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.
Unreliables Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** The Severe Ecological Ramifications of Offshore Wind Projects in the Atlantic
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Trump Administration Requests Remand of Federal Approval for Another Offshore Wind Project
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Short Video: Time to Take Down Industrial Wind Turbines!
Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear-generated electricity overshadows government-subsidized wind and solar
Wind, water and solar energy aren’t enough. California needs nuclear options
Fossil Fuel Energy:
Short video: Hyrdaulic Fracturing Simulation
Has California’s Oil and Gas Industry Hit the Point of No Return?…
“[COP30 was] the kind of outcome people like you have been bullying for for months…. And, if you please could keep for yourself your insane ranting backed by nothing but your fantasy (for lack of a better word) that would be better….. I might not hesitate to delete comments that delude, mislead or offend.” (- Boissinot to author, below)
Jean Boissinot, climate alarmist and energy statist, responded strangely to COP30’s failure. The ex-Director, Risk & Research, Banque de France, stated:
…… the final CMA declaration gavelled down minutes ago and not in the net zero future we need to transition to …. Although addressing climate change unequivocally means phasing out fossil fuel and getting to net zero…. we, as a global community, are still unable to face the obvious, speak the truth and do the necessary.
“What about the triple-digit number of creditors who banked on a loser? What about taxpayers who funded around 30 percent of the solar investment? … Ben Catt is just another rent-seeker, a political crony, like Sunnova’s John Berger, benefitting at the expense of just about everyone else.”
MasterResource has chronicled the rise and fall of major U.S. solar firms this year. The rooftop solar business is in shambles, with leaders such as Sunnova becoming worthless and defaulting on their long-term projects. And more recently, utility-scale solar developers are in trouble despite the last-minute deal to continue major tax subsidies until next year.
Add this to the list. As reported in Solar Power World, (November 7, 2025):
…National solar developer Pine Gate Renewables is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and selling its solar and energy storage project portfolio and independent power producer business.