FRANK LASEE: Wind Turbines And Lobsters Mean Less Lobsters And Not Enough Electricity
National Lobster Day is a good time to reflect on how highly subsidized offshore wind development will affect lobsters and the $400 million lobster industry. Offshore wind power disrupts lobster fisheries and destroys habitat, which is bad for Maine lobsters and bad for affordable electricity. The 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power ordered by […]
Wind and Solar Power Fail When You Need Them the Most
Contrary to the claims of green energy profiteers and apologists in the mainstream media, wind and solar power, particularly their absence during a critical, surprising period of peak demand, were largely to blame for the widespread power outages in Texas during the polar freeze that hit the state last week. Although the depth and length […]
Review allows Gulf of Maine offshore wind research lease to proceed
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has completed an environmental review that will allow a wind power study lease offshore the Gulf of Maine to move forward with further work, including a power purchase agreement, officials announced Tuesday. Maine is proposing to place 12 offshore wind turbines producing 144 megawatts of electricity on a floating […]
NJ to receive $125M payout in dispute over cancelled offshore wind farms
Danish wind farm developer Orsted will pay $125 million to the state of New Jersey to settle a lawsuit over the company’s halting construction of two offshore wind farms last year — just over a third of what the company was previously required to pay. The state of New Jersey and Orsted Corp. have settled […]
At least 9 dead, 63 injured at campaign rally in Mexico after wind topples stage
At least nine people were killed and dozens injured when a wind gust collapsed a stage at a campaign rally in northern Mexico on Wednesday evening. The rally was held in the state of Nuevo Leon for Jorge Alvarez Minez, a candidate facing a major defeat in the Mexican presidential election. Minez was taken to […]
Mexico campaign rally stage ripped down by wind, killing multiple people
At least five people were killed and dozens injured when part of a stage collapsed during a campaign rally in Mexico, with the long-shot presidential candidate attending the event, who escaped injury. Horrifying footage shows at least seven people standing on stage at a Civic Movement Party event in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo Leon […]
Storms spin up tornadoes in Iowa that cause injuries, topple wind turbines
The storm that battered much of Nebraska on Tuesday with torrential rain, strong winds and large hail also spawned a violent tornado in Iowa, caused extensive damage and an unknown number of injuries in at least one rural town, and generated winds of up to 250 feet (76 meters) in several locations, blowing winds that […]
How Much Wind Killing Do We Want?
That rapidly growing wind power development kills birds in ever increasing numbers is clear. That it also kills whales and other marine mammals is becoming clear. So the policy question is how much killing is enough, before we stop killing more? This question seems not to be asked. The stampede to build huge amounts of […]
Offshore Wind Is Neither Clean, Nor Green And Doesn’t Cut CO2 Emissions
America is preparing to spend trillions of taxpayer and ratepayer dollars to install thousands of offshore wind turbines – for illusory benefits. Advocates claim offshore wind energy is clean and sustainable. Wind itself certainly is, but that doesn’t mean getting energy from wind is. Relying on the wind just to provide electricity to power New […]
Once-in-a-generation wind event caused deaths, extensive damage across Houston, meteorologist says
The freak storm that could leave parts of Houston without power for weeks is a once-in-a-generation event, leaving damage in its wake comparable to that caused by a hurricane, meteorologists said Friday. “We believe this is the most significant storm to hit the Houston area since Hurricane Alicia in 1983,” said Janice Maldonado, a meteorologist […]