Energy & Environmental Review: March 17, 2025

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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.

Unreliables (Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences):
It’s a 100% flip: Reuters suddenly admits Net Zero policies have been a resounding failure
Wind farm owners admit liability to nuisance claims made by Irish couple

Unreliables (General):
*** Bogus Myths Created to Promote Renewables
*** The Green Energy Delusion
NY State’s green energy policy brings a world of hurt
Towns and States Don’t Want Green Energy

Wind Energy — Other:
Short video: Save the Wild West from Wind Industrialization

Solar Energy:
Hail storm destroys thousands of solar panels in Texas

Nuclear Energy:
Small Modular Reactors will benefit developing economies
The Future of Clean Energy Looks Increasingly Nuclear

Fossil Fuel Energy:
Surging LNG Exports Show US is a Global Nat Gas Superpower

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** 9 Takeaways from the JP Morgan Chase Energy Study You Won’t Want to Miss
*** Epstein: How to Solve America’s Electricity Crisis
*** Energy Secretary Vows Reversal of Biden Climate Policies
DOE Chris Wright: “We need more energy.

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CFACT: Stop Offshore Wind!

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 13, 2025 4 Comments

Ed note: One of the nation’s leading environmental organizations, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, has done their homework on the ecological harms of offshore wind turbines. This letter to Secretary Burgum of the U.S. Department of the Interior from David Wojick (CFACT) and David Stevenson (Center for Energy & Environment, Caesar Rodney Institute) follows.

A previous post, Whales and Offshore Wind: Trump Time (Wojick has built a case), detailed the forty-one (!) posts of David Wojick on this issue. The latest is to put the evidence into political action now that look-the-other-way Podesta-Biden-Harris (and a lot of hypocritical ‘environmental’ groups) has been replaced by a new Administration. The letter and accompanying information follow.

RE: Reviewing legitimacy of Offshore Wind Project approvals

Dear Secretary Burgum,

It is with a sense of real urgency we are writing to you today.…

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Peak Air Pollution: The Increasing Sustainability of Fossil Fuels

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 11, 2025 No Comments

Earlier this year, Our World in Data published a Daily Data on global air pollution. Hannah Ritchie, deputy director and science outreach lead, wrote:

Global emissions of local air pollutants have probably passed their peak. The chart [below] shows estimates of global emissions of pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (which causes acid rain), nitrogen oxides, and black and organic carbon. These pollutants are harmful to human health and can also damage ecosystems.

It looks like emissions have peaked for almost all of these pollutants. Global air pollution is now falling, and we can save many lives by accelerating this decline. The exception is ammonia, which is mainly produced by agriculture. Its emissions are still rising.

Source: Community Emissions Data System (CEDS).

Hannah Ritchie notes that some countries are lagging, getting worse.…

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Modernize EPA! (CEI guidebook is out)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 10, 2025 No Comments

“Kudos to CEI for its unwavering dedication to principled scholarship in its long, oft-ignored fight against junk science and creeping Statism in energy and environmental issues. Their time has finally come to be on offense–and at the pinnacle of political power that they want to diminish.”

A reform movement has begun to revamp the politicized, off-track U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a scholarly think/do tank, has just released Modernizing the EPA: A Blueprint for Congress (website here) to raise the debate for intellectuals, the public, and lawmakers.

CEI’s blueprint just begins a long-term project on EPA reform. Why? As the press release explains:

The EPA arguably has the largest regulatory effect on the lives of everyday Americans compared to other federal agencies. According to the Office of Management and Budget, more than half of all federal regulatory costs can be attributed to the EPA.

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Climate Annoying? Open the Mind Instead

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 6, 2025 3 Comments Continue Reading

WSJ Energy Feature Errant, Politically Obsolete (Sheridan rebuts)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- March 4, 2025 1 Comment Continue Reading

Energy & Environmental Review: March 3, 2025

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“Save NOAA Stop DOGE” Climate Protest

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 28, 2025 12 Comments Continue Reading

The Great Texas Blackout (2021): When the Free Market Electricity Debate Began

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Adler on Climate Policy: More Vague, Weak Argumentation

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- February 19, 2025 2 Comments Continue Reading