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Relevance | DateAudubon Goes over the Edge (Jan/Feb 2016 issue promotes anti-science alarmism)
By Robert Endlich -- February 4, 2016 12 Comments“Audubon’s equivocal policy on wind power ostensibly calls on wind energy developers to consider planning, siting, and operating wind farms in a manner that avoids bird carnage and supports ‘strong enforcement’ of laws protecting birds and wildlife. On the other hand, the same Audubon policy speaks about ‘species extinctions and other catastrophic effects of climate change’ and ‘pollution from fossil fuels’.”
The cover of the January-February 2016 issue of Audubon Magazine proclaims: Arctic on the Edge: As global warming opens our most critical bird habitat, the world is closing in. In reality, it is the magazine’s writers and editors who have gone over the edge with their misleading reports on the Arctic.
This magazine is so awash in misstatements of fact and plain ignorance of history, science, and culture, that they must not go unchallenged – especially since they epitomize the false and misleading claims that have characterized far too much of the U.S.…
Continue ReadingIndustrial Wind Siting: Getting Tough (Part 2: Ohio)
By Sherri Lange -- February 3, 2016 8 Comments“As you can see, with larger turbines coming on line, we now have understandings of the effects over distances longer than previously assumed, and that requires us to rethink setbacks. The Shirley Wind Project [in Wisconsin] has engendered such severe health problems that the Public Health Unit declared the wind project a “human health hazard.”
The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has consulted with interested parties to update requirements for industrial wind turbines in the state regarding siting, wildlife impacts, health and safety, construction impacts, decommissioning, shadow flicker, ice throw, and noise (including infrasound).
Governor Kasich has instituted five year re-evaluations of the regulations and statutes under the Common Sense Initiative (Executive Order 2011-OlK). The consultation described here is carried out under the OPSB’s second finding and order in case number 12-1981-EL-BRO, finding 17, which welcomes further consideration of concerns expressed by the Stakeholders.…
Continue ReadingIndustrial Wind Siting: Getting Tough (Part 1: New York)
By Sherri Lange -- February 2, 2016 4 CommentsAbstract: Governor Andrew Cuomo, who supports an energy quota forcing New York to buy half of its energy from qualifying renewables by 2030, does not see the problems that would be caused by coating Upstate, Central and Western New York with sprawling, low-output, intrusive, bird-unfriendly wind turbines. All would be paying for the high upfront costs of the unneeded investment, including additional power lines that will be necessary to run the intermittent, unreliable wind energy from rural New York to New York City. Fortunately, the people are fighting back with proposed ordinances against wind turbines. This is not only good for residents and the environment, it is good for ratepayers across the state and taxpayers across the nation. (Part II tomorrow will overview Ohio’s wind turbine siting debate.)
The New York towns of Yates and Somerset are faced with the prospect of up to 70 massive turbines, 600–630 feet tall, which would tower over everything else.…
Continue ReadingAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: January 25, 2016
By John Droz, Jr. -- January 25, 2016 2 CommentsThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).
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 interesting articles in this issue are:
Five Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Subsidize Wind or Solar
Study: 3.8 Million US Jobs will be Lost in the Transition to Renewables
Turbine Noise Calculations for 1238 Homes
New Research on Turbines Killing Bats
Broken Wing: Birds, Blades and Broken Promises
No Matter Where It’s Sited, Industrial Wind Energy is a NET loser
MIT PhD writes op-ed on some Wind Limitations
Community once in favor of wind energy, now overwhelmingly opposed
Climate Alarmists now Attacking Satellite Data
Climate Change Science & the Climate Change Scare
Paris Agreement: Recycled Socialism
Conservatives, Climate Change, and the Carbon Tax
1400 CEOs – Climate Change Not a Major Worry
1001 Reasons why Global Warming is so Over in 2016
New Scientific Study: “A New View on Climate Change”
The Corrosion of Conformity on Campus
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Greed Energy Economics:
Five Reasons Why We Shouldn’t Subsidize Wind or Solar
Study: 3.8 Million US Jobs will be Lost in the Transition to Renewables
Pope Francis and the Climate for Giving
60 Minutes: China is behind The Great Brain Robbery
Insurers: Global Warming Makes Natural Disasters Less Expensive
The Gov’t Has Spent a Lot on Electric Cars — Is it Worth it?…
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