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Maine’s Second Wind Farm Comes Online
Stetson Wind Farm will be Maine’s largest A Maine wind farm that will provide the equivalent power needs of 23,500 homes will officially go on line this week when Governor John Baldacci attends an opening ceremony for the 57-megawatt Stetson wind farm in eastern Maine. The 38-turbine wind farm sits along top of Stetson mountain’s [...]
Cape Cod Moves One Big Step Closer to Getting Offshore Wind Power
The eight year-old battle for what would be the country’s first offshore wind farm may finally be nearing an end as the long-awaited Final Environmental Impact Statement from the U.S. Department of the Interior reported negligible to minor impacts across all but one of the 27 resource areas studied. The impact on marine birds was [...]
Global Warming – Blue Man Group Style
This one has been kicking around the interwebs for a little while, but in case you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest you give it a watch. As strange as the Blue Man Group may be, this is pretty sharp. If you ever get the chance to see them live I highly recommend it. The [...]
Environmental Group Calls-Out Nigeria on Gas Flaring
One of the biggest global environmental organizations launched a campaign on Tuesday to push the Nigerian government to effectively ban gas flaring. Friends of the Earth’s month-long campaign against Nigerian gas flaring kicked off on Monday and will see petitions delivered to political leaders, including President Umaru Yar’Adua. Nigeria is a leading oil producer in [...]
State-Level Renewable Energy Subsidies Suffering Because of Popularity
Connecticut is just one state where a rebate program for home and business owners who purchase solar systems was so popular, the funds backing it have dried up. [Adapted from a post previously published at Red, Green, and Blue] Until now, Connecticut’s solar rebate program was one of the better run and most generous in [...]
