Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary

BAGRAM AIRBASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama marked the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death with a speedy trip to Afghanistan, signing a strategic pact with Kabul on Wednesday and delivering an election-year message to Americans that the war is winding down. See the rest here: Obama swoops into Afghanistan on bin Laden death anniversary … [Read more...]

Wind Industry Looks to Karl Rove for Answers

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Republican strategist Karl Rove sits downs with Obama's former press secretary Robert Gibbs for a conversation about politics and, and, …. The rest is here: Wind Industry Looks to Karl Rove for Answers … [Read more...]

Bipartisan Congressional Leaders to Ways and Means: Act Now on PTC

Leaders of a bipartisan effort on Capitol Hill last week joined the U.S. wind power industry to sound an urgent call for the House Ways and Means Committee to find a vehicle as soon as possible for extending the successful Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy — and avert thousands of layoffs already beginning in factories across America. Visit link: Bipartisan Congressional Leaders to Ways and Means: Act Now on PTC … [Read more...]

No, wind farms are not causing global warming

Scientific studies are misrepresented all the time. But now and again the distortions get particularly bad. That was the case Monday, when Fox News ran the headline , “New Research Shows Wind Farms Cause Global Warming.” A number of other media outlets did the same thing. The rest is here: No, wind farms are not causing global warming … [Read more...]

Don't believe the headlines. Wind farms do not cause 'global' warming.

A recent study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that large wind farms could be pulling down hot air at night, raising the average temperature of the local region. The results of the study, however, have been widely misconstrued in the news media.  Continued here: Don't believe the headlines. Wind farms do not cause 'global' warming. … [Read more...]