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 three weeks this newsletter is compiled to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and environmental matters.
Some articles of particular note in this issue are:
Wind Turbine Infrasound: Terms & Conditions Defined
A very good graphic for Wind Energy Noise
EIA Report: Subsidies Continue to Roll In For Wind and Solar
Differences between Real Science and Man Made Global Warming Science
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Greed Energy Economics:
Renewable Energy — the Most Expensive Policy Disaster in History
EIA Report: Subsidies Continue to Roll In For Wind and Solar
Property purchasers win award due to failure to disclose wind project
Kansas Legislators debate killing their RPS
Study concludes that NC’s RPC costs each citizen $1500± per year
Archive: How Electricity Became a Luxury Good
Archive: Study finds wind energy increases cost of electricity and CO2 emissions
Blowing More Tax Dollars on Subsidies
Wind Turbines Blamed for Pushing Up Rates
German Companies May File $22 Billion Lawsuit due to wind energy, etc.
Certainty Will Come When Wind Handouts Are Ended
Rigging the Data for Excessive IRS Wind Energy Tax Credits
Wind Energy Performance in the UK (2000 thru 2013)
Big Money Flows to Politicians through LLC Loophole
Proposal to Fund Science instead of the Wind PTC
IEA: Oil price has further to fall
Turbine Health Matters:
Wind Turbine Infrasound: Terms & Conditions Defined
Carmen Krogh’s Turbine Health Studies Synopsis
Brown County (Wisc) Board of Health 2014 Meeting Minutes
Doctors Call for Reduction in Turbine Noise
An Interview with Acoustic Engineer Steven Cooper
A very good graphic for Wind Energy Noise
Some excellent audio files demonstrating wind energy noise
France considering doubling minimum wind setback distance
Turbine company hears opposition loud and clear
Wind farm opposition against APEX is growing
Turbine Wildlife Matters:
Destroying The Environment In Order To “Save It”
Wildlife Expert – turbines could kill thousands of bats
Birds die as East Bay wind turbine replacement lags
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Fossil Fuels Will Save The World
Petroleum: A magnificent but much maligned resource
GOP moves to block Obama’s fracking regs
GOP bill delays EPA rule, gives states veto
More Nuclear Energy Proposed for Australia
Protesters cynically oppose energies that make life cleaner, better for all
Virginia Offshore Wind (24 miles) Test Project gets approval
Texas wind project stops construction as oil company questions locations
Solar Energy:
Solar Power propaganda vs. the real world
Solar Power in the US — Lessons Learned
Conservative Groups Battle over Solar in Florida
The Florida Solar Ballot is not about Freedom or Choice
A Cloud Hangs over Solar Financing
West Virginia Enacts Net Metering Bill
When Solar Panels Become a Headache
Oregon DOJ launches investigations of tax credits for university solar projects
Manmade Global Warming Articles:
Differences between Real Science and Man Made Global Warming Science
Climate Science Doubts — Because the Science is Bad
Scientists: Orbital Variations Main Cause of Climate Change
Why my own Royal Society is wrong on climate change
The Small Print – What The Royal Society Left Out
Climate alarmism just took one helluva beating
Missing the mark on climate change skepticism
Why I Am A Climate Change Skeptic
When You Have Nothing Left With Which to Argue…
Scientist wins legal victory over arbitrary dismissal
Top US hedge fund manager: Global warming isn’t a danger
The Hunt for Global Warming – South America
FEMA to States: No Climate Planning, No Money
No, Being a Climate Change Skeptic Isn’t Like Fearing Vaccines
Observed Climate Change — and the State of Utah
Good interview about sea level rise (starts at 4:00 min)
20 years of measurements conclude no Gulf Stream slowdown
Man-made CO2 could only cause warming of ‘a few tenths of a degree, if at all’
America’s Fear Of Global Warming Drops To 1980s Levels
Presidential candidate Ted Cruz on global warming (excellent)
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.]
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Recent Energy And Environmental News – March 30th 2015
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Since I’ve received quite a few requests for Solar information, I’ve now added a Solar page to our WiseEnergy.org website. If you have any suggestions for addit…