by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
The dirty rules behind clean energy events: How UNEP quietly hurts nuclear and protects fossil fuels [link] …
The dirty part of green energy [link]
The price of LEDs is falling so fast it’s profitable to farm in a New Jersey nightclub [link]
Farming pollution worsens while fuel emissions slow [link]
The big flaw in how Congress is treating biomass emissions: [link] …
The U.S. is powering up its first new nuclear reactor in decades [link]
5 More U.S. Nukes to Close, Will #DiabloCanyon Be Next? [link] …
#Singapore and the #Climate Dilemma: There’s No Way to Go it Alone [link]
UK’s Wind Power Nightmare Hits High Farce: Wind Industry Now Says ‘Britain Not Windy Enough’ [link]
The United States is Littered With More than 14,000 Abandoned Wind Turbines [link]
Alex Epstein: First The Government Went After ExxonMobil — Now They’re Going After Me [link]
Inside the Energy Crisis Rocking #Venezuela: [link]
“Europe’s Ethanol Regs Are INCREASING Global Warming” [link] …
India’s U-turn on the Paris Climate Change Agreement [link]
EPA’s PM2.5 co-benefits PR trick exposed [link] …
The ratification of the Paris Agreement may take longer than many people think
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When #fossilfuels subsidy cuts undermine #women: [link] …
Cap and Trade Calamity in California [link]
Coal isn’t good for humanity, but renewables aren’t the only answer to energy poverty [link] …
Current #INDCs don’t deliver a turnaround but only a slowdown of global emissions increase [link] …
Heritage Org’s comprehensive argument that US should withdraw from the UNFCCC] [link]
Can we learn to live with flooding? [link]
Who wants wind turbines? [link]
Death in Tasmania: Australia Cloud Seeding Green Hydropower Disaster [link]
What should Jordan’s irrigation agency do to keep supplying water? [link]
Ontario is fighting climate change the wrong way [link]
Sweden could build as many as 10 nuclear reactors in the coming years [link] …
After 10,000 inquiries Georgia Power has signed 5 rooftop customers [link]
Do demand charges make sense for residential customers [link]
Filed under: Week in review