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
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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.

Some of the more important articles in
this issue are:
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
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 Power isn’t Green Enough for
Germany
Archive: Solar Produces 300 times more waste
than Nuclear does
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)
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?
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
UN climate change conference COP25 opens
in Madrid
Dr. Judith Curry: Madrid and Lessons From Three Decades
Of Failed Climate Policy
The UN’s impossible climate action pyramid
Goodbye freedom, democracy and the rule
of law
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 a gesture
of thanks
Mask off: Greta Thunberg comes out full
Marxist

Greed Energy Economics:
Another Round of Energy Pork
With climate change Science and Economics
should be paramount
MIT: Too much wind and solar raises power
system costs. Nuclear is the solution
Ontario saves $500± Million by dumping
wind turbines
Why it makes sense to cancel wind and
solar contracts in over-powered Ontario
Expect the ECB to Use a “Climate
Crisis” to Justify Their Next Stimulus Plan
China says CO2 border tax will damage
global climate change fight
Renewables Industry Gears Up for ITC/PTC
Step-Downs
Renewable energy investment in developing
nations slipped sharply last year
You Know, Carbon Credits Don’t Actually
Offset Your Carbon Footprint
Renewables Investors and Rent Seekers
Fund Pipeline Opposition
Germans Fighting Wind Projects Close
to Homes

Renewable Energy Destroying Ecosystems:
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
Biodiversity and Wind Energy

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 Pawn
NY Editorial: Don’t limit access to power grid talks
NY Legislation Would Require Line Item
Explanation On Utility Bills

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
Midcentury carbon free sustainable energy development based
on fusion breeding

Miscellaneous Energy News:
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?
Short Video: Moore’s Law Misapplied
Brussels’ draft proposal for a European
Green Deal
Video of Life:Powered’s
recent Energy and Environmental DC meeting
California Restaurants Sue Berkeley
Over Natural Gas Ban
DOE should revive the Office of Policy
Analysis
Large Arizona coal plant stops production
after nearly 50 years
Supply Chain Looms as Serious Threat
to Batteries’ Green Reputation
China’s Renewed Coal Boom
Putin Wants a US Fracking Ban
Trump energy secretaries plot next phase
of ‘dominance’ agenda
What is it called when they turn off
your AC? A “Peak-smart” moment
Archive: Biofuels — Twenty First Century Snake
Oil
Preorder this good book: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels 2.0

The UN and Manmade Global
Warming:
UN climate change conference COP25 opens
in Madrid
Dr. Judith Curry: Madrid and Lessons From Three Decades
Of Failed Climate Policy
The UN’s impossible climate action pyramid
Goodbye freedom, democracy and the rule
of law
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
UN 2019 Emissions Gap Report
UN: The world ‘will miss its chance to avert climate disaster’ without
an almost impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions
UN Chief Warns Global Warming ‘Point
of No Return’ Is Hurtling Toward Us
UN Secretary General Says Global Warming
Has Claimed 7 Million Lives …Where?
Global climate protests ahead of Madrid meeting
Japan Tells UN Summit: We Will Keep Using Coal Power Plants
Video: Climate Reality Forum
COP 25: Hysteria meets diplomacy in
Madrid
2019 Hurricane Season in Review

The European Union and
Manmade Global Warming:
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
French protest against agricultural
industry being blamed for climate change

Manmade Global Warming
(other):
Global Warming’s Apocalyptic Path
The Incredible Story Of How Climate
Change Became Apocalyptic
Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate
Change Are Wrong
Climategate: Untangling Myth and Reality
Ten Years Later
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
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
AOC Suggests We Need to Fight ‘White
Supremacy’ to Combat Climate Change
Supreme court declines to hear dispute
between climate professor, National Review
No Plan B for Planet A
Third World Countries Remain The Losers
Of Climate Change Activism
Putin Says Zero-Carbon Energy Will ‘Send
Us Baсk to Caves’
Formal media conspiracy regarding Climate
Change
John Kerry Launches Climate Coalition
Climate tipping points — too risky to
bet against
There is No Climate Emergency
Are Climate, Energy, Enviro Justice  for the Left Only?
Archive Study: The Truth About China — Why it will
resist demands for abatement
Archive: Climate Change and the Death of Science
CO2 is not the eco-enemy
‘Last Decade Was The Warmest’ – Yes,
But…
Global Warming Leaders Openly Admit
Their Movement Has Little to Do with the Environment but Is a Marxist Scheme to
Redistribute Wealth
Don’t Believe the Battle in Our Nation
Is Spiritual? Just Look at California

Education Related:
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

US Politics and Related:
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 a gesture
of 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
Christian Trump Supporters Don’t Have
A ‘Branding Problem,’ The Left Has A Lying Problem
The Origins of the Deep State in North
America Part 1: The Round Table Movement
The Real Ukraine Scandal Leads to the
Clinton Foundation
Nonprofits Are Abusing Both the Law
and Taxpayers for Political Gain
4 minute video: A good synopsis of the impeachment issue
White House aides ‘nervous’ about fallout
to dispute ‘climate crisis’ claims

Science and Miscellaneous Matters:
Short video: The
Dark Art of Framing
Tipping point in civilization: Experts
say “listen to children”
Scientific Transparency, The New Trump
Administration Proposal
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
Fact-Checking on Facebook: What Publishers Should Know
Common Elements of Pseudoscience
Archivists Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate
Bay of Science’ Never Goes Down
From the inside: What is Peer Review?

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