The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy & environmental policies. Our basic position is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science. It’s all spelled out at WiseEnergy.org, which is a wealth of energy and environmental resources.
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 3 weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.?
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Greed Energy Economics:
London School of Economics Property Value Study
Senate Committee Passes Bill With Two-Year PTC Extension
Renewal of Wind PTC Will Lead to a Big Boost in Carbon Emissions
Excellent Letter re US Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Shale Gas Boom Leaves Wind Companies Seeking More Subsidy
Obama Administration tries to justify higher wind energy costs
Lomborg: How green policies hurt the poor
Bumpy road for Chinese renewable energy
Informed farmers coalition to educate farmers on wind turbine projects
A good video about renewable (wind) electricity prices
Turbines have an average gearbox life of between 5 and 13 years
Turbine Health Matters:
An amazing (short) video on wind energy infrasound, by an expert
History Repeats – Wind Industry Copies Tactics of Tobacco Lobby
How Biomass has become the new coal
IPCC: Biofuels do more harm than good
Turbine Wildlife Matters:
Impacts of Industrial Wind Development on Wildlife and Ridgeline Habitat
Death by solar farms: 71 species of birds killed, ‘entire food chains’ disrupted
US Department of the Interior warns: communication towers threaten birds
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Engineering Study on the futility of decarbonization plans
A Bold, New Green Energy Plan Meets Reality (And it Bites)
NY Community successful at stopping wind project
New US wind power installations plummet
Confidential document reveals the Sierra Club’s plan to shut down coal industry
Scientist Members question Sierra Clubs Position on Wind Energy
Wind Energy Insider posts part of the PR campaign
Duke Energy’s Clean Coal Plant Uses More Energy Than It Produces
Scams, Fraud Still Flourish in Solar
Top Ten Facts About Nuclear Energy
Environmental Activists arrested at French Nuclear Plant
What a Waste – Vermont Yankee is in Beautiful Condition
German Utility Blames Renewable Energy for Nuclear Financial Losses
California Attack on Power Grid Underscores Terrorism Threat
All Eyes Should be on the First Wind – PUC Maine Affair
Ten Principles of Energy Policy
BLM: Federal Renewable Energy Projects Approved Since 2009
Ohio Siting Board Turns Down Great Lake’s Wind Project
Britain Warns Scots Independence Would Hurt Energy Industry
Manmade Global Warming Articles:
Specific Critique of IPCC AR5: pages 28-41.
The freedom not to question climate change
UN climate report balances science and politics(?)
How Climate Change Conquered the American Campus
IPCC Insider Rejects Global-Warming Report
Liberal Progressive Explains Global Warming and What to Do About It
Video: “The Great Global Warming Swindle”
An excellent Summary of the IPCC Report fallout (Dr. Curry)
The IPCC’s Latest Report Deliberately Excludes And Misrepresents Important Climate Science
Lessons From the Little Ice Age
Climate Change Deniers Have Won
Climate Forecast: Muting the Alarm
Climate hysteria leads to bad public policy
UN climate report changes little on Hill
We have a new climate change consensus — and it’s good news everyone
How did the IPCC’s alarmism take everyone in for so long?
The Common Core standards regarding Climate Change
Wyoming is first state to reject the NGSS, due to AGW science standards
Some other recent articles of general interest —
Which is about the greater good: the US or the UN?
Undermining American world views
“Fear always springs from ignorance”
Our proposed national energy slogan is “All of the Sensible” (in contrast to the absurd “All of the Above”). Once legislators have grasped that concept, the foolishness of the “leveling the playing field” idea also becomes apparent. (Should the 18-wheeler trucks and golf cart playing field be leveled?) Additionally we should be using the term “unreliables” when speaking of renewables. Please pass these on. [US citizens should make sure to get up-to-speed with what is on our PTCFacts.Info pages, as the PTC is still a political issue.]
Please pass this information on to other open-minded, science-oriented people. If you know anyone who would like to periodically like to get AWED emailings, please email me.
Thank you for your support.
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Previous AWED updates:
Recent Energy And Environmental News – April 14th 2014
By John Droz, Jr. ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Greed Energy Economics: London School of Economics Property Value Study Senate Committee Passes Bill With Two-Year PTC Extension Renewal of Wind PTC Will Lead to a Big Boo…