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September 2008
- Don't Breeze Into Billion-Dollar Wind Projects
  
  Atlantic Monthly | Sep 28, 08 1:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Wind promises a practical source of renewable energy, but if the US doesn’t develop it properly, it’ll face another ethanol-like morass, warns Matthew Quirk in the Atlantic . Efforts like T. Boone Pickens’ $10 billion Texas wind farm are misguided. “Wind power is unlikely to cause a global food crisis,” Quirk writes. “But heedless investment in it may provoke blowback of a different sort.” More »
- Crowded Northeast Looks Offshore for Wind
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 3, 08 10:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Northeast is the most promising region of the US for major development of wind power, the Wall Street Journal reports, with large coastal cities close to strong offshore winds and a shallow continental shelf good for erecting turbines. The federal government is getting ready to lease 10 tracts of the outer shelf to companies primed to build wind farms; construction could start within 5 years. More »
August 2008
- Outdated Power Grid Blowing Wind Energy Hopes: Experts
  
  New York Times | Aug 27, 08 1:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The nation's outdated and congested power grid is putting a damper on plans to expand renewable energy programs, the New York Times reports. Generating power from the wind and sun is becoming easier—but getting the power to consumers who live far from the country's windiest and sunniest places remains a problem. More »
- Mayor Aims to Make Big Apple Windmill City
  
  New York Times | Aug 20, 08 2:32 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mayor Mike Bloomberg has unveiled a bold plan to harness alternative energy to power New York City, the New York Times reports. The mayor is calling for windmills to be built on the city's bridges and skyscrapers, and for offshore wind farms to be created that could supply 10% of the city's electricity in 10 years. Bloomberg has asked companies for proposals for renewable energy projects. More »
- Windmills Pay the Rent but Spark Rage in NY
  
  Associated Press | Aug 17, 08 6:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Wind turbines are cropping up in rural New York state and threatening to pull communities apart, the AP reports. The state's largest wind energy project is worth $400 million and powers 100,000 homes; farmers get paid up to $6,600 per turbine per year to offset the sight and sound of massive spinning blades. But some families and neighbors are at odds over whether the money is worth it. More »
- McCain Strikes Out on Renewable Energy
  
  New York Times | Aug 13, 08 3:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's tough talk on energy has been undercut by his failure to vote on a vital renewable energy bill, Thomas L. Friedman writes in the New York Times . The bill, which has failed yet again to pass, would have extended tax credits for wind and solar projects, but McCain's absence—for the eighth time—is helping to stall those projects, and holding up thousands of jobs. More »
- Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking in Actual Detail
  
  Wall Street Journal | Aug 6, 08 11:44 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - T. Boone Pickens has plenty of ideas about making the US less dependent on oil, and he has plenty of reasons why. But broad generalizations about using wind power to generate electricity and natural gas to power cars doesn’t offer enough “how-to-get-it-done” detail to make it an actual plan, Holman W. Jenkins Jr. writes in the Wall Street Journal . More »
July 2008
- Pickens Takes His Campaign to Capitol Hill
  
  Politico | Jul 22, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Oilman T. Boone Pickens’ pitch for a new plan to get the US off foreign oil is drawing a great deal of attention—partially due to its rhetorical ambition, and partially due to Pickens’ willingness to walk the walk with his estimated $4 billion checkbook. Politico examines Pickens’ determination to put wind power at the center of American energy policy, and his motives. More »
- Gore Challenge: 100% Clean Electricity by 2018
  
  Time | Jul 17, 08 10:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Al Gore is challenging the US to produce all its electricity through wind, sun, and other clean sources by 2018. Speaking to the AP ahead of a major address today, the Nobel laureate compared the goal to JFK’s 1961 pledge to make it to the moon—and said that both Barack Obama and John McCain are “way ahead” of most politicians on the climate change issue. More »
- Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 15, 08 11:22 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As fuel costs, and eco-guilt, creep upward, Americans are leaving the thermostat high or kicking air conditioning altogether this summer, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some two-thirds of families are reducing air-conditioning use, a poll finds, as power plants raise prices as much 30% to keep up with natural-gas hikes. Meanwhile, people are getting creative to keep cool. More »
- At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills
  
  Guardian (UK) | Jul 12, 08 12:59 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bust a move, save the world. That's the premise behind a new disco in London that bills itself as the world's first eco-club, reports the Guardian . Its dance floor is designed to harness the energy of dancing feet. The club's owner says that alone will cover 60% of the electric bills, though scientists in the obscure field of piezoelectricity are skeptical the gains will be that high, Time notes. Solar power and wind turbines meet the rest of the club's energy needs. More »
- Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign
  
  Dallas Morning News | Jul 8, 08 3:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is fed up with America’s dependence on oil and today launched a huge ad campaign to persuade the nation to kick its crude addiction, the Dallas Morning News reports. His "Pickens Plan" proposes that Americans swap gasoline for natural gas, then replace natural gas power plants with wind, solar, and nuclear facilities. More »
- Solar-Powered Billboard to Light Up Times Square
  
  LiveScience | Jul 2, 08 2:31 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Times Square will get its first solar-powered billboard in December, LiveScience reports. The "eco-friendly" Ricoh advertisement will generate its own power from solar panels and wind turbines on site. On days without sun and wind, the sign just won't light up. "If the floodlights aren't on, you'll be able to see the sign. You just won't have the lights on it," says a spokesman. More »
June 2008
- Congress Short on Gas, Long on Gasbags
  
  Washington Post | Jun 26, 08 9:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - There’s nothing much Congress can do about gas prices, writes Dana Milbank in the Washington Post, so in an effort to look busy it's doing what it always does—blaming the other party. Yesterday Capital Hill saw no less than 12 events on energy costs, and every last one came down to partisan jabs. More »
May 2008
- Wind Power Finds Its Sea Legs
  
  Economist | May 10, 08 9:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - An answer to the world's energy crisis might be a breeze, the Economist reports—specifically, a breeze offshore. With wind blowing twice as fast offshore than on, engineers have been racing to develop technology to "float" wind turbines far out in the ocean—where they won't ruin coveted views from shore. They cost 50% more to build, but they generate five times as much power as landed cousins. More »
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Don't Breeze Into Billion-Dollar Wind Projects

Crowded Northeast Looks Offshore for Wind

Outdated Power Grid Blowing Wind Energy Hopes: Experts

Mayor Aims to Make Big Apple Windmill City

Windmills Pay the Rent but Spark Rage in NY

McCain Strikes Out on Renewable Energy

Pickens' 'Energy Plan' Lacking in Actual Detail

Pickens Takes His Campaign to Capitol Hill

Gore Challenge: 100% Clean Electricity by 2018

Keeping Cool Gets Thriftier

At Green Disco in London, Dancers Foot the Energy Bills

Oil Tycoon Kicks Off Energy Campaign

Solar-Powered Billboard to Light Up Times Square

Congress Short on Gas, Long on Gasbags

Wind Power Finds Its Sea Legs

10 High-Tech Survival Items