(AP) — The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's wind
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2013-05-22 06:38:37
It will not only have to lure viewers, but the networks themselves. Menu. King Island wind farm in the balance. 17 sec ago. Climate · Wind power. A third of small King Island community sign petition against 600 MW project, but still hope it will move forward.
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2013-05-21 19:37:12
Iowa generates more than 13 times as much wind power as Nebraska -- 4,536 megawatts to 337. And Nebraska ranks last among its neighboring states. MidAmerican Energy, which has nearly 1,300 wind turbines in Iowa, including several farms in western ...
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2013-05-21 18:34:59
Alterra operates six power plants totaling 566 MW of capacity, including two geothermal facilities in Iceland, a geothermal plant in Nevada, British Columbia's largest run-of-river hydro facility and the province's largest wind farm. The company's 297 MW share ...
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2013-05-21 17:02:17
On Friday, Rockford attorney Rick Porter, who is representing Hamilton Township, informed Lee County of the township board'sdecision to file an objection to the wind farm, known as the Green River project. Last month, the county's zoning board voted 3-2 ...
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2013-05-21 19:34:03
(AP) — It happens about once a month here, on the barren foothills of one of America's green-energy boomtowns: A soaring golden eagle slams into a wind farm's spinning turbine and falls, mangled and lifeless, to the ground. Killing these iconic ... His administration has championed a $1 billion-a-year tax break to the industry that has nearly doubled the amount of wind power in his first term
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2013-05-22 06:30:36
At today's Lee County Board meeting, the audience was almost evenly divided between the wind farm's supporters and opponents. Each side took its own area in the audience gallery. On Friday, an attorney for the opponents contended the county needed a ...
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2013-05-21 19:34:14
The US subsidiary of Italian developer Enel acquired a 26% stake in the 235MW Chisholm View wind farm in Oklahoma for $47 million, and 26% of the company operating the 200MW Prairie Rose wind farm in Minnesota for $34 million. These deals increase ...
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2013-05-22 06:04:18
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The last of five defendants charged with defrauding investors of more than $4 million by promoting non-existent wind farm projects in Wyoming and South Dakota pleaded guilty Tuesday to felony charges. Robert Arthur Reed, of Salt ...
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2013-05-21 19:24:28
The €2billion wind farm being built by RWE npower renewables will be able to generate enough energy to power around a third of the total number of households in Wales once it is completed. The wind turbine, a 3.6MW Siemens model, was installed more ...
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2013-05-22 06:20:54
Jones accuses the government of 'random desecration' of the countryside and broadens his criticism to taxpayer support of green energy, the planning system and the reliability of wind and solar power
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2013-05-22 05:01:29
The federal government, well aware that some Canadians disagree with the French plan, says it's tracking the progress of the proposed wind farm. "We understand and share the concerns of those who fought for freedom," said Jean-Christophe de Le Rue, ...
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2013-05-21 19:49:37
After the installation of 25 wind turbines near the town of Geyser in August, the school reports that the wind farm has had a tremendous impact on students.
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2013-05-21 19:41:01
The energy company will be hosting public information sessions early next month, to give the local community the opportunity to find out more about the initial wind farm plans and share their opinions with the E.ON team. Public information sessions will be ...
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2013-05-22 06:17:39