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By John Droz, Jr. -- October 26, 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 interesting articles in this issue are:
Wind Turbines Proven to be Threat to People’s Health
The Secret is Out: Wind is Wimpy
An Environmentalist’s Take: Blowing It On the Wind
Wind Turbines Are Killing Bats And Hurting Farmers
Stanford Report: Solar Plants Could ‘Obliterate’ Unique Ecosystems
The “uncertainty loop” haunting our climate models
How a liberal environmentalist switched from climate proponent to skeptic
US Senator Ted Cruz Reams Head of Sierra Club
EPA’s Disastrous “Clean Power” Plan
PhD: Europe’s Climate Policy Does Nothing for Climate
Top Physicist Bolts from Global Warming
Environmental activists turn up the rhetorical heat
The Only Global Warming Chart You’ll Need From Now On
Why Greenhouse Gas Theory is Wrong — An Examination of the Theoretical Basis
The IPCC’s Legion of Hacks and Dunces
The Futility and Farce of Climate Negotiations
Greed Energy Economics:
An Environmentalist’s Take: Blowing It On the Wind
AEA important new webpage: End Wind Welfare
Ten Reasons to End the Wind PTC
Wind Project Officials Differ On Need for Subsidies
Followup: Wind Energy’s True Costs
3 days plus 3 EPA regulations equals $6 billion in new costs
European Renewables Investment Heads Towards Zero
UK Wind Energy Constraint Payments
The Social Costs of Renewable Energy
Wind Projects excluded from some NY PILOT Agreements
Renewable Energy Pushes European Electricity Costs Higher
Turbine Health Matters:
Wind turbines proven to be threat to people’s health
Wind developer moves turbine at ill citizen’s formal request
Citizens file a (non-wind) lawsuit against noise and property devaluation
Renewable Energy and Environmental Matters:
Wind Turbines Are Killing Bats And Hurting Farmers
Stanford Report: Solar Plants Could ‘Obliterate’ Unique Ecosystems
Solar batteries—are they really green?…
Continue ReadingAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: October 5, 2015
By John Droz, Jr. -- October 5, 2015 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.
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Some of the more informative articles in this issue are:
Fraud and Corruption in the Power Generation Industry
Appeals court blasts US Government’s view of key bird law
Study: Intermittency of UK Wind Power Generation 2013 and 2014
CO2 Emissions Reductions – What History Teaches Us
Wind Energy’s Claim that it’s “Clean” is not true
Saving the Environment from Environmentalism
Study: Energy Efficiency Investments Do NOT Deliver
Continue ReadingOPIC’s Charter Has Expired: Now Let’s Close It
By Ryan Young -- October 1, 2015 1 Comment“In 2014, more than 40 percent of its resources went to renewable energy projects. Environmental advocacy groups such as Greenpeace largely support OPIC’s recent emphasis on renewable energy, but still criticize OPIC’s continued support of energy-related projects that use fossil fuels.”
A small victory for taxpayers and cronyism foes occurred today with the expiration of the charter of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a government lending agency. The agency is still open, but like its sister the Export-Import Bank (EXIM), whose charter expired this June 30, it cannot engage in new business.
OPIC and EXIM remain open to service existing loans, however, and reauthorization would bring them back to full life.
Background
OPIC’s three key policy objectives are to:
- Stimulate economic development in developing countries;
- Make foreign policy gestures on behalf of the U.S.
Shale Shock: A New, Better Energy World
By Steve Goreham -- September 30, 2015 1 Comment“The anti-fossil fuel environmental movement is in despair. For decades, proponents of the ideology of sustainable development preached that humanity was running out of oil and gas, that consumption of hydrocarbons was destroying the climate, and that renewable energy was rapidly becoming a cost-effective alternative. But the Shale Shock has slain peak oil and promises low-cost oil and gas for centuries to come.”
The world has changed. Although few yet understand it, the revolution in the production of oil and natural gas from shale has altered the course of global energy, affecting most of the world’s people. This is not a short-term event. Citizens, industries, and nations will be impacted for decades to come.
We are witnessing a modern energy miracle. For more than 30 years, US crude oil production fell from 9.6 million barrels per day in 1970 to 5 million barrels per day in 2008.…
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