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. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** Blue States, High Rates
Electricity Rate Increases
Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
Minnesota green energy program fined for killing bald eagle: ‘National treasure’
Conservation Group Sues, Claims Feds Hiding Wyoming Wind Turbine Eagle Deaths
Unreliables (General):
*** Transition & Redundancy
*** Report: The Intrinsic Danger of Siting Utility Scale Lithium Based Energy Storage Systems In Densely Populated Areas
Charging ahead: $500M Dunkirk battery storage project seeks tax assistance
Letter to DOE Sec Wright re the Senate considering Carbon Taxes (!)
Macron: Spain’s mega-blackout was due to the country’s reliance on renewable energy
New York’s Electricity Prices Among the Highest in the Country
Wind Energy:
*** How China Sold America the Wind Energy Scam
Trump Administration to Appeal Court Rulings Allowing Offshore Wind Projects to Resume Construction
Nuclear Energy:
*** Report: Nuclear Power — A Free Market Approach
*** Nuclear is the most reliable path to affordable electricity
*** A Nuclear-Power Startup Says It Can Rouse the Slow-Moving Industry
The Trump administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review
It’s Crunch Time for Diablo Canyon
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Short video: How Do Oil Rigs Work?
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
EV Bloodbath: Carmakers Suffer Face-Melting Losses As Buyers Flee, Credits End
Stellantis takes massive $26B hit after moving away from EVs
Automakers Pump Brakes on EV Investment as Federal Subsidies Stop
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Snow, Cold, And The Quiet Miracle Of Modern Energy
*** Report: Heat Pumps for All — or Maybe Not?
Manmade Global Warming — EPA’s Endangerment Finding:
*** “Largest Act of Deregulation in US History”: EPA to Repeal Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Finding
*** EPA To Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding in Historic Deregulatory Move
EPA is right to reverse Obama overreach (Washington Post!)
EPA: Final Rule — Rescission of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Under the Clean Air Act
Undoing the Demonization of Carbon Dioxide
Trump debunking Al Gore’s climate fears has made the world a better place
Making Sense of the EPA Endangerment Finding Rule
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Why I am No Longer a Climate Activist
*** The Supreme Court’s Golden Opportunity to Eviscerate Climate Lawfare
*** New Book: ‘Climate Porn’ Targets Phony Science, Exposes Anti-Constitutional Assault on American Sovereignty
Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Why Climate Science Is Not Settled
How A Scientific Myth Undergirds The Greenhouse Gas Theory
Historical Victory for Clintel in the Climate Debate
Climate Change and Energy: World Leaders in Turmoil
Federal Reference Manual On Scientific Evidence, Climate Science Chapter — Withdrawn!
Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
Poor nations won’t follow Europe, UN in economic suicide
Is Canada Really Warming?
America’s Irreversible Goodbye to Climate Governance