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 three 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:
How Warren Buffett Milks Consumers & Taxpayers Through Wind Energy
Fascinating Wind Tax Assessment Case
Bill to pause green-energy standards passes Ohio Senate
Farmers: Turbine decisions to become more difficult
Warren Buffet: Wind energy doesn’t make sense without the PTC
US Senate agrees to consider “Tax Extenders”
Mainstream media doesn’t know Big Green has deeper pockets than Big Oil
Big Green Goliath wages anti-Keystone war
But, but… I thought wind turbines lasted at least 20 years!
Ed Markey, lawmakers rake in Cape Wind dollars
RI couple asks judge to seize $223K from turbine owner
Turbine Health Matters:
Carmen Krogh’s Presentation on Wind Turbine Noise and Health
The banality of evil is alive and well on Cape Cod
Residents have their say about wind policy
Dentist faces charges for refusing patients who support wind project
Turbine Wildlife Matters:
Scandinavian Study Explores Ecological Impacts of Offshore Wind Turbines
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Why the Best Path to a Low-Carbon Future is Not Wind or Solar Power
Not all relationships are destined to survive
A Mighty Wind — A Study of Resistance
The Liberty and Energy Connection
How does wind turbine performance decline with age?
Do Wind Farms Have an Impact on Weather?
Global Warming is the basis behind state RPS’s
Archive: From One Farmer to Another
Researchers calling on governments and wind farm developers to avoid feeding war of words
$100M Maine wind farm faces rejection because of ‘scenic impacts’
Australian Renewable Energy program being critically reviewed
Citizens make Citizens’ Arrest of Town Board
Maine poll exposes softness in wind energy support
Wind developer’s advertisement must be changed
Renewables off to Slow Start in 2014, US Data Shows
A good pictorial of a wind turbine being constructed
German TV spoofs German Green Policies
The efficiency of solar photovoltaics
Nuclear News:
Approval for two new reactors has been granted by Florida authorities
FERC debates impact of wind PTC, transmission on nuclear fleet
Exelon Takes a Stand so Illinois Law Revamping Stalls
MIT proposes a tsunami-proof nuclear concept
Manmade Global Warming Articles —
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
NCA Rebuttal by several Scientists
Pause in global warming upsets religious believers
Senator Lamar Smith: White House Climate Report Stretches Truth
Dr. Spencer’s Initial Comments on the National Climate Assessment
Krauthammer Rejects Scientific Agreement Over Climate Change: ‘I’m Not Impressed By Consensus’
Weather Channel Cofounder John Coleman Slams White House Report
A Climate Scientist: He Knows How Little We Know
Heads Up: Be prepared to hear more about “Climate Disruption
”Manmade climate disruption – the hype and reality
Climate Change: The Biggest PR Failure in History
That Old Time Religion; That Old Time Science
Dissenting Scientists Label White House Climate Report As ‘Pseudoscience’
Sacrificing Africa for Climate Change
German Government Falsifies IPCC Summary on Climate Policy
Dr. Lennart Bengtsson coerced into leaving GWPF advisory board
These Charts Show Why Correlation Doesn’t Mean Causation
Breaking the “97% Climate Consensus” Canard
John Cook’s 97% consensus claim is about to go ‘pear-shaped’
Where Did ’97 Percent’ Global Warming Consensus Figure Come From?
The Myth of a Global Warming Consensus
Sea-Level Change: Living With Uncertainty
NC Science Panel will now only consider 30 years of SLR
Antarctic sea ice at record levels
Antarctic Melting Reports Omit Key Facts
West Antarctic Ice Sheet: NAAWEDASA gives its most deluded scare story ever
‘Unstoppable Collapse’ of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is NOT Happening!
Dr. Fred Goldberg: Arctic Ice Cover – Past, Present, and Future
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.Info pages, as the PTC is still a political issue.]
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Previous AWED updates
Recent Energy And Environmental News – May 27th 2014
By John Droz, Jr. ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: How Warren Buffett Milks Consumers & Taxpayers Through Wind Energy NY State May Fold RPS Program Fascinating Wind Tax Assessment Case Bill to p…