Hiding Avian Mortality: Where ‘Green’ is Red (Part II: Wolfe Island)

By Jim Wiegand -- September 13, 2013 17 Comments

“It is time for responsible people who care about our environment and wildlife to step forward – and demand investigations; prosecutions for fraud, dereliction of duty, and receipt of taxpayer subsidies and other payments made in reliance on false and misleading reports; a suspension of all payments to wind turbine companies, government officials and environmental groups involved in the deception; termination of permits for wind turbines in or near bird and bat habitats; and enforcement of endangered species and migratory bird laws fully and equally against all industries, including industrial wind power.”

While Altamont Pass operators have been hiding most of their wind turbine mortality with search intervals of 30–90 days (see Part I), the rest of North American wind farms hide mortality by using search areas that are far too small.

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Windaction News Issue: September 11, 2013

By -- September 11, 2013 1 Comment

Windaction.org’s periodic newsletter keeps readers updated on the latest news in the wind energy industry!

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Editor’s note – Renewable advocates worldwide point to Europe as proof of wind power’s success. This week’s issue includes several articles from Germany that expose a more painful reality that could change an election.

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‘Significant’ fears over Atlantic Array wind farm – September 10
in BBC News – UK
Serious concerns have been raised in a report about a huge wind farm off the north Devon coast. A county council report says the project would have negative impacts on the landscape and might not have any economic benefits for north Devon. It would be among the UK’s biggest wind farms, with up to 240 turbines.
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The Campaign to Win Hearts and Minds

By -- September 3, 2013 No Comments

“We all have a stake in the war over fossil fuels, and it’s a war that will ultimately be won or lost depending on whether we can win the moral and environmental high ground.”

As I wrote in Friday’s post, the challenge of persuading the public in favor of fossil fuels is really one of conveying the fact that fossil fuels improve the planet for human life, in such a way that you quickly capture the moral high ground and the environmental high ground—as against taking defensive stands on these issues (or none at all).

At the Center for Industrial Progress, we do a lot to help companies move hearts and minds by applying these ideas to their communications projects, and we’ve also begun a campaign to take our strategy to the public directly.…

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Fossil Fuel Self-Defense

By -- August 30, 2013 2 Comments

“It’s estimated that, in large part thanks to new, coal-powered infrastructure, between 1 billion and 2 billion people now have access to clean drinking water that didn’t 20 years ago.”

So far this week, I’ve argued that fossil fuels actually improve the environment for human beings, and applied that idea to two important strategies for any debate on the value of fossil fuels: taking the moral high ground and taking the environmental high ground.

I apply both in the following excerpt from my book, Fossil Fuels Improve the Planet.

How the Coal Industry Should Defend itself

Once you understand that coal and other fossil fuels improve our environment, your ability to defend them is incomparably greater.

Let’s work through an example: the controversy over coal exports in the Pacific Northwest.

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Energy Strategy: Begin with Density

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Fracing, Freedom to Trade, and Global Prosperity (George Mitchell’s Ultimate Contribution)

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Windaction News Issue: August 14, 2013

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Real Politic: Carbon Tax Pessimism (Part I)

By Kenneth P. Green -- August 8, 2013 5 Comments Continue Reading

McCrory Cronyism: Republican Governor Saves Renewables Mandate

By Roy Cordato -- August 2, 2013 3 Comments Continue Reading

Windaction News Issue: August 1, 2013

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