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.
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Monitoring offshore wind impacts needs to be done right
Theoretical upper limit for offshore wind energy extraction
Judge rejects US Wind permit review case
Renewables — Other:
*** Baseload Solar’s Four Little Secrets
*** Madison County wind farm neighbors feel betrayed by NY state
Wind turbine eagle-kill secrecy may soon end
Another Battery Catastrophe
The renewables trap
Nuclear Energy:
*** The World’s First Thorium Molten Salt Reactor
*** Why are developing economies pursuing small modular reactors?
*** California Coastal Commission Votes 9-3 to Extend Nuclear Operations to 2030
British nuclear fusion breakthrough
A Nuclear Resurgence, but Major Obstacles Remain
Fossil Fuel Energy:
Why Did NY Gov Hochul Back Down on New York’s Gas Ban?
GOP Montana Lawmakers Celebrate as Trump Demolishes Biden-Era Assault on their Resources
Energy Dominance: America’s New Shale Revolution
Oil & Gas Turning Poor Countries Into Economic Miracles
Electric Vehicles (EVs):
*** Ford’s $35.1 Billion EV Fiasco
Your EV is a Non-Starter
Ignoring EV Pollution for Fake Climate Crisis
Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** 12 Facts Of Energy Affordability
*** What’s coming in 2026 for energy and environmental policy
Meaningful permitting reform that Republicans and Democrats can agree on
Norway Avoids ‘Green’ Energy Quicksand
Massive power blackout leaves at least a third of San Francisco in darkness
Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Hurricane Climate Disaster the Media said was Coming This Year Never Happened
*** Panic-Stricken Climate Alarmists Resort to Bolder Lies
*** Is Doomerism Doomed? Climate Change and the New Heretics
‘Hypocrite’ Mark Zuckerberg sparks backlash as his enormous new $300m 387-foot mega yacht goes viral
Government Minister Steps in to Defend Met Office as Fake Temperature Scandal Escalates
The Futility of Net Zero
Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Astrophysicist Dr. Willie Soon Challenges the Climate Consensus … It’s The Sun, Not CO2
*** Chill Out: Refrigerants Are No Global Warming Threat
Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
*** Climate Cult’s Inevitable Dissolution
*** The Green New Deal crashes to earthWhat Happened to the Climate Change Cult?
The tide of climate alarmism is receding