AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter - 6/15/20

Energy & Environmental Newsletter - 6/15/20 Guaranteed interesting & informative or double your money back.

AWED Friends:

Our latest Energy & Environmental Newsletter is now available... For the full version of this issue, go here, page 42.  To review some of the highlights, see below.

Considering the end-of-times crises that now seem to appear almost weekly, 

please give careful consideration to Paul Harvey’s short, prophetic 1964 talk

(please watch this on your computer, in full-screen mode):

Two upbeat specials:

Great short video: Me Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self

Six Tips for Finding Happiness (+ find religion!)

My votes for the most outstanding articles this cycle are:

A Compilation of Some HCQ Studies

Scientists, MDs Rip Anti-HCQ Study Published In The Lancet

Forecast Models Encounter Reality

Public trust in scientists will decline in wake of COVID-19 

HCQ Farce Has Tragic Consequences

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Democrats prepare to push clean energy in recovery packages 

Reality Is Gradually Catching Up To Green Energy

America needs a realistic debate about our energy future 

Study: IPCC’s core hypothesis is dead

Study (part 1): The Global Carbon Budget: Highly Questionable

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To the Americans Who Are on Their Knees 

Ben Stein: My View of Looters

Senator Tom Cotton Takes On the Woke Mob

George Floyd's Brother Testifies In House Judiciary Hearing

Talk given to 2020 MIT Graduation Class

Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down

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COVID-19: Therapies and Prevention —

A Compilation of Some HCQ Studies

Scientists, MDs Rip Anti-HCQ Study Published In The Lancet

LancetGate: Pulling a Fast One on Proponents of HCQ

COVID-19: Lancet retracts paper that halted HCQ trials 

HCQ Farce Has Tragic Consequences 

Report: When does government intervention make sense for COVID-19? 

COVID-19: Models and Data —

Forecast Models Encounter Reality

Covid vs. Climate Modeling: Cloudy With a Chance of Politics

Why Both Coronavirus and Climate Models Get It Wrong

COVID-19 Modeler Admits Error

CDC: Excess Deaths Associated with COVID-19 

Studies: 60% of People Naturally Resistant to SARS-COV2 

The Modelers Thought of Everything — Except Reality 

COVID-19: Misc —

Public trust in scientists will decline in wake of COVID-19 

Tucker video: Our leaders used a health emergency to subvert democracy

It’s time to Flatten the Fear

EO on Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from the COVID-19

The CDC Waited 'Its Entire Existence for This Moment.' What Went Wrong?

An Unvarnished Look into China’s Bio-Weapons Program

Short video: Woke Virus

Greed Energy Economics —

Democrats prepare to push clean energy in recovery packages 

SCC: the Most Important Figure You’ve Never Heard of

As Subsidies Run Out, 5000 German Wind Projects Face Shutdown

How Virginia’s Green New Deal Will Add to Residents’ COVID-19 Costs

The Virginia Clean Economy Act is a Disaster

California Continues to Inflict More Costs onto the Energy Used by Residents 

 

Renewable Energy Health and Eco-system Consequences —

New York’s Accelerated Renewable Energy Act Poses Risks to Birds

Filthy ‘Green’ Future: The Dark & Toxic Side of Wind & Solar Power

Study: Offshore wind could have major impact on fishing, shipping 

Natural Gas Energy —

EPA rule limits states from blocking pipeline projects 

Russia Fears American Energy Dominance — And That’s a Good Thing

U.S. To Become World’s Top LNG Exporter

Study: Filtration a Viable Option for Marcellus Shale Produced Water

Cryobox Reduces Methane Emissions

Nuclear Energy — 

Bold American Strategy to Lead on Nuclear Energy

NYS Negates all Wind and Solar statewide by closing Indian Point 

Renewable Energy —

Reality Is Gradually Catching Up To Green Energy

Wind Energy Projects Are “Like Siting Landfills. Nobody Wants Them.”

Until we get a proper roadmap, Net Zero is a goal without a plan

COVID-19: Green New Deal dress rehearsal

Good Commentary on the Lake Erie Wind Project

It’s time for California to follow Mexico and pull the plug on Renewables 

Misc Energy —

America needs a realistic debate about our energy future 

FERC Energy Primer: A Handbook of Energy Market Basics

Good film: Juice: How Electricity Explains The World

The End of Petroleum Products Would Be The End of Society As We Know It

2019’s grid storage additions fell for the first time since 2013. Why? 

Report: Electrifying the UK, and the Want of Engineering

Study: The Brink of Darkness — Britain’s Fragile Power Grid

Manmade Global Warming: Some Deceptions —

Study: IPCC’s core hypothesis is dead

Study (part 1): The Global Carbon Budget: Highly Questionable

Report: Weather Extremes — Are They Caused by Global Warming?

US Power Sector Meets Climate Targets 11 Years Ahead of Schedule

CO2 levels hit record high despite emissions dip from coronavirus

Alarmist queen Hayhoe takedown by Friends of Science

NASA Scientist: Climate Catastrophe Is White Supremacy

Study: Changes in Barents Sea ice Edge Positions…

Report: Global Warming — FB Thinks Its Opinion Is Better Than Yours

Short Video: The 97% Myth 

Education Related —

Why Public Schools and the Mainstream Media Dumb Us Down

Talk given to 2020 MIT Graduation Class

Why Students Have Turned Away from History

UNC-Chapel Hill Creates Commission to Battle ‘Invisible Racism’

Do the Math…or Not

Are You Sure You Want to Go to Grad School?

Short video: Graduation 2020: The COVID Class

US Politics and Socialism —

To the Americans Who Are on Their Knees 

Short video: Why?

Biblical Principles for Political Engagement

Reaping a False Narrative Sown by Our Elites

Undercover Investigation - Minneapolis Riot Was Preplanned

It’s Time to Investigate George Soros for Funding Domestic Terrorism

Donations to BLM Go Directly to ActBlue, Which Supports the DNC

The Real History of Antifa 

Other US Politics and Related —

Ben Stein: My View of Looters

Senator Tom Cotton Takes On the Woke Mob

George Floyd's Brother Testifies In House Judiciary Hearing

Where Black Lives Don't Matter

Facebook is 'destroying the very fabric of democracy'

President Trump’s Executive Order Confronts Big Tech Bias

US Manufacturing Exodus From China Gets Underway

Video: Minneapolis Riot Was Preplanned

Study: Ten Thousand Commandments 

Science and Misc Matters —

Shutdowns show how clean our air already is

EPA: Increasing Consistency and Transparency in the Rule-making Process

What Makes Experts Special?

The sky’s the limit for commercial space flight 

John Droz, jr.

physicist & citizen advocate

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: For a detailed background about the Newsletter, please read this.

Note 3: See this extensive list of reasonable books on climate change. As a parallel effort, we have also put together a

US NRC proposed ruling on SMRs supported by DOE - Nuclear Engineering International

US NRC proposed ruling on SMRs supported by DOE - Nuclear Engineering International: The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on 5 June published in the Federal Register a proposed ruling on Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and Other New Technologies (ONTs). The document has a comment period that...

Trump administration seeks to use global aid for nuclear projects | TheHill

Trump administration seeks to use global aid for nuclear projects | TheHill: The Trump administration is taking the first steps toward allowing international development funds to be spent on nuclear projects, working to lift a longtime prohibition on how the anti-poverty funds can be spent.

Trump Orders Coast Guard To Look Into Building Nuclear-Powered Icebreakers Like Russia - The Drive

Trump Orders Coast Guard To Look Into Building Nuclear-Powered Icebreakers Like Russia - The Drive: The memo also calls for examining possible defensive armament options to protect these ships against near-peer threats.

The Navy’s New Battlefield Needs Small Nuclear-Powered Warships

The Navy’s New Battlefield Needs Small Nuclear-Powered Warships: The U.S. Navy’s Cold War love affair with nuclear-powered surface warships came to an ignominious end in mid-1999. But times and technologies are changing to make nuclear power an increasingly viable option for integration into the U.S. surface combatant and escort fleet.

Federal Govt unveils Rs1.324 trillion development budget - Business - Dunya News

Federal Govt unveils Rs1.324 trillion development budget - Business - Dunya News: Federal Govt unveils Rs1.324 trillion development budget

EPRI demonstrates autonomous drone - Nuclear Engineering International

EPRI demonstrates autonomous drone - Nuclear Engineering International

Fed CIOs Ponder What Post-Pandemic IT Workspaces May Look Like – MeriTalk

Fed CIOs Ponder What Post-Pandemic IT Workspaces May Look Like – MeriTalk: Nearly three months since Federal agencies were directed to maximize telework, Federal CIOs at a June 11 ATARC virtual conference talked about what the telework experience may mean for the IT workforce of the future – and how agencies may balance newfound efficiencies with the need for human interaction in the workplace.

Kray signs MOU on future collaboration with NAYGN, NEI, and WIN -- ANS / Newswire

Kray signs MOU on future collaboration with NAYGN, NEI, and WIN -- ANS / Newswire

MP's talks over nuclear reactors for Copeland | News and Star

MP's talks over nuclear reactors for Copeland | News and Star: Major companies have been in talks with Copeland’s MP over plans to build new nuclear reactors in West Cumbria.

UPDATE 1-France sees no winter power blackouts despite nuclear outages - Reuters

UPDATE 1-France sees no winter power blackouts despite nuclear outages - Reuters: (Adds further detail)

TEPCO finds no obstacles to removing fuel rods from Fukushima reactor - The Mainichi

TEPCO finds no obstacles to removing fuel rods from Fukushima reactor - The Mainichi: FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday found no obstacles in its planned removal of radioactive fuel rods

GE-Hitachi awarded Olkiluoto outage services contract - Nuclear Engineering International

GE-Hitachi awarded Olkiluoto outage services contract - Nuclear Engineering International: GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced it has been awrded a contract to provide outage services for Teollisuuden Voima Oyj's Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Finland.  GEH said it will provide control rod drive mechanism...

More radioactive waste discovered on DP Road | LAMonitor.com

More radioactive waste discovered on DP Road | LAMonitor.com: Department of Energy officials recently notified the New Mexico Environment Department that more radioactive waste was found on DP Road on May 18, in addition to radioactive waste that was discovered in February in the same general area. 
The new waste was discovered 80 feet south of a parcel of land located approximately halfway down DP Road on the right side, heading eastbound. The land the new waste was discovered on was transferred from the Department of Energy to Los Alamos County in 2018. 
Samples collected by Triad National Security identified the waste as containing Uranium 234 and Uranium 238. Officials aren’t sure of the level of radioactivity as the material is still being tested by Los Alamos National Laboratory.  
The discovery of the waste was part of an initial National Nuclear Security Administration investigation started in February, when a county subcontractor discovered radioactive waste while digging a ditch for a sewage pipe Feb. 14. The pipe was for two housing projects currently being built on DP Road. The properties, one a senior housing development and the other for low income housing are being built by the same developer, Bethel Development Corporation.

Work resumes at Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station following more than $200M investment - Daily Energy Insider

Work resumes at Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station following more than $200M investment - Daily Energy Insider: The Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Mississippi has returned to operation this month following its extensive, 22nd refueling and maintenance outage, over which more than $200 million were invested into the turbine control system, equipment ... Read More »

Going high-tech: Construction underway on medical isotope facility housing 140-ton accelerator | News | kokomotribune.com

Going high-tech: Construction underway on medical isotope facility housing 140-ton accelerator | News | kokomotribune.com: BUNKER HILL – Construction is well on its way on a state-of-the-art isotope production and scientific research facility near Grissom Air Reserve Base that will eventually serve as the campus

More evidence for a ‘fifth force’ found in radioactive decay measurements – Physics World

More evidence for a ‘fifth force’ found in radioactive decay measurements – Physics World: Anomalies in decays of beryllium-8 and helium-4 point to new physics

 

US weighs end to foreign nuclear power finance ban, potentially boosting advanced reactors

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/us-weighs-end-to-foreign-nuclear-power-finance-ban-potentially-boosting-ad/579706/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-06-12%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:27897%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive

 

Disbanded EPA science panel blasts lack of action on particulate matter in order to inform future litigation

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/former-epa-scientific-panel-ramp-up-criticisms-of-egregious-move-on-air-q/579700/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202020-06-12%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:27897%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive

Framatome completes Doel I&C upgrade project : Corporate - World Nuclear News

Framatome completes Doel I&C upgrade project : Corporate - World Nuclear News: Framatome's digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium have passed the final site acceptance test. The milestone marks the completion of the project to modernise the control and emergency systems at units 1 and 2 of the plant.