Bike lanes? Wind turbines? Mass transit? All great developments for progressives — until they have to live with them.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 24
Mar 22
Green: When Wind Farms Trump House Cats
While cats are a far greater than wind turbines are to small birds, that doesn’t hold true for endangered species like the whooping crane, golden eagle or sage grouse.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 22
Green: When Wind Farms Trump House Cats
While cats are a far greater than wind turbines are to small birds, that doesn’t hold true for endangered species like the whooping crane, golden eagle or sage grouse.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 21
Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird’s No. 1 Enemy
While public attention has focused on wind turbines as a menace to birds, a new study shows that a far greater threat may be posed by a more familiar antagonist: the house cat.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 19
Mar 15
Green: Testing Your Environmental Principles
Why do people who say they care about the environment sometimes act as though they don’t when it comes to a specific change?
Read the rest of this entry »Feb 08
Green: Washington Invests in Making Wind Pay
The Obama administration plans to establish four “wind energy areas” off the mid-Atlantic states and provide information to potential investors about their geophysical attributes.
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 19
Green: For Devotees of Wind Power, a New Product Label
The label would guarantee that a product was manufactured with some wind power.
Read the rest of this entry »Jan 12
Green: China’s Galloping Wind Market
A manufacturer estimates that more than three times as much wind power capacity was installed in China last year than in the United States.
Read the rest of this entry »Dec 16
Green: A New Way to Buy Some Wind Power
The customer provides a space for the installation and buys the energy it produces, but the manufacturer owns the device, at least for the first few years.
Read the rest of this entry »