Ed. note: 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Renewable Energy: Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Short video: The Disturbing Reality of Cobalt Mining for Rechargeable Batteries

Renewables (General):
*** Don’t Fall For “Feel Good” Where Evil Lurks
*** Duke Energy’s “Black Christmas”: Outrageous Story of the Week
*** Short video: Rick Perry – We can’t let climate alarmists drive us from energy reality
Never-opened $300 million-plus biofuels refinery facing foreclosure in Oregon
Green Energy Infatuation Puts Millions at Risk of Death
Researchers work toward harnessing ocean energy to power devices

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** New NOAA map shows North Atlantic Right Whales in very same areas targeted for offshore wind development
*** NJ congressman demands investigation into whether offshore wind projects are killing whales
*** Whales on losing side of wind energy
In the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, a Quiet Reckoning Over Offshore Wind
The silly giant scale of US offshore wind development
No!…

Ed. note: 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
Astronomical battery cost looms over “renewables”

Renewables (General):
*** Green Energy is the Modern “Broken Window”
*** Reliable & Affordable Energy Is Life Itself: Why Wind & Solar Are Making Us All Worse Off

*** Robert Bryce: Bill McKibben’s Dishonest Claims About The Rural Backlash Against Renewables (And Me) In The New Yorker
Germany’s Gas Reserves “Emptying at Record Speed” As Country Struggles to Keep Warm, Lights On
Utility Regrets (Large)
European green energy fiasco is a terrifying warning for US this winter
Climate Action Council Tells Upstate NYers to Just Drop Dead
Congo Cobalt Mining Exposes Green Energy Amorality

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** NY Agency Study Concludes that Great Lakes Wind makes No Sense
*** What does a giant spinning turbine sound like to a right whale?…

Ed. note: 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Renewable Power’s Big Mistake Was a Promise to Always Get Cheaper
Michigan, New York and Quebec Ratepayers Should Thank Ontario Ratepayers and Taxpayers for their Early Christmas Present

Renewable Energy: Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Report: Millions of bats are slaughtered annually by onshore wind turbines
Bat species native to Great Lakes on brink of extinction
Mega wind facility approved that can’t operate half the year

Renewables (General):
*** “All-the-Above” is No Energy Policy — It’s Merely Politics
*** When Accurate Data Are ‘Bad PR’
*** Report: The Dark Side of “Renewable” Energy
‘Turbocharged’ Renewables: The IEA Hawking Its Wares Again
Wind and Solar Disappoint in Asian Energy Haven

Wind Energy:
*** Economic Realities Dash Biden’s Offshore Wind Plans
*** Wind Power Opposition: It’s a Conspiracy!…

Ed. note: 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. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Germany Sets Windfall Tax at 90% for Clean Power Generators
UK Power Prices Skyrocket As Wind Generation Collapses

Renewable Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Updated Study: Wind Turbine Syndrome: The Impact of Wind Farms on Suicide
*** Northern long-eared bat reclassified as endangered (Note: This could be good news for wind warriors: a new tool in their arsenal!)
Archive Study: Effects of low-frequency noise from wind turbines on heart rate variability in healthy individuals

Renewables (General):
*** Report: Lack of energy storage makes renewables-only grids a pipe dream
*** Electricity Generation with 100% Renewables is a Fantasy
Grand Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Already Doomed to Total Failure
Why Wind and Solar Owners Love Energy Storage
COP Climate Cult Can’t Deal With Europe’s Monumental Wind & Solar Failure
Europe to U.S.:…