By, Richard Harris Podolsky, PhD FWS currently has 18 active investigations of bird-kills at wind energy projects around the country, seven of which have been referred to the DOJ for prosecution. Is the Low Hanging-Fruit Gone? There is a triple-whammy...
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By Richard Harris Podolsky, PhD In response to a precipitous decline of the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced on March 27 that it is listing the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act...
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[caption id="attachment_190" align="alignright" width="623"] Google and it's partners are proposing an offshore transmission "spine" that will tie together offshore wind farms.[/caption] Google and it's partners are proposing an offshore transmission "spine" that will tie together a necklace of offshore wind...
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It is official, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the now notorious Cape Wind offshore wind power project for Nantucket Sound - and it only took 9+years! While this Department of Interior approval represents the single biggest hurdle, others remain. There...
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to decide on the Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound and is so doing possibly pass judgment on the entire proposition of ocean wind energy for the foreseeable future here in the US. A...
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A coalition of 29 state Governors are all calling on the federal government to mandate a national renewable energy standard. According to the coalition, this is the best and perhaps the only way to increase the role that wind power...
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Here is a nice roundup of the articles covering the decision Friday, March 5, 2010 NOT to protect the Greater Sage Grouse vis-á-vis the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This grouse species, along with most of the closely related wild fowl complex...
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