (e.g. EPA) is illegal
The Australian Labor Party bails out on the ‘carbon tax’
Petition: Repeal the Ontario Green Energy Act
Cold fusion reactor verified by third-party researchers
Compact Fusion: It’s Closer Than You Think
Manmade Global Warming Articles:
Physical Theories and Computer Simulations in Climate Science
What’s Up With the “Bomb” Model?
New paper finds global temperature data trend prior to 1950’s “meaningless”
A senior politician tells the truth about Govt climate change policies
The terrestrial biosphere – a growing carbon sink
Study: Little correlation between rainfall, floods, etc and AGW
Dr. Pielke: The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change
Video: Climate Instability: Interpretations of Scientific Evidence
Fight against climate change ‘may cause more harm than global warming’
The Global Warming Statistical Meltdown
An Already Lost Battle Against Climate Change?
Real Science Debates Are Not Rare
A Rare Debate on the ‘Settled Science’ of Climate Change
Sunspot Trends Suggest Global Cooling Ahead
Teens sue government over climate change
AGW — Is This The Greatest Scientific Myth of our Generation?
NASA Study Finds Earth’s Ocean Abyss Has Not Warmed
Study: Antarctica Ice declining due to geothermal causes, not AGW
Our proposed national energy slogan is “All of the Sensible” (in contrast to the absurd “All of the Above”). Once legislators have grasped that concept, the foolishness of the “leveling the playing field” idea also becomes apparent. (Should the 18-wheeler trucks and golf cart playing field be leveled?) Additionally we should be using the term “unreliables” when speaking of renewables. Please pass these on. [US citizens should make sure to get up-to-speed with what is on our PTCFacts.Infopages, as the PTC is still a political issue.]
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Previous AWED updates
Recent Energy And Environmental News – October 20th 2014
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: As Hawaii Prepares for Utility Reform, the State’s Solar Industry Sheds 3,000 Workers The Dumb Ways We Subsidize Renewable Energy Paying wind develo…