Week in review – energy and policy edition

by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.

Can #offsets & #biofuels make future international #aviation growth ‘carbon-neutral’? [link]
Where Brexit and climate-change scepticism converge [link]
More than half of jobs in UK solar industry lost in wake of subsidy cuts [link]
Sweden abolishes nuclear tax [link]
A Not-So-Modest Climate Proposal: Why Not Just Buy Out the US Coal Industry? [link]
Carbon tax proponents claim it would be “revenue neutral”. Here’s why that likely won’t be the case: [link]
10 Reasons to Oppose a Carbon Tax [link]
Special Report: The Future of Agriculture [link]
Unlikely casualty in California’s renewable energy boom: natural gas [link]
Dem AG: Free speech no defense against climate crimes [link]
This heated fight over methane emissions is almost as hot as the gas  [link]
Improving the soil we grow our food in may be as simple as understanding the bacteria and fungi living there. [link]
India contradicts US claim over signing climate deal this year [link]
Energy is one of the largest consumers of water in a drought-threatened world [link]
MPs criticise government over flood protection plans [link]
The rise of ocean optimism. The damage of apocalyptic story telling [link]
Nuclear vs. 100% Renewable Energy: An Unnecessary Battle [link] …
The #Drought Solution That’s Under Our Feet: Soil. [link]
Wind-Energy Sector Gets $176 Billion Worth of Crony Capitalism [link]
Denmark Cancels All Coastal Wind Turbines To Save Taxpayers $1 Billion [link]
America’s model of post-disaster funding is broken. State & local governments can take the lead in changing that. Investing in resilient infrastructure before disaster hits. [link]
The Energy Sector: A Prime Target for Cyber Attacks [link]Filed under: Week in review

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