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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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:
*** How the House cut off new solar and wind subsidies in the “Big Beautiful Bill”
Leading Florida power provider blasts solar/wind subsidies

Unreliables (General):
*** Short good video: America in the Dark
*** The Physics Behind the Spanish Blackout
Reliance on ‘Renewables’ Makes Widespread Blackout Nightmare More Likely
Global Tally of Alternative-Energy Rejections Passes 1,000
15 Hidden Hazards of Green Energy that Get Ignored

Wind Energy — Offshore:
Showdown looms for Empire Wind (NY Offshore)
Ruling that could doom its Irish Sea wind projects

Wind Energy — Other:
*** New Study: “The presented research rejects the typically held view that wind power is a sustainable energy source.”…

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Energy & Environmental Review: May 27, 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:
*** Epstein: Why the proposed “phaseout” of IRA subsidies is unacceptable
*** Victory for energy freedom: the House (finally) limits IRA subsidies
*** New report: The true affordability of net zero
The truth about power bill increases

Unreliables (General):
*** The Achilles Heel of Wind and Solar
Economic prosperity demands continuous and uninterruptible electricity
Wasting Away in Wind-and-Solarville

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Allies Sue Federal Agencies Over Unlawful Authorization of Empire Wind Project
Letitia James has ‘no leg to stand on’ in lawsuit against Trump offshore wind order, experts say
Rest in Peace, Nils Stolpe, Fisheries Guru
After nearly four decades, Jerry Schill bows out of N.C.

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Energy & Environmental Review: May 12, 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.

Spain and Portugal Power Grid Failure:
*** The Spanish Blackout Shows Why the Green Dream Is Unsustainable
*** What Is Reactive Power and Why Is It Important in Power Systems?
*** Study: The effect of renewable energy incorporation on power grid stability and resilience
*** El Blackout
Spain’s blackout is a flashing warning light for our renewable energy system
Did Spain’s push for renewable energy have any impact on its mass power blackout?
Over-Reliance On Renewables Behind Catastrophic Blackouts in Spain
Yes, We Can Blame Solar for Spain’s Blackout — and if the Socialist Government Doesn’t Change Course, Expect More Blackouts
The Spanish Blackout Is a Warning to the World

Greed Energy Economics:
Pennsylvania’s ‘Price Cap’ Could Hike Electricity Bills

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
Wind power’s eagle-kill permits are a deadly failure so permitting must stop

Unreliables (General):
*** Just Say No to Battery Storage for Wind or Solar
Green NGOs feel the heat
Renewable Portfolio Standards

Wind Energy — Offshore:
RWE ending US offshore operations

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Wind industry keeps preying on Upstate NY region

Nuclear Energy:
*** A Thorium Reactor Has Rewritten the Rules of Nuclear Power
Nuward’s New SMR Concept

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Epstein: Answers to student questions about fossil fuel growth

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, of Electric Vehicles

Miscellaneous Energy News:
Rethinking the Future of Energy: The Real Clear Energy Future Forum

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** You don’t have to be a climate scientist to personally fact check misleading Climate Claims by Governments and activists
*** Carbon Capture: Costly, Useless & Harmful
The Nihilism of Beijing’s New York Climate Radicals
UK To Experiment With “Dim The Sun” Projects To Stop Global Warming

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Trump Crushes Climate Dogma as Europe Doubles Down on Folly

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