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A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
Some of the more important articles in this issue are:
The True Cost of Solar Electricity
Study: New York’s climate goal—staggering costs, no benefits
A Review of the Regional Green Gas Initiative
Study: Turbines reduce the productivity of surrounding vegetation
Hidden consequences of intermittent electricity production
Integrating the supposed “social cost of carbon” into wholesale power markets
MIT: Researchers Announce Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
DOE staff releases their Energy Reliability Study
These are my observations on the DOE study
Some other comments are: here, here, here, here and here.
The Footprint of Energy: Land Use of U.S. Electricity Production
Scientific American spoofed on wind energy
Taking politics out of climate science
An Inconvenient Deception: How Al Gore Distorts Climate Science and Energy Policy
Naomi Oreskes: VooDoo Scholarship
President scraps federal climate change advisory panel
Computer Program: ‘Global warming not caused by humans’
Study proves that the Earth has a natural thermostat
Greed Energy Economics:
The True Cost of Solar Electricity
Study: New York’s climate goal—staggering costs, no benefits
A Review of the Regional Green Gas Initiative
NYS energy leaders lay out an early blueprint for carbon pricing
Californians in danger of losing their homes as “green energy” loans default
Trump’s solar plan has industry nervous
Yet another renewable energy boondoggle
Turbine Health Matters:
Wind Project affecting well water quality?
Wind developer tries to redefine what is a residence
Renewable Energy Destroying Ecosystems:
Study: Turbines reduce the productivity of surrounding vegetation
Farmers Near Turbines Face Headaches
Solar Energy Is Making Our Planet Sick
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Hidden consequences of intermittent electricity production
Integrating the supposed “social cost of carbon” into wholesale power markets
MIT: Researchers Announce Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
DOE staff releases their Energy Reliability Study
These are my observations on the DOE study
Some other comments are: here, here, here, here and here.
The Footprint of Energy: Land Use of U.S. Electricity Production
Scientific American spoofed on wind energy
Coal plants provide reliable electricity
German Wind Market Threatening to Implode
Oklahoma Attorney General Seeks to Block Largest US Wind Facility
A nanotechnology overnight sensation 30 years in the making!
Concrete Gravity Trains for Energy Storage?
Fair Trade for Thee, but Not for Me
Challenging authority is essential for Scientific progress
MIT: A Thorium-Salt Reactor Has Fired Up for the First Time in Four Decades
Manmade Global Warming Articles:
Taking politics out of climate science
An Inconvenient Deception: How Al Gore Distorts Climate Science and Energy Policy
Naomi Oreskes: VooDoo Scholarship
President scraps federal climate change advisory panel
Computer Program: ‘Global warming not caused by humans’
Study proves that the Earth has a natural thermostat
Peter’s Corner presents: Winds of Change
A critique of the book “Drawdown…”
Upcoming Vatican Climate Change meeting
Senior Researcher Questions Satellite Measurements of Global Sea-Level
Only 28% Believe that Climatologists Understand Climate Change Very Well
Chesapeake Bay Water Intrusion — Not Due to Sea Level Rise
August Arctic Ice Is Not Alarming
Oil and Gas Production not Causing Methane Increase
NASA Senior Scientist Crushes Gore’s New Climate Change Book
Canadian agency drops investigation into climate change “denier” billboards, ads
Weather Channel founder denies climate change
Some Hurricane Harvey Articles
Why Houston Flooding Isn’t a Sign of Climate Change
Global Warming and Hurricane Harvey
Dr. Judith Curry: Hurricane Harvey
Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Coastal wetlands dramatically reduce property losses during hurricanes
Reducing CO2 Emissions Is Not a Useful Substitute for Effective Stormwater Management
Study: Climate-driven variability in the occurrence of major floods across North America and Europe
Drowning The Fake News About Hurricane Harvey
Shame on the eco-ghouls exploiting Hurricane Harvey
Major Hurricane US Strikes Over Past 57 Years Plummet
No, Michael Mann, Global Warming Didn’t Cause Hurricane Harvey’s Devastation
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Energy And Environmental Newsletter – September 5th 2017
By John Droz, Jr ~ This is the latest Energy Related newsletter from John Droz. Longtime readers know that one of my key themes is that lobbyists (e.g. AWEA) have an inordinate influence on our energy and environmental policies. Watch this TV interview…