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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Energy & Environmental Review: July 21, 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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** U.S. “renewables” mad scramble to waste billions is on
*** Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources
*** How the Interconnection Queue Could Make Qualifying for Tax Credits Next to Impossible
Making PJM all wind and solar would cost over $2.4 trillion in battery backup

Unreliables (General):
*** DOE: Existing US Energy Generation Retirements Increase Blackout Risk by 100x in 2030
*** Grid & Inertia
Green Lobby’s Dishonest Crusade for Solar and Wind
President Trump: Terminate The Green New Scam Now

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Wind Energy is an Environmental Disaster
Netherlands says no to offshore wind
Environmental group opposes Scotland offshore wind expansion

Nuclear Energy:
*** The Economic Imperative for Nuclear Power
*** Atomic Abundance and Its Enemies
Nuclear Chickens Come Home To Roost in NY

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** This 7% of Earth’s surface burns more fuel than anywhere

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Climate Fact Check: June 2025 Edition
*** Climate Activists Wipe Out While Surfing the Tragic Texas Flooding
Exposing the Media’s Greta Thunberg Narrative
I’m a Young Meteorologist Who Questioned the Idea of Man-Made Climate Change.

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Energy & Environmental Review: July 7, 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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Alex Epstein: Where the fight against energy subsidies stands
Alex Epstein: The Senate totally fails to terminate the Green New Scam
Alex Epstein: What I really told Thom Tillis about terminating new solar/wind subsidies using “placed in service”
How the Senate can save hundreds of billions of dollars—and our grid—by truly terminating IRA subsidiesThe Big Beautiful Bill Torpedoes Big Solar & Big Wind

Unreliables (General):
*** Renewable energy is doomed
*** ‘All Of The Above’ Is DEI For Energy
*** Shattered Green Dreams

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles
Watch Craig Rucker on wind energy
Wind turbine blade crashes into traffic on busy Northeast interstate
The ‘Wind Scam’ of Wind Turbines — There’s nothing clean about this

Nuclear Energy:
*** The Trump Administration Advocates for Nuclear Power
*** New Policy Report: Transforming the Back End of the U.S.

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Energy & Environmental Review: June 23, 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.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** DOE Secretary Chris Wright on getting rid of renewable energy subsidies

Unreliables (General):
*** The greatest oxymoron statement of all time – “Renewable Energy”

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** US Federal Judge to Allow Multi-State Lawsuit Against Offshore Wind to Proceed
Wind Opponents Sue Trump Administration to Block New York Wind Project
DOT asked to terminate illegal floating wind grant

Wind Energy — Other:
Industrial Wind Scam Returns – Is Your NY Town in the Sacrifice Zone?

Solar Energy:
Public Health Watch: Solar Panel Pollution
Sunnova Bankruptcy Signals Tough Times for Solar

Nuclear Energy:
*** Natural Resources: Advanced Nuclear Development

Fossil Fuel Energy:
*** Blockbuster: Mark Carney, Mr Net-Zero-Banker himself, now uses oil, gas to make Canada an Energy SuperPower
*** EPA: Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units
EPA Proposes Repeal of Biden-Harris EPA Regulations for Power Plants
The Rise and Rise of King Coal
Banks Boost Fossil Fuel Financing for The First Time since 2021
130 New Gas-Fired Power Projects Proposed in Texas

Miscellaneous Energy News :
*** Report: Power Vision 2030
*** Video: Their Agenda, Your Future
Growing the Grid…in the face of uncertainty
State Net Zero Electricity Dreams Are Collapsing
Next Generation Batteries Are Imminent

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
How NASA got climate change wrong
OPEC Secretary-General attacks Net Zero

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** The Great Climate Science Swindle Goes On
Report: A Few Notes about Climate (Cork Hayden)
Meet Téa Johansson, Teenage Climate Realist:…

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Energy & Environmental Review: June 9, 2025

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Energy & Environmental Review: May 27, 2025

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Energy & Environmental Review: May 12, 2025

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Energy & Environmental Review: April 14, 2025

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Energy & Environmental Review: March 31, 2025

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