“Congress now has an opportunity—and an obligation—to correct this flawed process by requiring rigorous, upfront, full-footprint review of radar impacts on air safety and national security before any further offshore wind projects proceed to construction or operation.”

The Biden administration positioned large-scale offshore wind development as the centerpiece of its national decarbonization strategy. Under this mandate, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) conducted extensive multi-agency reviews, examining impacts on marine ecology, commercial fishing, and cultural resources. In rapid succession, it issued Findings of No Significant Impact and greenlit thirteen massive projects from Massachusetts to Virginia. 

However, one critical risk category—radar interference—presents direct and unresolved implications for civilian air safety and national security.

1. The Technical Reality: A Problem Without a “Silver Bullet”

Offshore wind turbines create a documented technical hazard: the massive rotating blades generate Doppler returns that primary radar systems often misinterpret as real targets.…

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):
*** The environmental left will not admit what wind and solar destroy
*** Renewables + Storage Grid
Australia’s ‘Renewable’ Obsession Decimates Industry

Wind Energy:
*** New Jersey Moves to Terminate Offshore Wind
Sign the Wyoming wind-wall petition

Solar Energy:
*** The Coverup: warnings months before the Spanish Blackout
*** How we pay for solar subsidies – Comparing recent electric bills from Florida and Massachusetts
Solar & Storage Marketing

Nuclear Energy:
Nuclear Waste Is a Wicked Problem
Is America on the Verge of a Nuclear Renaissance?…

Editor’s Note: Free-market energy advocate Todd M. Lindley is running for a board position at Anchorage-based Chugach Electric Association, the largest power distributor in the state.

On April 29, voting opens for Chugach Electric to elect two board members who will determine the future of the utility. A reset in the name of energy exceptionalism is needed.

Much of the policy adopted in recent years has favored organizations that invest in alternative energy. For an electric utility that serves more than 90,000 rate payers, this strategy is shortsighted and heavily reliant on regulation to even the playing field with traditional energy sources. This is not a sustainable path, nor does it provide an economy of scale to address risks associated with generation and transmission in Alaska. After voting opens, rate payers have a chance to accept the status quo and get more of the same or take a risk and make a change at the May 29 election.…

“Living small is not going to sell with the public and the voters. And the call for a meatless cuisine is not even culturally correct.”

EuroNews’s Liam Gilliver (AP) summarized the new political reality in “Trump Tracker: How the US is Rolling Back Climate Progress in 2026“). In addition to

• withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement,
• withdrawing from the UN climate programs;
• liberating Venezuelan oil and gas; and
• cancelling or reversing renewable energy subsidies,

Gilliver also singled out New Dietary Guidelines, with the comment: “The US Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture have come under fire after releasing their 2026 dietary guidelines, which encourage American households to prioritise diets built on “whole, nutrient-dense food.”

The “Eat Real Food” pyramid recommends “significantly limiting highly processed items.”…