October 21, 2020 Wind blows it as an energy resource in the Pacific Northwest Lifecycle economic and environmental impacts expected to result from further development of wind power needs to be scrutinized to a much higher degree with…
June 10, 2020 Burnette, Dreissen: Destroying the Environment to Save it Most of these solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries—or their components, or the metals and minerals required to manufacture those components—will likely come from…
February 12, 2020 Green New Deal: Destroyer of economies and the environment The Green New Deal is anything but ‘clean’ or ‘green.’ Even the relatively modest numbers of solar and wind installations in the United States…
August 8, 2019 “Renewable energy” dominance would require massive global expansion of mining “Renewable energy” is a misnomer. Wind and solar machines and batteries are built from nonrenewable materials. And they wear out. Old equipment must be…
April 15, 2019 “Green” energy projects threaten to gobble up America’s rural landscapes •Michael Bastasch Daily Caller ‘Vacant Land Myth’: Hundreds Of US Localities Are Resisting The Spread Of Green Energy •U.S. cities and states have risen…
December 28, 2018 Researchers say wind power a poor energy source going forward Around 30 percent of locations in North America have witnessed a 30 percent drop or more in available hub-height wind power. Sites in Europe…
April 21, 2017 Greens vs Greens: Oregon wind project loses battle with sage grouse The U.S. Bureau of Land Management had approved the project, and Harney County granted a key permit. But environmental groups, including the Oregon Natural…
November 21, 2016 Cruel Winds: Shocking data on slaughter of birds, bats by wind turbines ‘Green’ hypocrisy is the new ‘black’. The pointless slaughter of millions of birds and bats by wind turbines, all over the globe is just another ‘inconvenient truth’ for…
September 22, 2016 EDITORIAL: It’s time ranchers start tilting at windmills “Just as with water, wind energy development in the West is a controversial and divisive issue. But there is a path forward and ranchers…
September 13, 2016 San Juan County violates due process with wind farm, sticks residents with $250K legal bill “Monticello, a largely agricultural and ranching town of about 2,000 located in San Juan County, now finds its wind farm in the midst of…