Energy & Environmental Newsletter: September 5, 2017
By John Droz, Jr. -- September 5, 2017 1 Comment
The 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 True Cost of Solar Electricity
Study: New York’s climate goal—staggering costs, no benefits
A Review of the Regional Green Gas Initiative
Study: Turbines reduce the productivity of surrounding vegetation
Hidden consequences of intermittent electricity production
Integrating the supposed “social cost of carbon” into wholesale power markets
MIT: Researchers Announce Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
DOE staff releases their Energy Reliability Study
These are my observations on the DOE study
Some other comments are: here, here, here, here and here.…
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Does CAP Support Ecoterrorism? (Corporate donors should know)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 29, 2017 No Comments
“If the Center for American Progress endorses blanket ecoterrorism, their many corporate donors need to know. At the very least, these very public enterprises should ask CAP to clearly define what is legitimate protest, what is civil disobedience, and what is ecoterrorism.” (post below)
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In a racketeering case that could result in nearly a billion dollars in fines, the developer behind the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has accused a handful of environmental groups of engaging in eco-terrorism during protests of the pipeline’s construction. The suit could have profound impacts on the future of environmental activism in the Trump-era and beyond.”
– Natasha Geiling, “Dakota Access Developer Calls Environmentalists ‘Terrorists’, Sues for at Least $300 Million,” Think Progress (Center for American Progress), August 23, 2017.
Yes, a very serious and factual case is now in court regarding blatant ecoterrorism in which 761 persons were arrested and charged with crimes against person and property.…
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“Wind Energy Isn’t a Breeze” (Slate looks critically at industrial wind)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- August 28, 2017 4 Comments
“When they try to express concerns [about wind turbines], farmers often face an accusation from those living far away: that they are climate change deniers….. [Q]uestioning wind energy means that ‘people will associate you with Republicans or with the Trump campaign, anti-environment, [but] nothing could be further from the truth.'”
– Leah McBride Mensching, “Wind Energy Isn’t a Breeze.” Slate, August 24, 2017.
“If this Slate article is followed by more such pieces, there will be no way to contain the civil war within the environmental movement between the grass roots and Washington, DC. One can only hope that what should have happened years ago can happen now.” (post below)
Many in the free-market movement, as well as at the environmental grassroots, have been all but amazed at the ability of Washington’s, “green” establishment to smooth over the problems of an energy source that is very land-intensive, remote, and hard-material heavy compared to the energy dense alternatives—from natural gas to nuclear power.…
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