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By Wayne Lusvardi -- December 13, 2016 3 Comments(* Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act, 2017 – WIIN Act)
“There is no drought….If I win, believe me, we’re going to start opening up the water so that your farmers can survive” – Candidate Donald J. Trump, May 27, 2016, Fresno, California
“If we don’t move now, we run the real risk of legislation that opens up the Endangered Species Act in the future, when Congress will again be under Republican control, this time backed by a Trump administration.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), “Latest Compromise Drought Relief Bill Receives Praise, Opposition”, Capital Press, December 7, 2016.
President-Elect Donald J. Trump is poised to score a win-WIIN deal in the California water war as Congress has passed the bi-partisan Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act – Senate Bill 612). …
Continue ReadingModelling Global Warming Policy Decisions: Mitigation Fails
By Kent Hawkins -- 2 Comments“The diversion of the associated massive investment of national wealth away from mitigation to adaption policies is most likely our best chance of meeting all the other major threats to humanity, many of which are more ‘clear and present’ than global warming.”
How are the vast majority of us to assess the claims of problematic global warming and mandated responses? At present, we are simply being told by ‘experts’ what is happening, and what we must do about it. The task of properly assessing climate issues is very complex, and individually we do not have the time to devote to the immense task of properly doing this.
One helpful approach is a simple decision tree model to evaluate policy options for global warming that has been published by Michael Cochrane, whose background includes a Ph.D.…
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Newsletter: December 12, 2016
By John Droz, Jr. -- December 12, 2016 1 CommentThe 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 important articles in this issue are:
The Obama administration lawlessly rewards its supporters and punishes its enemies
Renewables Should No Longer Have Grid Priority: E.U. Energy Commissioner
View from the Third World: The World Needs More Energy
House Bill would penalize any wind project within 40 miles of a US military base (HR-6397)
GAO: The Renewable Fuel Standard program is unlikely to meet its targets
Go Big: Eliminate the US Department of Energy
Questions for New DOE Head Person
Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste into Diamond Batteries That’ll Last for Thousands of Years
“InvEnergy owes Champaign County (IL) $480,298 in unpaid taxes”
Actual wind energy costs are over 31¢/KWH
NY Households with alternative energy suppliers paid $817 million extra
Effects of Wind Turbine Acoustic Emissions (Schomer: 2015)
Are Wind Turbines Too Close To Communities?…
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Newsletter: November 28, 2016
By John Droz, Jr. -- November 28, 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 important articles in this issue are:
Crossroads III, Energy and Climate Policy Summit (DC: 12/8/16)
Lomborg: Trump’s climate plan might not be so bad after all
What Trump Should Do with the Paris Treaty
Keep Science and Scientists Credible
Some Methodological Issues in Climate Science
The EPA Shows Again That It’s an Affront to Common Sense
2016 State of the Climate Report
Half Of Global Warming Alarmist Research Papers Might Be Wrong
Global Warming: Policy Hoax versus Dodgy Science
Satellite Data Reinstates Global Temperature Pause
100+ Scientific Papers From 2016 Link Solar Forcing To Climate Change
Time to Cut Our Losses on Big Wind
The Latest List of Turbine Accidents (now almost two thousand)
Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy Series: Part1, Part 2, Part 3.…
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