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Relevance | DateU.S. Wind Energy Policy: Correcting the Abuse in 100 Days (Part I)
By Lisa Linowes -- February 2, 2017 13 Comments“Obama’s green energy agenda meant advancing wind interests at any cost, and it shows. The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) now estimates the total cost of the wind production tax credit in the years 2016–2020 at $23.7 billion.”
“Public opposition to projects has significantly intensified as turbines standing over 500-feet tall were repeatedly sited near homes and sensitive natural habitats. Still, the [Obama] administration remained unequivocal in its advocacy.”
Land-based wind energy experienced the fastest growth in installed capacity under the Obama presidency, achieving a three-fold increase from 25,000 megawatts (MW) in 2008 to over 75,000 megawatts today. By the end of 2016, wind represented about 5.5% of total U.S. generation (megawatt hours). [1]
The Obama White House, in concert with Senate Democrats, systematically pushed through regulation that dramatically raised wind subsidies, fast-tracked project development, funded policy reports that benefited the sector, and generally placed industry interests ahead of public interests and assets.…
Continue ReadingEnergy & Environmental Newsletter: January 2, 2017
By John Droz, Jr. -- January 2, 2017 No 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:
Outstanding podcast on Energy and Climate Change
Excellent Study: Energy Deregulation
Per Capita Energy Productivity for Primary Sources of Electrical Energy
China Closer to Harnessing Clean, Limitless Energy from Nuclear Fusion
Trump Has Better Ideas on Energy
Cutting the Crap at DOE (See new Newsletter section on Trump & Energy)
Sweden Denies Permit for World’s Largest Wind Project, Due to its Military Interference
Obsolete Calculations of Cost of Carbon
Southern Baptist leaders defend Trump’s pick to lead EPA (See new Newsletter section on Trump & AGW)
100% Of US Warming Is Due To NOAA Data Tampering
New Study Casts Doubt on Key Climate Change Predicting Metric
97% Consequential Misperceptions: Ethics of Consensus on Global Warming
Biggest Fake News Story: Global Warming and Phony Consensus
Skeptical Climate Scientists Coming In From the Cold
Greed Energy Economics:
Per Capita Energy Productivity for Primary Sources of Electrical Energy
The $3.5 Trillion Fracking Economy Is About To Get A Lot Bigger
More IRS Wind Energy Shenanigans
Turbine Health Matters:
Ontario Wind Turbine Health Study Begins
EPA’s Study of Hydraulic Fracturing and Its Potential Impact on Drinking Water Resources
Renewable Energy Destroying Ecosystems:
The Environmental Toll of a Netflix Binge
Final US wind-turbine rule permits thousands of eagle deaths
EPA Finds No Widespread Water Pollution From Fracking
Fracking-Contaminated Groundwater: The Myth that Failed
UK Court Gives Fracking Green Light
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Outstanding podcast on Energy and Climate Change
Excellent Study: Energy Deregulation
China closer to harnessing clean, limitless energy from nuclear fusion
Sweden denies permit for world’s largest wind project, as it would interfere with its military
Wind turbines hinder military readiness, Texas state lawmaker argues
Look at Reviving a Discounted Source of Energy
Three worthwhile SMR presentations
UK Electricity Part 3: Wind and Solar
Why Big Mining Loves Big Green
NYS Cuts 2017 Renewable Energy Targets by 94%
NY County Passes Broad Resolution Against Wind Turbines
Trump and Energy:
Trump Has Better Ideas on Energy
Trump Signals Push for American Energy Boom
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 ReadingShelter Ontario’s Citizens from Industrial-Wind’s Tempest: III
By Sherri Lange -- December 9, 2016 3 CommentsFollowing is the third and final part of a letter adapted from one sent to the Office of Ombudsman of Ontario, on November 28, 2016, by Sherri Lange, CEO North American Platform Against Wind Power (NA-PAW). This part concerns the exploitative character of industrial wind. The first part of this letter was published on Wednesday, December 7, and the second part on Thursday, December 8.
The definition of “exploitation” is “to take advantage of (a person, situation, etc.) especially unethically or unjustly for one’s own ends.” In every sense, the wind industry in Ontario has taken advantage of the Green Energy Act’s pervasive powers to subvert, for its own ends, every protection of our citizens’ health and the environment
Having focused earlier on the health effects of industrial wind, we wish to impress upon you, more briefly, its impacts also on the environment, the economy, communities, property values, and water.…
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