“Light pollution interrupts critical wildlife patterns for bats, migratory birds, insects (and more) and erodes biodiversity. In addition to these threats to wildlife, brighter night skies also threaten the health and natural cycles of humans, wastes energy and money, and disrupts ecosystems” according to a 2025 report from the World Economic Forum.” (- Haley Zaremba, below)
An article by Haley Zaremba (OilPrice.com) earlier this year, The Renewable Energy Transition Is Running Out of Places to Go (February 8, 2026), identified several issues of industrial wind complexes that seldom get attention. She speaks from the alarmist/transformationist camp, which makes her points extra interesting.
She begins with three major points:
“Adaptation is taking over for mitigation as we speak. It is mainstream, not ‘evil.’ No, the average consumer and investor benefits from energy freedom…. The Climate Industrial Complex is the political elite, living off of political favor at the expense of the best energy.”
Noel Cass, Research Fellow at University of Leeds, views himself as the purveyor of truth and goodness and his critics (me, in particular) as conflicted, wrong, and “evil.” His bio reads in part:
… Continue ReadingI am a researcher focussing on the social and political aspects of energy systems and everyday life. I have researched areas including environmental audits of organisations, tourism and travel, everyday life and travel practices, public engagement with renewable energy technologies, the ethical implications of nuclear power and options for radioactive waste management, the social exclusion implications of transport policies on congestion and climate change, climate change policy in local authorities in the UK, the energy demands of the built environment, later focussing on office building designs, and the implications of changing office work practices.
“Environmental progress should produce benefits people can recognize in their businesses, households, and communities. It should make economic sense. And it should respect the energy systems that make modern life possible, even as we work to improve them.”
In 2002 when I was a vice president of Orion Energy Systems, I was questioned by a Wisconsin senator at an energy event. That encounter became the starting point for what I then called practical environmentalism to describe Orion’s Energy Efficiency efforts: an approach that sought to put good energy policy, economic development, and environmental improvement on the same side of the ledger.
The phrase expressed a conviction that has stayed with me. Environmental progress should produce benefits people can recognize in their businesses, households, and communities. It should make economic sense. And it should respect the energy systems that make modern life possible, even as we work to improve them.…
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