AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: July 13, 2015

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.

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Some particularly good articles in this issue are:

Wind Energy More Expensive and Pointless Than You Thought

Electricity from New Wind is Four Times More Costly than Existing Nuclear

Bill Gates: Cost of switching to renewables is “beyond astronomical”

Radio interview: Living with Wind Turbines

German Energy Plan Based on Unexamined Green Movement Beliefs

Powerless in Dubai

Fossil Fuels and Mankind

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Says Obama Is ‘Dead Wrong’ On Global Warming

Whatever Happened to Common Sense Regarding Climate Change?

The Subversion of Science by Green/Left Politics

The Climate Wars’ Damage to Science

Climate Alarmism Unfounded

Greed Energy Economics:

Wind Energy More Expensive and Pointless Than You Thought

Electricity from New Wind is Four Times More Costly than Existing Nuclear

250 onshore UK wind projects scrapped as taxpayer subsidies are axed

Government: Green energy subsidies spiral out of control

White House touts EPA emission rules as long-term subsidy for wind

Renewable backers prep for US Senate extenders markup

An Open Letter to Senator Hatch regarding the Wind PTC

How Wealthy Donors Use the Sierra Club to Push Their Agenda

Turbine Health Matters:

Noise pollution is a health issue

Turbine Wildlife Matters:

Why are greens so keen to destroy the world’s wildlife?

Miscellaneous Energy New:

Bill Gates: Cost of switching to renewables is “beyond astronomical”

German energy plan based on unexamined green movement beliefs

Powerless in Dubai

Colette McLean on Living with Wind Turbines (radio interview)

The Green Mirage – and Con Job

Lawmakers pass bill to let some Mainers pull out of wind permitting area

Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Deployment in the UK

EPA doesn’t care about Oregon’s low-carbon footprint

Connecticut regulators reject Iberdrola’s bid

Hot Springs Geothermal in Perspective

Scotland: Wind Farm Impacts Study

Manmade Global Warming Articles:

Fossil Fuels and Mankind

Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Says Obama Is ‘Dead Wrong’ On Global Warming

Whatever Happened to Common Sense Regarding Climate Change?

The Subversion of Science by Green/Left Politics

The Climate Wars’ Damage to Science

Climate Alarmism Unfounded

Met Office says temperatures could plummet as Sun enters cooler phase

US House votes to weaken Obama’s climate rule

Left Wing Think Tank Helped Craft EPA Press Strategy

Sustainability Project

Pope’s Climate Advisor is an atheist

Pope’s Thinking is Outdated

Green Pope Goes Medieval on Planet

Our proposed national energy slogan is “All of the Sensible” (in contrast to the absurd “All of the Above”). Once legislators have grasped that concept, the foolishness of the “leveling the playing field” idea also becomes apparent. (Should the 18-wheeler trucks and golf cart playing field be leveled?) Additionally we should be using the term “unreliables” when speaking of renewables. Please pass these on. [US citizens should make sure to get up-to-speed with what is on our PTCFacts.Info pages, as the PTC is still a political issue.]

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