Wind

  • Faux green wind power project well on its way below Great Basin National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Numerous wind turbines now erected in Spring Valley, Nevada- The project to install 66, 275 foot tall wind turbines directly below the heights of Great Basin National Park, Nevada is now well underway as the April 22, 2012 photo shows.  Nevada’s first wind farm, which will disturb almost 15 square miles, was approved by the…

  • Imbalance in media reports on China Mountain wind farm delay

    Ralph Maughan

    No conservation spokespersons quoted- Yesterday the big news in Idaho and northern Nevada was the 2-year delay and perhaps the demise of the proposed giant wind farm on top of Browns Bench/China Mountain on the Idaho/Nevada border (mostly BLM public land). There is much to be said on all sides of the issue. Today we…

  • China Mountain/Browns Bench Wind Hits 2-Year Stall

    Brian Ertz

    A Wind developer in southern Idaho has hit a two-year road-block that casts significant doubt on whether the wind project sited in pristine sage grouse habitat along the border of Nevada will ever be developed at all. BLM defers China Mountain decision for two years – Elko Daily Free Press “stupid bird.” We’ve covered the…

  • “Drill baby drill” isn’t an energy policy, it’s more cultural resentment

    Ralph Maughan

    “Energy independence” has been the Republican energy policy since 1974- Americans have a bad case of Alzheimer’s when it come to knowledge or remembrance of energy policy.  Politicians usually give them a couple shots of rhetorical whiskey to make their memory even worse.  This is my effort to help folks remember. Gasoline prices spiked in the United States for the first…

  • California energy company does right thing for birds and abandons plans for wind farm

    Ralph Maughan

    Pattern Energy Group will not build 2000 acre wind farm near Sacramento- Plans for a 2000 acre (3 1/2 square mile) wind farm NW of Sacramento have been scrapped because of its probable bad effects on the local bird population.  The wind farm, which would capture enough energy for 100 megawatts of electricity had not…

  • Op-Ed: A mighty wind

    Brian Ertz

    Trevor Butterworth takes a look at the double-standard for wildlife protections Wind Developers are allowed to play by as compared to other energy industries.  Regulations to prevent huge impacts to birds and wildlife are “voluntary” and often written by the Wind Industry itself. Op-Ed: A mighty wind – Trevor Butterworth – The Daily Imagine the U.S.…

  • Win-Win for Wind and Wildlife ?

    Brian Ertz

    Study: There exists enough already-disturbed land in the U.S. suitable for wind to produce 3,500 gigawatts of power – more power than is consumed by the entire U.S. A new study is confirming what many have been suggesting all along; We don’t need to sacrifice wild-lands and pristine wildlife habitat to facilitate renewable energy, it’s…

  • Japanese wind farms survive quake, tsunami

    Ralph Maughan

    Despite predictions to the contrary, the wind farms did well- Battle-proof Wind Farms Survive Japan’s Trial by Fire. By Kelly Rigg. Huffington Post.

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