Rep. Kristi Noem obviously didn't stick around the South Dakota Republican convention long enough to learn that sustainable development is evil U.N. Marxism. She is one of 18 House freshmen urging Speaker Boehner to boost green power by bringing the…
Posts tagged as “wind power”
Brookings County has $879,010 more to spend on roads, bridges, schools, and clean water this year, thanks to wind turbines. And that money comes largely from the nameplate tax, which specifically targets wind farms: The term nameplate refers to an…
As Bob Mercer notes the rather obvious point that protecting our lungs from carcinogens costs money, I find this "Holy cow!" news on South Dakota's progress in building clean wind power: according to the Earth Policy Institute, South Dakota leads…
I want to be suspicious of Governor Dennis Daugaard. Anybody who campaigns for office saying there is not budget crisis then turns around after winning and argues we have to slash the state budget ten percent warrants some suspicion. I…
Lots of tabs on the browser: let's clear the green power queue! Fossil-fuel frontman Mike McDowell says wind power advocates are full of hot air. He waves his hand at vague, unnamed, unhyperlinked "greens" and environmental groups, then proves them…
The Environmental Integrity Project finds Basin Electric, source of much of the electricity used in South Dakota, is one of the leading generators of toxic air pollution. Their new report on the dirtiest power plants in the nation finds that,…
I suppose I shouldn't get into the habit of citing adulterous Republicans as authorities. That said, I note with some policy pleasure that Arnold Schwarzenegger agrees with me that we need to level the playing field between oil and renewable…
Whew! I was wrong! Last month I wrote a cautiously positive review of HR 2172, legislation proposed by Congresswoman Kristi Noem to accelerate the construction of wind farms on federal land. The Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act…