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- At a minimum, FWS should issue no new wind power eagle-kill permits until the glaring issues uncovered in this study are resolved. Accurate electrocution death rates must be determined. Given there are well over 100 million...
- Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles Fri, 27 Jun 25, 7:00pmIt looks like FWS has never implemented, or even publicly evaluated, any of DOE’s research products. The permits are issued under the Eagle Protection Act, which clearly calls for mitigating eagle deaths, and the DOE products...
- Biden’s Offshore Wind Dreams Drowning As Trump Guts Industry Tue, 24 Jun 25, 3:00pmThe offshore wind industry is floundering as President Donald Trump reverses Biden-era policies designed to boost the industrialization of America’s oceans.
- Australia’s Net Zero Grid to Face Strict Government Price Controls Sun, 22 Jun 25, 7:00amI wonder what happens next, when a government imposes more price fixing in the middle of a supply and affordability crisis?
- Claim: Australia’s Renewable Energy Future Requires Realignment With China Fri, 20 Jun 25, 3:00am"Australia must ditch its distrust and collaborate" - and not purchase any US nuclear submarines.
- Claim: Government Mandates can Help Australia to Seize Renewable Energy Export Opportunities Thu, 19 Jun 25, 3:00amIf it is a profitable opportunity, why is government intervention required to make it happen?
- Spain’s Impossible Dream Of ‘Green’ Electricity Wed, 18 Jun 25, 3:00pmCongress, state governors and legislatures, the Trump Administration, our courts and utility companies need to act quickly and decisively to end this wasteful spending and fix our fragile electricity generating system and...
- Victoria’s Renewable Grid Buckles Under a Brutal Cold Snap Mon, 16 Jun 25, 7:00amIn 2021 the Australian State of Victoria enshrined a fracking ban into the state constitution. Now they are paying the price.
- Skipping the Rules: Offshore Wind’s Legal Issue Thu, 12 Jun 25, 3:00pm“The law remains clear: the Department of the Interior must ensure that offshore projects prevent unreasonable interference before approval — not simply allow harm and hope payouts will quiet objections.”
- DOT asked to terminate illegal floating wind grant Wed, 11 Jun 25, 11:00amI have the honor and pleasure of co-signing a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, asking him to terminate a half billion dollar grant made by the Biden administration to the West Coast wind industry....
- Delusional Business Council of Australia Thinks AI can be Powered by Renewables Sun, 8 Jun 25, 3:00am"... we must seize the opportunity ..."
- If it walks like a Duck Curve… It must be California Sat, 7 Jun 25, 7:00am"Solar and wind power curtailments are increasing in California"... Batteries ! Yeah, that's the ticket!
- Looming US Battery Company Shutdown Imperils Aussie Net Zero Push Wed, 4 Jun 25, 3:00am"... If Powin LLC’s present business circumstances do not improve, it is currently anticipated that a layoff will occur on or before 28 July 2025 ..."
- Showdown looms for Empire Wind Tue, 3 Jun 25, 3:00amTwo years ago I flagged NOAA Fisheries for cumulatively authorizing harassments of the North Atlantic Right Whale that exceeded 200% of the population here: https://www.cfact.org/2023/04/24/noaa-proposes-hammering-208-of-vanishing-right-whales/....
- Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part III: The problem with power markets Sat, 31 May 25, 4:00amSubsidizing new industry may be a social good, but it’s critical to recognize that market choice didn’t reduce overall costs—it only changed who benefited, reshaping how the pie was divided...