we in california have read about your 200 foot or so poles planted in fields mounted with sensors to map the winds.
we have read about the two agricultural pilots who met their deaths when they hit the poles, temporary as the poles might be; the pilot's deaths were not. ask the wives and kids.
and we read about your lobbyists up in sacramento spreading cash and smoozing the politicians to block legislation requiring lights or bands of colored paint on the poles to prevent further deaths.
would that safety effort have cost so much? you couldn't possibly afford it?
isn't that you corporations always say?
while your're worshiping the almighty dollar - always profits before people
“The Morning Briefing” is SmartPlanet’s daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we’re reading about wind energy and farms.
1.) Wind Energy: Twisting and turning and getting bent out of shape. The wind energy industry has some breathing room with the extension of its much-valued production tax credit. But that reprieve will be short-lived, not only because it just got a one-year extension but also because those supporting the sector are starting to diverge.
2.) BP cuts ribbon on giant U.S. wind farms. BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power has announced they have moved a second giant U.S. wind into full commercial operation, just days after announcing that they had brought the largest single-build wind farm in U.S. history online.
3.) Taqa expands in North America with wind power investment. The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has agreed to buy a 50 percent stake in the 205.5 megawatt (MW) Lakefield wind project located in the midwestern United States from a subsidiary of France-based utility Electricite de France SA (EDF).
4.) Wind farm protesters backed by planning minister Nick Boles. In the U.K., Nick Boles told John Hayes, a fellow Conservative, that “local people have genuine concerns” and “wind farms are not appropriate in all settings.”
5.) Mainstream Renewable plans $240 million wind farm in South Chile. Mainstream Renewable Power Ltd., a closely held Irish clean-energy developer, is seeking environmental permits to develop a $240 million wind farm in Chile’s southern Bio Bio region.
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