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Energy and Environmental Review: June 20, 2022

By -- June 20, 2022

Ed. note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete MBN for this post can be found here.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** Backup battery cost fantasies abound
*** Runaway energy prices require a green energy rethink
1000s Of Sydney Homes Plunged Into Darkness As Aussie ‘Price Cap’ Policy Sparks Energy Shortage
Upstate New York will foot the bill for downstate’s clean energy costs

Renewables (General):
*** Clean Green Energy – Net Zero – Fairy Tales on Steroids
*** Renewable Energy — or Reliable Energy — But Not Both
*** The Biden Admin Wants Censorship Of Renewable Energy Critics
*** In the dark on the power struggle: inconvenient truth proves renewables can’t cut it
How will hydropower bolster a renewable energy world?

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‘The Energy Poverty Prevention and Accountability Act’ (H.R. 4266)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 17, 2022

“to prevent energy poverty and to ensure that each at-risk community has access to affordable energy, the United States should ensure that laws relating to environmental and energy policy, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, do not have the effect of increasing the cost of energy for any at-risk community.”

It is time to play offense to put consumers and taxpayers first, while addressing inflation and fiscal imprudence. It is time for “social justice” in its rightful sense of preventing government intervention from hurting the most vulnerable–and everyone else in the same swoop. Yesterday’s post highlighting Derrick Hollie’s work in this area is an excellent start.

It is high time for free market energy reform in place of climate alarmism/forced energy transformation.

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The Energy Poverty Project: ‘Social Justice’ in Action

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 16, 2022

“The Energy Poverty Project (EPP) is an international organization that advocates for minimizing burdensome regulations, promoting human health, combating energy poverty, and improving the quality of life for all people regardless of their race or community.”

Derrick Hollie, head of Reaching America and host of Reaching America on Demand, is a man to watch. And his Energy Poverty Project has the capability and promise to change the debate, reorienting ESG and getting corporate America to think in terms of consumers and taxpayers first.

Hollie has been profiled before at MasterResource. His credentials and motivations are impeccable. He says what he means and means what he says. He is a voice for the future and for the majority of his fellow citizens.

The three major planks of Hollie’s new Energy Poverty Project read:

Energy Poverty

OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THE U.S.

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Book Review: “How the World Really Works” (Vaclav Smil)

By -- June 15, 2022
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“Libertarian Seeks Burial of ‘Dead Hand’ DOE” (Natural Gas Week, February 6, 1995)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 14, 2022
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Biden’s Virtue-Signaling: The Costs of Climate Policy

By David Simon -- June 13, 2022
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Offshore Obstructionism: Letter to Biden (July 1, 2022, deadline nears)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 10, 2022
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Elevated CO2 and the Enhancement of Plant Medicinal Properties

By -- June 9, 2022
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‘Calif. Dilemma: Fight Climate Change and Keep on the Lights’ (energy reality at E&E)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 8, 2022
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Political Economy Energy Terms

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 7, 2022
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