Energy & Environmental Review: September 15, 2025

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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):
*** New York State Cancels Critical Transmission Project for “Clean Energy”
*** AI Could Vaporize Green Energy Hallucinations
Cross-Regional Analysis of Renewable and Dispatchable Energy Sources
Failures of the renewables transition era are insults to taxpayers

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** US DOI Plans to Revoke More Permits; White House Seeking to Engage DHHS?
Offshore wind has no future in the U.S., Interior Secretary says

Wind Energy — Other:
Belgian Wind Project Vetoed; Global Total Of Renewable Rejections Hits 1,104

Solar Energy:
China Tackles Price Wars as Bloated Solar Sector Amasses Huge Losses

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Virginia Staff Sees Need for More Gas Because Wind Will “Collapse”
Energy Experts Say Trump ‘Absolutely Deserves Credit’ For US Producing More Oil Than ‘Any Nation On Earth’

Manmade Global Warming:
*** Study: Sea Level Rise Not Caused by Climate Change
*** Where Are All The Hurricanes?

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Revolution Wind Stop Order: Remember Keystone XL (Obama) and LNG Exports (Biden)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 26, 2025 2 Comments

Ed. Note: The government giveth and taketh. The Stop Order issued last Friday regarding Revolution Wind Farm invites a relook at the similar orders against the completion of the Keystone XL Pipeline (Obama 2015) and in-process liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports (Biden 2024).

Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline (November 6, 2015)

Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to ports in the Gulf of Mexico and out into the world market.

This morning, Secretary [John] Kerry informed me that, after extensive public outreach and consultation with other Cabinet agencies, the State Department has decided that the Keystone XL Pipeline would not serve the national interest of the United States.  …

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Energy & Environmental Review: August 18, 2025

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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):
*** Governors, Renewables & PJM
Progressive Don Quixotes: Tilting at Wind Projects

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Duke Energy officially decides against offshore wind for North Carolina
*** Great news: Duke has decided to stop pursuing offshore wind
Massachusetts Postpones Round 5 Offshore Wind Solicitation

Wind Energy — Other:
Trump cancels giant Lava-Ridge wind project

Solar Energy:
Expert exposes solar panel industry as a ‘total scam’

Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear power in a free enterprise environment is the pathway to abundant low-cost electricity
How AI Can Make Nuclear Power a Safe Bet
Report: New Financing Strategy Needed to Spark America’s Nuclear Energy Revival

Fossil Fuel Energy:
CEI Comments on EPA’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards for fossil fuel power plants
South American Cold Underscores Role of Oil and Gas

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
US EV Future: Unsubsidized and Uncertain

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** America’s Critical Mining Industry Finds Itself in a Deep Hole

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** How China Hijacked America’s Climate Fears
*** Turns Out Major Climate Study Peddled by Media Relied on Bunk Data
Too Big to Fail: A major new scandal in climate science
The Climate Alarmism Grift is Dying

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** The Carbon Mirage: When the DOE Broke Ranks and the Climate Script Cracked
*** The Rise of the Climate Right
Radioactivity in Ice Cores and Unreliability of C02 Estimates

Manmade Global Warming — Misc:ellaneous
Nova Scotians fined $25,000 for hiking in the wood

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Energy & Environmental Review: August 4, 2025

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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.

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No More Easy Ride for Wind and Solar (OBBB guidance, risks ahead)

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Energy & Environmental Review: July 21, 2025

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Power Density: The Key

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Energy & Environmental Review: June 9, 2025

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Sea Level Rise: Less Alarmism?

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Energy & Environmental Review: May 27, 2025

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