Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Wind Power published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 469
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-40
•
Next >
-
New railroad crossing being installed near Plymouth
PLYMOUTH — Muckshaw Road, south of Plymouth, is finally getting an upgraded railroad crossing with lights, gates and cantilevers. Installation will start Tuesday, weather permitting. The project is more than an year overdue. Residents had...Tags: Plymouth, Telecommunication Equipment, Travel, Railway Transportation, Renewable Energy
-
Feds won't prosecute wind farm if turbine blades kill a condor
Federal wildlife officials on Friday for the first time agreed not to prosecute a developer if an endangered California condor is struck and killed by turbine blades at its proposed wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, about 100 miles north of Los...Tags: Environmental Issues, Punishment, Conservation, Solar Energy, Fines
-
Illinois counties can do little but brace for fracking's impact
Tribune reporterCREAL SPRINGS, Ill.-- Oil and gas companies and environmental groups have hashed out legislation they say would make Illinois a national leader in protecting public health and the environment from fracking. The proposal covering the process more...Tags: Environmental Issues, American Legion, Michael Madigan, Solar Energy, Arable Farming
-
Terra-Gen gets OK on wind farm in wake of condor decision
MOJAVE, Calif. — Randy Hoyle strode proudly this week along a wind-swept expanse of sand, sage and juniper in the Tehachapi Mountains that will soon bristle with antennas and listening devices designed to protect endangered California condors....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Punishment, Environmental Politics, Conservation, Solar Energy
-
Offshore winds focus of Virginia meeting
An authority promoting the development of wind power off Virginia's coast is scheduled to meet in Richmond. The Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority is meeting Thursday. The agenda includes a discussion of an agreement to protect the rare...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Renewable Energy
-
RPT-INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
ReutersBy Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by...Tags: Services and Shopping, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Automotive Equipment, ABB Ltd., Solar Energy
-
Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...Tags: Environmental Issues, Mountains, Global Warming, Landforms, Environmental Pollution
-
Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment
DROUGHT Recent rains lift spirits of SD farmers, ranchers PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State Climatologist Dennis Todey (TAH'dee) says recent rains across much of South Dakota have improved the outlook for farmers and ranchers hurt by a year-long drought....Tags: Trials, Shootings, Jeff Davis, Solar Energy, Theft
-
Monroe-based Ventower Industries continues to grow with turbine production
MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Monroe-based Ventower Industries' growth is being powered by the wind. The Monroe Evening News reports ( http://bit.ly/10I18oV ) that the wind turbine maker's plant is nearing production capacity. It operates seven days a...Tags: Environmental Issues, Solar Energy, Weather, Renewable Energy, Weather Reports
-
Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
PURDUE-PLANE INTO FENCE Plane found in Purdue airport fence; pilot safe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane that veered into a fence at the Purdue University Airport says the aircraft was experiencing engine trouble before the...Tags: Trials, Automotive Equipment, Mining, Solar Energy, Theft
-
COLUMN-Solar power costs closing in on wind: Wynn
ReutersBy Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Solar panels were cheaper than wind turbines for the first time last year in certain markets, per unit of capacity, and are rapidly closing a remaining gap in the full cost of power generation. Until now, wind...Tags: Environmental Issues, Heavy Engineering, Globalization, Solar Energy, Weather
-
Top Ind. wind farm drafts bat-protection plans
Associated PressINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The operators of Indiana's largest wind farm have proposed changing the nighttime operations of the farm's 300-plus wind turbines to protect the federally endangered Indiana bat from being killed by their spinning blades. Two...Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Endangered Species
Jun 20, 2011
|Story| WSBT-TV
May 24, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 24, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
May 24, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 22, 2013
|Story| WDBJ7
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 22, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
May 23, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 22, 2013
|Story| AP Michigan
May 16, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 15, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
Original site for Wind Power topic gallery.