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2020 Energy & Environmental Newsletters 2020 Energy & Environmental Newsletters (1700± Studies, Reports & Articles on Energy, Environment, Education, etc.) The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy, environmental and educational policies, worldwide. Our premise is that technical matters (like climate change, our energy options, etc.) should be addressed by using Real Science. (Please see WiseEnergy.org for more information.) A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every 2-4 weeks we put together a Newsletter to try to balance what is found in the mainstream media about Energy, Environmental and Educational issues. To review and research the last 11± years of our Newsletter, see this. Note 1: The Newsletters complement what’s on the AWED website: WiseEnergy.org. Note 2: For links to other excellent sources of articles on Energy and Environmental matters please see the “Current News” page on our website. Note 3: The purpose of this extensive compilation is to make it easier to search for pertinent studies, reports and articles on a specific topic (e.g. wind energy interference with the military). It is advisable to try multiple search words — e.g. military, army, navy, etc. (Search terms are case insensitive on this PDF document.) Note 4: We originally verified that all the links below worked. — but over time these can change. If you find any errors, please email John Droz [aaprjohn at northnet dot org] and we will try to make corrections. This is Rev: 8-10-20. --------------------------------------------- Recent Special Reports: The Big Picture The Russian/Chinese Plan to Bring Us Down The Four Pillars Supporting Climate Change Claims Climate Change: The Defense of CO2 Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change Why Aren’t Conservatives Doing a Better Job of Public Relations? Peer Review is Just Brass Plating — not a Gold Standard Michael Moore’s Movie: Planet of the Humans —————————————————————— — Page 1 — AWED 1/6/20 Energy & Environmental Newsletter Greed Energy Economics: The world is investing less in renewable energy Big Green Lobbies to Steal from the Poor and Give to the Rich Climate alarmist banks go carbon-colonialist Video: What the Divestment Movement Doesn't Understand Falmouth (MA) Turns Climate Crisis Into A Bold Corruption Crisis AWEA Applauds Another PTC Extension I thought the wind industry didn't need subsidies any more? UK Offshore Wind Projects Pays $4.5M After Power Failure Environmental Advocates of New York and Friends Bleeding Upstate Dry Renewable Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences: Watch 30 seconds of this video re wind turbine blade toxicity Mosquitoes and Climate Change (and Turbines) The Environmental Costs of Renewable Energy Are Staggering Nuclear Energy: US to lose 1.7 GW of nuclear power next year Russia's New Floating Nuclear Power Plant Begins Delivering Electricity How The U.S. Navy Remains The Masters Of Modular Nuclear Reactors Abundant Energy for Everyone on Earth TRISO Particles: The Most Robust Nuclear Fuel on Earth Lovelock: Any Further Interference with Nuclear Power Is Likely to Be Disastrous Misc Energy: The decade that blew up energy predictions President Trump Issues One of His Greatest Takedowns of Wind Energy Citizens Using Civil Disobedience to Protect Their Rights (e.g. against wind energy) The Green Road to Serfdom China Adding New Coal Power Plants Equivalent to Entire European Union Capacity The Future of Oil, Gas, and Coal: Stranded Assets or Safe Refuge? Renewables 'hit a wall' in saturated Upper Midwest grid A rough road ahead for electric cars Short video: Converting Plastics to Fuel Energy Stats Prove the U.S. Is the Star Performer: Thanks to Natural Gas! — Page 2 — Manmade Global Warming: Short Video: What I Wasn’t Told About Climate Change (from IPA) Short Video: The Top Climate Crisis Scam of 2019 The End of a Decade When Climate Change Alarmism Tipped Into Climate Change Hysteria It will take a lot more than science to convince climate activists that they are wrong. How Billionaires Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomberg Corrupted Climate Science Lomborg: Your electric car and vegetarian diet are pointless virtue signaling... 350 Peer-Reviewed Papers Since 2017 Subvert Climate Change Claims TedX video: Climate Change Realities UN’s Madrid Climate Meetings Produce Net-Zero Benefits Who Is Winning The Climate Wars? (2) Tough Times For Climate Alarmists The climate catastrophists’ attack on dissent Short Video: Absolutist Greenies want to live in a climate change fairytale Archive: The hidden agenda behind 'climate change' New Good Book: Scapegoat CO2 We’re Getting a Clearer Picture of the Climate Future — and It’s Not as Bad as It Once Looked A year of climate madness looms Time to Fan the Flames of Civil War Between Climate Alarmists and Their Allies MIT’s new (and simple, but accurate?) Future Climate Simulator 170 Years Of Earth Surface Temperature Data Exposes The Climate Lie Archive: Earth's orbital changes have influenced climate for 215± million years Short video: Ian Plimer on Climate Change, etc. Green civil war in Germany? 2019 Science Data Refutes Climate Alarm On Every Front Video re UN: Will Changing Global Currency Stop Climate Change? A fun contest: "Lies, Damn Lies And Tall Climate Tales" Dr. Peter Ridd's Coral Challenge Updated Analysis Shows Climate Models Continue to Predict Too Much Warming Interview w Tony Heller re Climate Change US Politics and Related: Prager Video: Should Decent People Support Trump? Powerful video: Spygate One Year Later — Page 3 — Impeachment: Big Ego's, Bad Attitudes The Perils of Congressional Bipartisanship Economic vs. Cultural Marxism: The Most Important Distinction A Few things We Could Live Without in 2020 China a Big Military Threat in Key Tech Arenas Generation Z and its implications (note charts!) The Killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani | Initial Observations The Profumo affair explains how we live now Science and Misc Matters: Australia: It has been hotter, fires have burnt larger areas Archive: Green ideology, not climate change, makes bushfires worse Tomorrow’s Gods: What is the future of religion? The Religion of Climatism Alex Epstein video: The most important New Year’s resolution Why Americans Fear Trial by Jury Five 2020 doomsday predictions that didn't pan out --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AWED 1/13/20 Energy & Environmental Newsletter Australian Fires and Climate Change: Dr. Spencer: Are Australia Bushfires Worsening from Human-Caused Climate Change? Video: The Truth About the Australian Bushfires Don’t blame climate change for Australian wildfires Hijacking Australian 2019 Bushfire Tragedies to Fear-monger Climate Change Dr. David Packham’s government submission re Australian Bushfires Audio: Dr. David Packham on what’s really causing the bushfires Australia’s Epic Fires Caused By Bad Forestry And Arson, Not Climate Change Australia Fires … And Misfires Australia: It has been hotter, fires have burnt larger areas Environmentalists Made Australia’s Bush Fires Worse Why Worse Wildfires (part 1) Why Worse Wildfires (part 2) Short video about Australia’s Forest Mismanagement The Insane True Cause Of Australia’s Bush Fires The disastrous fires in Australia are man-caused, but they're not climate change — Page 4 — Report: Arson Epidemic, Not Climate Change, Behind Australia’s Bushfires Archive: Green ideology, not climate change, makes bushfires worse Archive: a 2015 Warning (that was largely ignored) The Green Agenda Is Exacerbating Australia's Wildfire Problem Australian wildfires were caused by humans, not climate change There’s Only One Way To Make Bushfires Less Powerful: Take Out The Stuff That Burns Natural Resilience: Photos Show The Australian Bush Coming Back To Life Just Weeks After Being Decimated By Fires Record Heat and Cold Expose Climate Alarmists' Bias Australian bush fires of the year 2019 same of the great fire of Rome of the year 64 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AWED 1/20/20 Energy & Environmental Newsletter Greed Energy Economics: Special interest groups vow to continue push for energy credits A Decade of Wind Energy Subsidies Reform USAID energy aid policies now! A reflection on the cost of reducing emissions in Ontario’s electricity system Another Expensive Solar Scheme Bites the Dust This $1 Billion Solar Plant Is an Obsolete, Expensive Flop NY Energy Bill from Cuomo to Consumers Could Top $47 Billion! Wind Energy Is Still Beating Solar Energy in Washington DC In UK ~$900 Million (US) spent to shut off wind turbines The feds bet $737 million on a salt tower for solar power. Guess what happened? Renewable Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In The Landfill Government official: Germans who live near wind turbines be compensated Wind Turbines could be final nail in coffin for seabirds Essex Solar (VA) agrees to pay a $245,000 civil penalty for alleged water violations Sound Expert Disputes Wind Energy Proponents’ Noise Claims Nuclear Energy: Nuclear in 2020: a global look ahead US Congress approves Historic Funding for Nuclear — Page 5 — I Simply Want Much More Nuclear Power Federal setbacks to nuclear energy will harm climate Natural Gas Energy: Europe’s Green Energy Policy Is A Complete & Utter Mess How The US Shale Revolution Changed The Face Of Geopolitics The Fracking Decade Natural Gas Does A Lot More Than Just Reduce CO2; It Saves
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