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DOJ Urged to Investigate US Environmental NGOs for Foreign Influence

Rep. Liz Cheney asks for review of groups whose 'views align with those of our adversaries'

BY ALAN MCDONNELL September 19, 2020 Updated: September 20,…

The worst national energy legislation in decades (S.2657) is being negotiated as we are distracted by COVID-19, the Supreme Court, national elections, etc., etc.

S.2657 (and the 900± page H.R. 4447 House counterpart passed on 9-24-20!) will likely

be the most problematic, far-reaching…

Some select articles from the latest newsletter:

Short video: The Impossibility of Wind Turbines

The Plague of Renewable Portfolio Standards

Nevada County Approves 1 Mile Setback on Wind Turbines

Short video: What’s Wrong with Wind and Solar?

Podcast: Rational Environmentalism - The Truth About Renewables, etc.

‘Green’ billionaires suppression of ‘Planet of the Humans’ documentary

Inconvenient Facts About Renewable Energy

Short video: Climate…

Credit: The Ellsworth American | September 18, 2020 | www.ellsworthamerican.com ~~

This is an open letter to Governor Janet Mills.

Dear Governor:

It is my considered opinion that Maine needs to re-examine the value and merit of the Aqua Ventus Offshore Wind Project with an anticipated capacity of 12 megawatts of electric power.

While admittedly this is among the smallest planned wind projects, its construction and…

Deadline today.  Take the survey.

Well-informed, empirical, non-unicorn comments are needed:

September 11, 2020

The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) and Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) are required to develop a plan to identify pathways and strategies for advancing Maine’s clean energy economy (ie: education, training, workforce, etc). The GEO and GOPIF want to hear directly…

Vermont has a Comprehensive Energy Plan, CEP. The capital cost for implementing the CEP would be in excess of $1.0 billion/y from 2017 to 2050, 33 years, as stated in Energy Action Network annual report for 2015.

It would take $1.25 billion/y from 2022 to 2050, 28 years, and probable much more to overcome the Biden 5 to 6 percent inflation. See URLs.

Excluded are financing and replacements of short-life systems, such as EVs (10y), heat pumps…

While you're at it, get rid of any more thoughts of feckless wind and solar.

In this April 21, 2018, file photo, Bill Gates speaks in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)

...............................After all, the six New England states share an interlinked electric grid, workforce, and ecosystem.  A cohesive New England strategy invariably improves results for pricing, port infrastructure, workforce development, stakeholder engagement, wildlife protection and environmental mitigation, equity in economic participation, and transmission infrastructure.

Finally, New England states must consider how to meaningfully improve racial equity. It is already…

The Maine Climate Council is taking suggestions.

Take their survey before end of the day Saturday, August 22.

They actually are allowing written replies to questions. They need a good dose of reality (the kind of thoughtful, fact-based info found right here on the Citizens Task Force Blog) before they start making their policy recommendations to the governor and legislature. Without our critical thinking, they…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that the state had to “sober up” about the fact that renewable energy sources had failed to provide enough power for the state at peak demand, and needed “backup” and “insurance” from other sources.

Newsom addressed journalists and the public in the midst of ongoing electricity blackouts that began on…

Credit: Across the country, utilities are retrofitting aging wind farms to qualify for a federal tax credit set to expire this year | By Katherine Blunt | WSJ | Aug. 16, 2020 | www.wsj.com ~~

Utilities across the country are seizing a fast-expiring green energy subsidy to boost the efficiency of aging wind farms as they set ambitious goals to reduce their carbon emissions.

Xcel Energy Inc., a Minneapolis-based utility company serving customers…

By Lisa Linowes -- August 17, 2020

“… the production tax credit will cost taxpayers $4.3 billion in 2021 and a cumulative $33.8 billion in the ten-year period from 2020 to 2029. After nearly 30 years, the wind industry’s reliance on the PTC has grown as has its cost to US taxpayers.”

The Production Tax Credit (PTC), first established under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, is a driving force for constructing otherwise…