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Energy & Environmental Review: July 20, 2026

By -- July 20, 2026

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.

Unreliables (General):
*** Wind Turbines and Solar Panels will be the Monuments of Our Folly
*** New York Court Refuses To Block State’s Plan For A “Renewables” Program
*** Green Policy is Deadlier Than Guns
Japan Chooses Reliable Energy Over Climate Nonsense
Wyoming Wind Turbines Killed More Than 23,000 Birds And Bats Last Year

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
The 4 California “waivers” keeping America’s EV mandate alive

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Geothermal Heats Up
*** Europe’s Crisis Is Energy Poverty, not a Heat Wave
*** Why China is outcompeting America
*** Heat Pump Rate Carveouts
The nine energy questions that could decide America’s future
Why both Republicans and Democrats should support aggressive permitting reform
Energy Realism: The Foundation and Future of Human Progress

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Oversight Project Report on biased NAS Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
*** Canadian Wildfire Smoke Just Blew Up the Fantasy of Carbon Emission Trading
*** Canada Admits Justin Trudeau’s Climate Agenda Was a Scam
This Little-Known Climate Report Card Casts A Dark Cloud Over Home Sales
Why This CO2 Chart Doesn’t Scare Me
President Trump Grants Further Regulatory Relief from Burdensome EPA Restrictions to Promote American Security

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Dr. Judith Curry: RIP Climate Etc.
*** Dr. Koonin: What Climate Science Actually Says vs. What You’ve Been Told It Says
Severe setbacks to establishment Net Zero narrative
Mark Steyn: The Man Who Took Michael Mann to the Woodshed — and Endured Thirteen Years of Abuse to Do It

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