http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/35720 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:11:48 GMT This amazing photo was taken at a wind energy facility in Limon, Colorado. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35720 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21707 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Wind turbines belonging to the Cedar Creek Wind Energy Project clutter the historic horizon once 'owned' by the Pawnee Buttes. Some of the wildest, most remote and magnificent landscapes of Colorado and elsewhere in the U.S. are quickly being dismissed as unimportant in the race to build wind power everywhere. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21707 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21709 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT This sign outside the Cedar Creek wind energy facility forbids the public to walk the land near the Pawnee Buttes in Colorado. After centuries of this land being open to people, this historic area now serves as an industrial power facility. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21709 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17880 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:15:21 GMT A famous viewshed in Colorado now destroyed by nearly 300 turbines at the Pawnee Grasslands. The Pawnee Buttes, immortalized in Michener's book "Centennial" and numerous other works are now surrounded by wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/17880 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17879 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:04:20 GMT A famous viewshed in Colorado now destroyed by nearly 300 turbines at the Pawnee Grasslands. The Pawnee Buttes, immortalized in Michener's book "Centennial" and numerous other works are now surrounded by wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/17879 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16709 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT A view of the large wind farms under construction in Northern Colorado. One of these wind farms, Cedar Creek, is located at the Wyoming-Nebraska-Colorado border. The other, the Peetz Table wind farm, is farther east in Colorado, just south of Sidney, Nebraska. Together they include 500 wind turbines with peak generating capacity of 700MW. http://www.k0lee.com/blog/2007/11/colorado-wind-energy.html http://www.windaction.org/articles/16709 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10340 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:52:11 GMT Wind turbines from the Cedar Creek Wind Energy Project are seen across the horizon behind one of the Pawnee Buttes. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10340 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10339 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:45:30 GMT Workers erect one of the 274 wind turbines going up at the farm eight miles east of Grover. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10339 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6927 Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:36:33 GMT Wind turbines spin at sunset recently at the Emick Ranch south of Lamar. Most wind power is generated in rural areas, and there is a lack of sufficient transmission capacity to carry more power to Front Range cities. http://www.windaction.org/articles/6927 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2307 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:47:08 GMT The landscape both east and west of Peetz is now dominated by dozens of wind farm towers. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2307 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38367 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:59:15 GMT Farmers and rural homeowners in Northern Colorado on Wednesday added their voices to a statewide chorus calling on Gov. Hickenlooper to veto a bill certain to raise their electric bills. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38367 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38350 Wed, 15 May 2013 23:36:42 GMT The Democratic sponsors of Senate Bill 252, which will force rural electricity associations to draw more of its energy from renewable sources, ended the legislative session last week believing that Gov. John Hickenlooper was certain to sign their bill. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38350 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38339 Fri, 10 May 2013 17:43:58 GMT Hickenlooper said Thursday he will meet with executives from Tri-State Generation and Transmission, which provides power to 18 rural electric co-ops and is one of the two entities targeted by SB 252 (the other is the Intermountain Rural Electric Association). Tri-State executives claim the bill will cost the co-ops at least $2 billion to implement. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38339 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38314 Wed, 08 May 2013 20:56:49 GMT The struggling Danish company with four manufacturing plants in Colorado -- three of which are in Weld County -- saw a 34 percent decrease in production, a 26 percent decrease in deliveries, a 1 percent reduction in revenue, and a 24 percent decrease in employees since the first of the year, while it continued to come out of a two-year, debilitating slowdown. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38314 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38253 Wed, 01 May 2013 23:57:28 GMT House Republicans accused Democrats of waging war on rural Colorado when legislators voted Tuesday to increase the renewable-energy mandate for electricity cooperatives. ...The bill passed 37-27, with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans against. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38253 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38222 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:30:43 GMT "This would just be terrible for the dairies around here," said Weld County Commissioner and Platteville-area farmer Doug Rademacher, who added that Weld County's five-member Board of County Commissioners has spoken out against Senate Bill 252. "It would really be disastrous for all of ag. A farmer told me the other day this could increase his electricity costs for (groundwater) pumping by about $8,000 per month." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38222 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38143 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:40:43 GMT "You're not promoting Colorado jobs. You're promoting jobs in other states where you can buy power to meet the mandate," Mathers said. "This bill provides no advantage to businesses in Colorado or promoting our economy." Perhaps the greatest injustice, Grobe said, is the fact hydroelectric power is absent among the bill's list of approved sources of renewable energy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38143 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38083 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:06:41 GMT "This is a leap to family insolvency... this is environmental bullying," King said. He noted that state-owned facilities pay $5.6 million per year for electricity to the rural co-ops, and SB 252 will increase their electric bills. "Where's the fiscal note?" he asked repeatedly. And why wasn't Tri-State and IREA invited to the table when the bill was being drafted? he asked. "Just because you have the power to do something doesn't mean you should do it," referring to the Democratic majority in both chambers and the governor's mansion. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38083 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38077 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:41:09 GMT Kent Singer of the Colorado Rural Electric Association said the co-ops serve 70 percent of the state's land mass but only 25 percent of the state's population, which he called "light density" and which means that costs are spread out over a much smaller customer base. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38077 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37875 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:59:46 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/37875