AWES Energy & Environmental Newsletter 6/29/20

AWED Friends:

Our latest Energy & Environmental Newsletter is now available... For the full version of this issue, go here, page 45.  To review some of the highlights, see below.

Two upbeat specials:

Short video: Creativity Goes On

Short video: To The Human Race

My votes for the most outstanding articles this news cycle are:

COVID-19 related —

Dr. Raoult: The Marx Brothers are Doing Science

Excellent video re HCQ, politics, and Science

Are Prolonged Shutdowns Deadlier than the Virus?

The Bitter Irony of Revolutions

Executive Orders, Deregulation, and Bureaucratic Response

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Energy related —

The Green Delusion continues to Perpetuate Costs upon the Poor

House Dems include more wind and solar tax credits in infrastructure bill

Study: Hundreds of 'protected areas' threatened by renewable energy 

Why the World's Most Advanced Solar Plants Are Failing

Why Climate Activists Will Go Nuclear — Or Go Extinct

Dangers of Nuclear Energy ‘Much Less Than Previously Thought’

Debunking The Endless Myths Pitched by Renewable Energy Propagandists

China's assault on Texas – this project threatens US national security

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Climate related —

On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare 

Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official

Book Review: ‘Apocalypse Never’ - False Gods for Lost Souls

Next-generation climate models: worse than ever!

Study: Structural Errors in Global Climate Models

EU Made ‘No Progress’ In Climate Action Over Past Five Years

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Education & Religion related —

Three generations of brainwashing are paying off for the left

Now They’re Coming For Christ

Stop The Coronavirus Crackdown on Religion

A new way to end Big Tech censorship against Conservatives and Christians

Keys to the Progressive Kingdom

Environmentalism as Religion: A Leading Environmentalist Bemoans That

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Politics, etc. related —

Confederate statues, now founders, next Jesus. Their real target: America

Apocalyptic science: How the West is destroying itself

Peterson video: The Marxist Lie of White Privilege

Thomas Sowell at 90: Understanding Race Relations Around the World

Short Video w Larry Elder: The Ferguson Lie

The Pandemic Claims New Victims: Prestigious Medical Journals

More Scientists Abandon Their Profession to Promote Left-Wing Politics

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COVID-19: Therapies and Prevention —

Low dose radiation may save people from Coronavirus

Excellent video re HCQ, politics, and Science

FDA Withdraws Emergency Authorization For HCQ

AAPS Lawsuit to Against FDA for obstructing the use of HCQ

Dr. Raoult: The Marx Brothers are Doing Science

The Miserable Pseudo-Science Behind Face Masks, Social Distancing & Contact Tracing

Many People Lack Protective Antibodies After COVID-19 Infection

Are Special Interests Undermining the Quest for a COVID-19 Vaccine?

COVID-19: Models and Data —

Are Prolonged Shutdowns Deadlier than the Virus?

600+ Physicians send letter to the President

Did lockdowns really save 3 million COVID-19 deaths, as claimed?

COVID-19 and Environmentalist Injustice

Media Begging for a 'Second Wave’ of COVID-19

COVID-19: Misc —

The Bitter Irony of Revolutions

Executive Orders, Deregulation, and Bureaucratic Response

Video: Scientists - Coronavirus Altered in Lab to Better Attach to Humans

Video: What Impact Will the Covid-19 Crisis Have on the Green Movement?

How College Sports Can Survive

FDA warns against using these nine hand sanitizers

The Sneaky Covid War on Cash

COVID19 are Americans a Pride of Lions or a Herd of Cattle

Greed Energy Economics —

The Green Delusion continues to Perpetuate Costs upon the Poor

House Dems include more wind and solar tax credit in infrastructure bill

Failing Cities and States use Climate Change Lawsuits as Fiscal Escape Hatch

Virginia’s latest folly — offshore wind power

UK: £3 Billion-A-Year to Prevent Green Energy Blackouts

Most Americans Wouldn’t Pay $10/Mo to Combat Climate Change 

 

Renewable Energy Health and Eco-system Consequences —

Study: Hundreds of 'protected areas' threatened by renewable energy

Evangelists Grappling with the Gruesome Human Cost of Renewable Energy
Study: Confirming Tonality at Residences Influenced by Wind Turbines

Lake Erie wind project faces stiff head winds because of warblers and waterfowl 

Wind Energy —

Astonishing Buildout Needed for “Clean” NY Grid

Turbines threaten unspoiled W Texas river and Air Force training routes

China's assault on Texas – this project threatens US national security

At least 15 dead in southern Mexico wind project feud killings

Local Resistance to Wind Power Grows in Europe

Norway to rein in wind power after raging local opposition

Wind Turbines: The Pruitt-Igoes of the Plains

Solar Energy —

Why the World's Most Advanced Solar Plants Are Failing

Organization challenges Net Metering, and stirs ire of solar advocates

South Australia Solar Fiasco Suggests What’s Ahead for New York

Solar Maintenance To Cost $9.4 Billion By 2025

The Vagaries of Solar in New England 

Nuclear Energy — 

Why Climate Activists Will Go Nuclear — Or Go Extinct

Dangers of Nuclear Energy ‘Much Less Than Previously Thought’

COVID-19 undermining nuclear’s important role in clean energy transitions

Why the US Should Use Nuclear Power: Climate Change and Air Pollution

Former Extinction Rebellion activist: join me in embracing nuclear power

Short video: Wind Turbines or Nuclear? 

Natural Gas Energy —

Short video: Turning natural gas into Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)

Supreme Court deals blow to opponents of Atlantic Coast Pipeline

More Natural Gas Use = Lower Cost of Utilities

Biden Proposes to Ban New Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling 

Coal Energy —

Making coal from food waste, garden cuttings – and even human sewage

How Many Coal-Dependent Jobs Are There and How Important Are They?

India Announces New Coal Boom

Pakistan Aims To Increase Coal Share By 30% By 2030

China Adds New Wave Of Coal Plants After Lifting Curbs 

Misc Energy —

Debunking The Endless Myths Pitched by Renewable Energy Propagandists 

Good news: Fed Govt over-rules NC re offshore energy seismic survey

Forget wind and solar power for COVID recovery 

US Republicans Prepare For Energy ‘Cold War’ With China

NYISO Power Trends 2020

Fossil Fuels Still Supply 84% of World Energy — And Other Eye Openers

In Iowa, lobbyists look to counter local wind, solar opposition 

Robert Bryce’s Power Hungry Podcast

Manmade Global Warming: Some Deceptions —

On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare 

Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official

Book Review: ‘Apocalypse Never’ - False Gods for Lost Souls

Study: MIT’s Dr. Lindzen Pokes Fun at the Naïve, Well-Funded CO2 Claims

The Climate Campaign Is Less And Less About The Climate

Michael E Mann, Loser (Again) and Deadbeat (for Sure)

Video: Alex Epstein interviews Naomi Seibt

Manmade Global Warming: Climate Models —

Next-generation climate models: worse than ever!

Study: Structural Errors in Global Climate Models

Hurricane season is here, but don’t believe climate change pandering

The flaw in relying on the worst-case-scenario climate model 

Manmade Global Warming: Misc —

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EU Countries Agree Their Green Transition Fund Will Not Pay for Move to Nuclear or Fossil Gas - The New York Times

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Chinese rail and nuclear giants may face US sanctions after appearing on Pentagon list - News - GCR

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State of Nevada agrees to settlement with Department of Energy over plutonium shipments | KRNV

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U.S. Pressures Hitachi on U.K. Nuclear Site Sale to China: Times - BNN Bloomberg

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Global nuclear power capacity falls 4.5 GW in 2019: IAEA | S&P Global Platts

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