Recent Energy and Environmental News

For the full version of the latest Energy & Environmental Newsletter, please click here… To review some of the highlights, see below.

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To accommodate the diversity of interesting material, the Newsletter articles are subdivided into eleven (11) categories (see below).

My vote for the most outstanding articles this cycle are: Dr. Judith Curry: Madrid and Lessons From Three Decades Of Failed Climate Policy, Climategate: Untangling Myth and Reality Ten Years Later, Global Warming’s Apocalyptic Path, The Incredible Story Of How Climate Change Became Apocalyptic, Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong, Goodbye Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law, short video: The Dark Art of Framing, Why “Green” Energy is a Terrible Idea, Green Energy Studies: Consulting, or Advertising?, America needs to wake up to the real threat.

Energy Economics

Another Round of Energy Pork
With climate change Science and Economics should be paramount
Ontario saves $500± Million by dumping wind turbines
Expect the ECB to Use a “Climate Crisis” to Justify Their Next Stimulus Plan

Wind Energy Ecosystem Impacts

EPA working aggressively to address “forever chemicals” (e.g. in Solar)
This Wood is Key to Wind Energy — Too Bad there’s a Shortage
UK Wind Project Extension: Environmental and Economic Downsides
Seabird Populations Plummet As Offshore Wind Projects Proliferate

NY State’s Race to the Bottom

In NY National Grid fails under pressure
National Grid and Cuomo Settle Moratorium; Who Blinked?
NY PSC Needs To Be Independent Of Cuomo, Not A PawnNY Editorial: Don’t limit access to power grid talks

Nuclear Energy

Rolls Royce wants innovative financing for its first-of-a-kind nuclear SMRs
Short video: Gates Goes Nuclear
Bitter Cold Stops Coal, While Nuclear Power Excels
Nuclear Energy is the Future (click on American flag for English)
Nuclear Power isn’t Green Enough for Germany
Archive: Solar Produces 300 times more waste than Nuclear does

Energy Misc

Why “Green” Energy is a Terrible Idea
Green Energy Studies: Consulting, or Advertising?
Tech Breakthrough Could Spark A Geothermal Energy Boom
Recent DOE Presentation about Geothermal (download)
Some Facts About Energy
MIT: Why electric cars cannot compete against petrol engines
Video: Good talk about the cons of renewable energy
Can we go back to the pre-fossil fuel era?

The UN and Global Warming

Dr. Judith Curry: Madrid and Lessons from 30 Years of Failed Climate Policy
The UN’s impossible climate action pyramid
Principled Inaction in the Face of Climate Change Extremism
30 Years Of UN Climate Policy Failure
COP25: the “easy wins” are coming to an end. What now?
Professor Says UN Could Use Military To Enforce Climate Change Agenda

The European Union and Global Warming

Goodbye Freedom, Democracy and the Rule of Law
EU Parliament’s ‘Climate Emergency’ Will Lead to Disastrous Consequences
Short video: CLINTEL meets with European Parliament
Revolt Brewing Against EU’s ‘Unrealistic’ Climate Goals
Europe’s Climate Fiasco: EU Set to Miss 2030 Climate Goal
European Parliament splits over “climate emergency” motions

Manmade Global Warming (other)

Climategate: Untangling Myth and Reality Ten Years Later
Global Warming’s Apocalyptic Path
The Incredible Story Of How Climate Change Became Apocalyptic
Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong
Who is Winning the Climate Wars?
Educational deficiencies lead to doomsday projections
New Dr. Lindzen Study: On Climate Sensitivity
The great failure of the climate models
Carbon Dioxide Emissions on Steady Upward Trend
Four Renowned Scientists Expose Major IPCC Shortcomings
Report: Carbon Futility — Five Essays on Climate Policy
Alarmists Propose Rebranding ‘Climate Change’ for Greater Shock Value
Good short video: Naomi Seibt on Climate Change
Bishops urge Catholics to divulge ‘eco-sins’ in confession

Misc Education

Creepy: Greta Thunberg Being Taught As Religion In Swedish Schools?
Despite Common Core Promises, U.S. Kids Repeat Poor Performance On Latest Global Tests
A New-Schools Strategy to Fix Higher Education
The Majors that Pay and the Degrees that Don’t for Graduates

Misc US Politics

America needs to wake up to the real threat
President Trump and the Popularity of Socialism
New Poll Shows US Voters Aren’t Buying Into Sales-Pitch For Socialism
Hong Kong protestors sing American National Anthem as thanks
Mask off: Greta Thunberg comes out full Marxist
Greta Thunberg the teenage Climate Puppet has gone Marxist
Climate Change: The Democratic Party’s ultimate coup d’etat
Recommended Gift: Agenda Documentary Package

Science and Misc Matters

Short video: The Dark Art of Framing

Tipping point in civilization: Experts say “listen to children”
Scientific Transparency, The New Trump Administration Proposal
What do ‘Renewable’ and ‘Green’ Mean?
The world is doing much better than the bad news makes us think
Dr. Soon Video: All Green Cash … and Hidden Secrets of Greenpeace
Most Americans Think Cohabitation Is Fine, But That’s Not What Social Science Says

Note 1: We recommend reading the Newsletter on your computer, not your phone, as some documents (e.g. PDFs) are much easier to read on a large computer screen… We’ve tried to use common fonts, etc. to minimize display issues.

Note 2: Originally this was a monthly Newsletter. However, as pertinent material proliferated, it has been issued more frequently. As a guideline once we collect a hundred worthwhile articles, a new Newsletter will be issued on the following Monday. Recently this has resulted in a once every three weeks frequency — and occasionally once every two weeks.

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