High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. Harness the wind, create a job http://www.hcn.org/wotr/harness-the-wind-create-a-job The federal government should continue to support wind power with the Production Tax Credit, which provides stability in the industry. No publisher Kristina Curtis and Matt Patsky Production Tax Credit Vestas wind jobs Vestas layoff wind energy renewable energy jobs 2012-09-18T21:01:53Z News Article Hawk watching on the Mokelumne River http://www.hcn.org/wotr/hawk-watching-on-the-mokelumne-river Wind energy may pose a threat to raptors as immediate as encroaching development. No publisher John Berry peregrine falcons wind turbines Swainson’s hawk migration corridors Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk wind energy Tehuantepec wind farms 2012-08-21T19:02:02Z News Article Audio: High Country Views, episode 1 http://www.hcn.org/articles/audio-high-country-chatter-episode-1 Jonathan Thompson and Cally Carswell talk wind and coal. No publisher Cally Carswell wind tax Four Corners Power Plant coal-fired power High Country Views Raymond Squeak Hunt coal ash Wyoming wind podcast wind energy San Juan Generating Station 2010-09-16T20:37:50Z News Article How big is your backyard? http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/how-big-is-your-backyard We all become NIMBYs when development threatens our favorite landscapes – even conservative oilmen like Wyoming’s Diemer True. No publisher Paul Larmer cell towers Paonia Town Council Diemer True NIMBY land preservation wind energy 2010-02-05T09:03:52Z News Article Wind Resistance http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/wind-resistance Wyoming is one of the best places in the world to generate power from wind. But the wind rush is running into opposition from greens, and the fossil fuel industry. No publisher Jonathan Thompson sage grouse wind energy transmission environmental politics petrocracy green energy turbine Wyoming politics 2010-03-09T18:45:06Z News Article Battle for the core of Wyoming http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/battle-for-the-core-of-wyoming Wyoming's sage grouse protection strategy gives fossil fuel elbow room while leaving wind energy out in the breeze. No publisher Jonathan Thompson sage grouse core areas transmission Wyoming oil & gas electrical grid ESA endangered species wind energy 2010-02-05T09:04:04Z News Article Blades, birds and bats: Wind energy and wildlife not a cut-and-dried issue http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15484 Wind farms are working to make their turbines less hazardous to birds and bats No publisher Hilary Watts Wildlife Birds Renewable Energy wind power wind energy wind farms birds and wind turbines bats raptors bird mortality Bat Conservation International Ed Arnett Center for Biological Diversity Jeff Miller Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area raptor killings Laurie Jodziewicz Ame 2010-02-05T09:24:35Z News Article Los Angeles dumps coal deal http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15265 Los Angeles has decided to pull out of a deal to expand a coal-fired power plant in Delta, Utah, using the money for renewable energy instead No publisher Deanna Belch Renewable Energy Los Angeles City Council Mayor James Hahn renewable energy coal-fired power plants wind energy biogas hydroelectric 2010-02-05T09:23:12Z News Article Colorado voters hold the cards on renewable energy http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14990 In November, Coloradans will have the chance to vote on a citizen-proposed renewable-energy initiative, but the utilities are working hard to defeat it No publisher Laura Paskus Politics Elections Renewable Energy Renewable energy Lola Spradley Mark Udall Randy Udall Colorado Rural Electric Association rural electric cooperatives biomass wind energy solar energy Environment Colorado Coloradans for Clean Energy Citizens for Sensible Energy Choices Xce 2010-02-05T09:21:05Z News Article Renewable energy made simple http://www.hcn.org/issues/267/14540 Rex Ewing?s book, Power with Nature: Solar and Wind Energy Demystified, is exactly what it claims to be: a practical, readable handbook on converting to renewable energy No publisher Linda Masterson Renewable Energy Renewable energy Rex Ewing Power with Nature solar energy wind energy off-grid living 2010-02-05T09:56:08Z News Article The BLM is blowing in the wind http://www.hcn.org/issues/263/14411 The Bureau of Land Management is studying the prospects for developing wind energy on Western public lands No publisher Jodi Peterson Renewable Energy BLM Bureau of Land Management energy policy wind power renewable energy wind energy energy supply solar energy 2010-02-05T09:55:27Z News Article