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Renewable Energy, Meet the New Nimbys

At a wind-energy conference in Wyoming last month, Gov. Freudenthal delivered a stern warning to wind-turbine developers, telling them to make sure their projects don’t harm a small bird called the sage grouse. “What I have is an obsession with making sure that the economy of this state continues to function, and it won’t if that bird gets listed,” according to his office’s transcript of his remarks.

7Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued