This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Epstein: Why the proposed “phaseout” of IRA subsidies is unacceptable
*** Victory for energy freedom: the House (finally) limits IRA subsidies
*** New report: The true affordability of net zero
The truth about power bill increases

Unreliables (General):
*** The Achilles Heel of Wind and Solar
Economic prosperity demands continuous and uninterruptible electricity
Wasting Away in Wind-and-Solarville

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Allies Sue Federal Agencies Over Unlawful Authorization of Empire Wind Project
Letitia James has ‘no leg to stand on’ in lawsuit against Trump offshore wind order, experts say
Rest in Peace, Nils Stolpe, Fisheries Guru
After nearly four decades, Jerry Schill bows out of N.C.…

“There’s a time and a place to platform climate deniers, and it’s never and nowhere.” (- Benjamin Leffel, professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, below)

It began with this post from UNLV’s climate alarmist/activist Benjamin Leffel. previously profiled at MasterResource.

Fun bringing together some of the top minds on China and climate change during my visit to Berkeley, my friends Nan Zhou, Jingjing Zhang (Berkeley Lab), Weila Gong (California-China Climate Institute ) and Kaihui Song (Energy and Resources Group | University of California, Berkeley). Looking forward to further brainstorming new research on climate solutions!

I responded: “Any skeptics of climate alarm in the group? Should there be?”

Leffel: No to both, because unlike yourself, they’re credentialed researchers and do not take money from big oil.…

“The Trump administration is cutting funding for climate research across all federal departments…. Maybe it’s time for NASA to stick to space exploration, NOAA to stick to weather forecasting, and for the climate models to be shut down.”

Climate models have been the basis for concern about climate change for more than 35 years. The US government, the United Nations, and organizations across the world have used model projections to warn about global warming and to demand a shift to renewable energy. But Trump administration budget cuts at NASA, NOAA, and other federal agencies threaten to shut down the models, the heart of climate change alarmism.

In June of 1988, Senator Tim Wirth, then chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, held the first-ever hearing on the science of climate change.…

“Scientists, engineers, and policymakers must reject symbolic solutions and focus on measurable, scalable, and scientifically robust strategies. Not all gases are equally dangerous, and not all solutions are equally wise.”

S.L. Cressey’s No Son, There Won’t Be a Hydrogen Economy is a sharp, data-driven critique of the growing hype surrounding hydrogen as a future energy source. The central argument of the book is clear and unwavering: while hydrogen may have limited industrial and aerospace applications, the broader vision of a global “hydrogen economy” is fundamentally flawed—technically, economically, and especially environmentally.

The hydrogen movement, in short, can be likened to “cargo cult science”—a term popularized by physicist Richard Feynman to describe efforts that mimic the appearance of scientific rigor without engaging with its foundational principles.

The book dispels the prospects of hydrogen as a miracle climate solution.…