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By John Droz, Jr. -- September 14, 2015 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.
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Some of the more informative articles in this issue are:
How a NC Wind Project Undermines US National Security
An Open Letter To Amazon about the NC Desert Wind project
China drastically reducing wind and solar subsidies
UK PM Cameron: “Get Rid of the Green Crap”
Video: Wind Turbines Can Cause Human Health Impacts
AWEA’s Eagle Mortality Defense: A Response
The story behind “Renewables” and “Sustainability”
“Renewable” Energy – Powerful Words Make Us Do Stupid Things
Report: Private Interest and Public Office
Greed Energy Economics:
China drastically reducing wind and solar subsidies
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Call for Ending Energy Subsidies
UK PM Cameron: “Get Rid of the Green Crap”
Talk Is Cheap but Renewable Energy Is Not
Study: Wind Energy has Diminishing Returns
Wind Energy Profits Gone with the Wind
Wind Farm Investment Plunges With Power Prices in Nordic Region
Transparency lacking in state energy moves
Uncle Sam’s Solar Racket — A Cesspool Of Waste And Corruption
NC Shouldn’t Renew ‘Renewable’ Handouts
NC’s RPS cost = $3,800 per NC family
NC’s Energy Policy is “Morally Repugnant”
Turbine Health Matters:
Video: Wind Turbines Can Cause Human Health Impacts
New Research: Less Sleep Causes Higher Chance of Sickness
Web MD: Ten Things to Hate About Sleep Loss
Healthline: The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on the Body
Harvard: Consequences of Insufficient Sleep
NIH: Consequences of Sleep Loss
NHS: Why Lack of Sleep is Bad for Your Health
More deaths from relocation than from Fukushima or tsunami
Turbine Wildlife Matters:
AWEA’s Eagle Mortality Defense: A Response
Raisin Supreme Court ruling seen as lifeline for endangered species
Is wind energy development, killing the green energy movement?…
Continue ReadingPope Francis on Climate Change: An Encyclical Failure
By James Rust -- June 23, 2015 4 Comments“There’s nothing that does so much harm as good intentions.”
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.”
– Milton Friedman
On May 24, 2015, Pope Francis issued his ENCYCLICAL LETTER LAUDATO SI (Praise Be To You) OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS ON CARE OF OUR COMMON HOME.
The 184-page letter consists of 246 paragraphs of which seven (paragraphs 20–26) are devoted to POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE. This document followed a one-day conference, Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity: The Moral Dimensions of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, to which The Heartland Institute and Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) sent scientific representatives. Unfortunately, they were not allowed to speak at the conference; but they created sensational news across the world by well attended press conferences.…
Continue ReadingAustralian Avian Mortality: The Cover-Up (similarities to the U.S.)
By Mark Duchamp -- June 4, 2015 1 Comment“Out-of-control windfarm development is hurting many protected species, riding as it does on the optimistic estimates put out by hired consultants, government agencies, bird societies, the wind industry and its agents, and pro-wind activists. It is also facilitated by considerable flows of public money, in the form of subsidies, tax credits, special loans, carbon certificates, and more. These millions of dollars (billions in those countries that have thousands of wind turbines) enable private interests to remove all obstacles to their greed, and this includes overriding nature protection legislation.”
Something obviously happened between the high mortality found in the early days of wind farms (see the work of biologists such as Winkelman, Benner, Lekuona, and Everaert) and present estimates as low as one bird per turbine/year being “predicted” in Australia (see post yesterday), France, the UK, and other countries.…
Continue ReadingCornwall Alliance to Pope Francis: Be Realistic for Humanity’s Sake (energy/climate policy in the balance)
By E. Calvin Beisner -- April 28, 2015 2 Comments“We believe it is both unwise and unjust to adopt policies requiring reduced use of fossil fuels for energy. Such policies would condemn hundreds of millions of our fellow human beings to ongoing poverty. We respectfully appeal to you to advise the world’s leaders to reject them.”
“The risks of poverty and misguided energy policies that would prolong it far outweigh the risks of climate change. Adequate wealth enables human persons to thrive in a wide array of climates, hot or cold, wet or dry. Poverty undermines human thriving even in the very best of climates.”
As world leaders contemplate a climate agreement, many look to you for guidance. We commend you for your care for the earth and God’s children, especially the poor. With this letter we raise some matters of concern that we ask you to consider as you convey that guidance.…
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