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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Construction of big WY wind farm put indefinitely on hold

    Ralph Maughan

    Construction of farm in core sage grouse country presents too many unknowns- Wind Farm put on hold. By Dustin Bleizeffer. Casper Star-Tribune energy reporter. It’s good see them taking the sage grouse issue seriously. Folks will recall WWP has a lawsuit on 30-million acres of sage grouse country.

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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