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Energy & Environmental Review: July 20, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- July 20, 2026

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Unreliables (General):
*** Wind Turbines and Solar Panels will be the Monuments of Our Folly
*** New York Court Refuses To Block State’s Plan For A “Renewables” Program
*** Green Policy is Deadlier Than Guns
Japan Chooses Reliable Energy Over Climate Nonsense
Wyoming Wind Turbines Killed More Than 23,000 Birds And Bats Last Year

Electric Vehicles (EVs):
The 4 California “waivers” keeping America’s EV mandate alive

Miscellaneous Energy News:
*** Geothermal Heats Up
*** Europe’s Crisis Is Energy Poverty, not a Heat Wave
*** Why China is outcompeting America
*** Heat Pump Rate Carveouts
The nine energy questions that could decide America’s future
Why both Republicans and Democrats should support aggressive permitting reform
Energy Realism: The Foundation and Future of Human Progress

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** Oversight Project Report on biased NAS Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence
*** Canadian Wildfire Smoke Just Blew Up the Fantasy of Carbon Emission Trading
*** Canada Admits Justin Trudeau’s Climate Agenda Was a Scam
This Little-Known Climate Report Card Casts A Dark Cloud Over Home Sales
Why This CO2 Chart Doesn’t Scare Me
President Trump Grants Further Regulatory Relief from Burdensome EPA Restrictions to Promote American Security

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
*** Dr.

Energy & Environmental Review: June 22, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- June 22, 2026

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** We’re Winning the War on the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
*** Can solar and wind + batteries really provide 24/7/365 electricity?
What it really takes to meet the materialistic demands of the modern world

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Bonfires of the Batteries
Wyoming Rally: Save the Eagles, Stop Wind
When Wind Turbines Kill Wildlife, Environmentalists Look Away

Unreliables (General):*** The Eastern Power Grid Will Run Out of Emergency Peak Power in June, 2027 – Here’s Why You Must Prepare for Blackouts NOW

Wind Energy — General:
The Garroting of Big Wind
Interior in $765M offshore wind buy-out deal with Invenergy

Nuclear Energy:
*** Small nuclear is advancing rapidly
*** Would You Rather Live Near a Battery Energy Storage System or a Nuclear Plant?

Energy & Environmental Review: June 8, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- June 8, 2026

This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. Droz is also the author of the popular Substack Critically Thinking About Select Societal Issues.

Greed Energy Economics:
*** The Iron Law Of Power Density, Revisited
*** Lack of Common Sense on Energy in the NYS Budget
California ISO: Managing the Evolving Grid
Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery
Offshore wind confusion: refunding a lease is not a buyout

Unreliables: Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
*** Are Wind Turbines a Risk to Human Health? (start at 55:00)
Wyoming Golden Eagles should be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act

Solar Energy:
Agriculture Secretary Denounces ‘Lawfare’ Against Arizona Rancher from ‘Radical Green Energy Scams’

Nuclear Energy:
World’s largest nuclear plant proposed for Canada on Lake Ontario shoreline

Fossil Fuel Energy:
SpaceX’s $2 Trillion Gas-Fired IPO

Manmade Global Warming — Some Deceptions:
*** The Law of Averages
*** Fake Accounting Exaggerates Emissions Reduction Claims
*** How Corrupted Scientists Poisoned Society
What The Left’s Colorado Climate Lawsuit Is Really All About
Environmentalism Is Antithetical to Abundance
Amsterdam Ad Ban Typifies Climate Alarmism’s Farce

Manmade Global Warming — The Science:
Why Climate Models Are Quietly Changing Course

Energy & Environmental Review: May 26, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- May 26, 2026

Energy & Environmental Review: May 11, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- May 11, 2026

Energy & Environmental Review: April 27, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- April 27, 2026

Energy & Environmental Review: April 13, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- April 13, 2026

Energy & Environmental Review: March 30, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- March 30, 2026

Energy & Environmental Review: March 16, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- March 16, 2026

Energy & Environmental Review: March 2, 2026

By <a class="post-author" href="/about#john-droz">John Droz, Jr.</a> -- March 2, 2026