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Wind power generation sounds like a possible way to offset rising power bills, we look at the issues involved and if it is practical for you.

Wyoming’s Golden Eagles are in trouble and need the protection of the Endangered Species Act. That things are going badly for the eagles is no secret, but the Wyoming authorities are ignoring this rapidly growing threat.

Daniel Wetzel in Die Welt (paid article) on a phenomenon: more and more plants are being put into operation, but the yield does not increase to the same extent.

Word has it that the Feds told the developers to take the deal or they would simply cancel the leases, letting the developers sue to try to get their money back, someday...

In the country’s north, mining has ravaged Indigenous lands and lives for decades. Is history repeating itself as renewable energy schemes arrive on their doorstep?

My bet is that within about a decade, China will be taking multi hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions of dollars, of write-offs on its wind energy investments.

Decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything

There will still be a need to have gas in the wings to keep the lights on, so the financials stack up on Severn plant purchase

Lawsuit seeks to compel NOAA to act on a year-old petition to designate the whale’s migration path a “critical habitat” to ensure its survival.

“Congress now has an opportunity—and an obligation—to correct this flawed process by requiring rigorous, upfront, full-footprint review of radar impacts on air safety and national security before any further offshore...

This secrecy must end. Federal agencies working in secret with wind interests, while golden eagles are being killed in large numbers, is not acceptable.

US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawful

US generated more power from renewables like solar and wind than gas last month in a first

Balsa wood is a key component of wind turbines, a near-perfect material for them.

Widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels are harder to target than fossil fuel power stations, Michael Shanks says

Most landholders in regional Victoria support renewable energy – if they get a say. But planning approvals are riding roughshod over community concerns