Sep 4, 2006

Dahhh! News From MSNBC.... sorry ;[

Dahhh! In MSN News (new for the misinformed)
Sorry ahead for the MSN ref... but people do stumble on this blog who are new to the "EHS" world. MSN may over dumb it down and greenwash, but it is still "most watch" & I gotta observe that (not respect it)
... Chris





Wind farms trigger strong emotions

Power-generating windmill turbines form a wind farm on Backbone Mountain near Thomas, West Virginia August 28, 2006. Wind power, a renewable source of energy, offers income to land owners willing to lease their property to hold giant turbines. This growing industry offers the promise of an alternative long-term energy supply at stable prices, increased taxed revenue for many of the nation's rural communities and jobs to support manufacturing and growing technology.   Picture taken August 28, 2006. To match feature ECONOMY WINDMILLS.     REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst   (UNITED STATES)The giant wind turbines popping up across the country have got some neighbors hopping mad and others rather upbeat.



Drilling green light in Alaska oil reserve

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has been traveling along Alaska's North Slope, talking up new drilling in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, an area adjacent to the existing wells in Prudhoe Bay.




Cities try 'shade crusade’ to fight warming
Sacramento, Calif., believes an answer for global warming is growing on trees.