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:
Why Mid-Atlantic electricity prices are rising so fast

Unreliables (General):
*** Epstein: The “Levelized Cost of Energy” scam
*** Big Tech’s ‘Misleading’ Green Energy Claims May Plunge Nation into Blackouts, AGs Warn
*** The Pros and Cons of Utility Scale Battery Storage
Wind, Solar, Trade, Sanctions, H-1B

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Revolution Wind Is Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Japan’s Green Energy Failures Serve as a Warning to the US: Don’t Fall for the Climate Agenda
Strange We Haven’t Heard About These Offshore Wind Farm Accidents Before

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Feds deaf to eagle-kill warning

Solar Energy:
Taxpayer-Backed Solar Facility in Mojave Desert Will Shut Down Next Year
Obama-Era Mojave Desert Solar Plant Once Hailed As A Marvel Will Close As a Glowing Relic

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Lomborg: Green hype vs reality in China
*** How our “knowledge system” ignores the benefits of fossil fuels
*** How our “knowledge system” catastrophizes the side-effects of fossil fuels

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
Nearly one-third of EV charging attempts fail, report finds

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** China Inc.…

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.…

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.

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
The Feds are hiding the eagle death data
Court orders temporary shutdown of wind project (due to bird deaths)

Unreliables (General):
Report: clean energy group admits that going green may mean power grid chaos
Land-Use Conflicts Are Derailing Albany’s Alt-Energy Fantasies

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Will Trump stand by as mega-offshore wind projects resume construction?
Offshore Wind Developers Risk Trouble With Trump

Solar Energy:
The Solar Fund Standoff: Following the Money at Latest Target for Funding Cuts

Nuclear Energy:
Demand in US electricity elevates risk of wind/solar & highlights need for nuclear
The advantages and challenges of nuclear-powered data centers

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Ten Environmentalist Myths
*** Trump Takes Aim at the Heart of the Climate Industrial Complex
Over 30 items here: Evidence that the climate scam is collapsing
Climate Change Driving California’s Golden Road to Decline
Book: Climate and Energy Lies: Expensive, Dangerous & Destructive

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Mann’s DC Trick
|*** Capping Carbon Admissions: The Biden Administration is Accused of Burying Conflicting Climate Change Report

Manmade Global Warming — Miscellaneous:
US Supreme Court Declines Appeal in Youth-Led Climate Change Case
Trump’s Climate Policy Shift Could Save American Farmers from Disaster
US Military Exits Climate Change After a Decade of Waste
New NASA Chief Will Wind Down Climate Alarm Shop…

Earlier this year, Our World in Data published a Daily Data on global air pollution. Hannah Ritchie, deputy director and science outreach lead, wrote:

Global emissions of local air pollutants have probably passed their peak. The chart [below] shows estimates of global emissions of pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (which causes acid rain), nitrogen oxides, and black and organic carbon. These pollutants are harmful to human health and can also damage ecosystems.

It looks like emissions have peaked for almost all of these pollutants. Global air pollution is now falling, and we can save many lives by accelerating this decline. The exception is ammonia, which is mainly produced by agriculture. Its emissions are still rising.

Source: Community Emissions Data System (CEDS).

Hannah Ritchie notes that some countries are lagging, getting worse.…