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:
*** The Ongoing Fiction of Cheap Wind and Solar
Unreliables (General):
*** Electricity generated from wind and solar cannot replace fossil fuels!
*** How to Fix Renewable Energy’s Hidden Infrastructure Problem
CFACT delivers important renewable energy message to ALEC attendees
BP Abandoning Renewables
Wind Energy — Offshore:
New York halts offshore wind power line approvals, citing Trump opposition
Wind Energy — Other:
*** FWS is violating its own eagle-kill regulations
*** The Ugly Truth About Wind: Environmental Disaster Masquerading as Clean Energy
Solar Energy:
SUNBLOCK: The Global Fight To Save Farmland From Big Solar (short video)
Nuclear Energy:
*** Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are a game-changer for the world
*** How to unleash Small Modular Reactors (Alex Epstein)
Asia’s Pivot Toward Nuclear Energy
The Future of Nuclear in Texas
Startup begins work on US fusion power plant. Yes, fusion.
Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Trump Admin Erases Biden-Era Assault On US Energy
AI Revolution Drives Huge Gas Plant Build-Out
Trump Admin Enacts Emergency Order after Grid Operator Begs for Help
Utility Scale Batteries:
*** Utility-Scale Battery Storage: Pros and Cons
*** NYS adopts new fire safety code for battery storage facilities
Battering Ratepayers and Taxpayers with Upfront and Downstream Battery Costs
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Steeper Road for Zero Emissions Vehicles
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** US Must Dig Out of Dependence on China Rare Earth Minerals
*** Global turmoil proves urgency of energy independence
5 Days in a 2025 US Heat Dome
Poland’s Pragmatic Energy Approach Pays Off
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
Climate activists demand end to US Navy’s ‘Blue Angels’ airshow in Seattle
Climate Watch: The Hottest Summer Ever?
Manmade Global Warming — The Endangerment Finding:
*** Official Release: Reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding and Greenhouse Gas Vehicle Standards (Note good reference documents)
*** EPA proposes rule to overturn regulatory finding justifying major restrictions on consumer choice: CEI analysis
*** Climate Regulation Liberation Day
*** Trump Reportedly Moving To Blow Up Cornerstone of Democrats’ Green Agenda
*** ‘Latest and greatest science’: Will Trump blow up the climate agenda’s crown jewel?
*** EPA chief Zeldin delivers dagger to the heart of Obama’s climate change agenda
*** Time to end the EPA’s misguided ‘endangerment finding’ on greenhouse gases
Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** New Climate Assessment Report from US DOE
*** Trump Hires Three Top Climate Scientists
*** Reclaiming ‘Environmentalism’ From The Climate Extremists
*** Study: Most ‘Global Warming’ Caused by Reduction of Pollution
*** New Record Set For Deaths From Climate And Weather Disasters
*** The Climate Alarmism Grift is Dying
Arkansas & Climate Change: No Warming. No Crisis. No Problem
The climate lobby is losing control
Climate Change Is Reducing, Not Increasing Food Costs