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• Mackinac Center: Green energy rules and subsidies fizzle a job creators  10/30/2011 by Russ Harding Guest Writer in the Detroit Press (USA) (Opinion)

• Duke Energy Gouges Ratepayers, Taxpayers  10/26/2011 in American Tradition Institute submitted by Paul Chesser (North Carolina)

• GE hits headwinds from wind turbines  Wind Action 10/21/2011 by Kelly Evans in Wall Street Journal (General)

• Spanish wind power companies distressed by subsidy cuts Wind Action 10/20/2011 by Charles Kennedy in Oil Price  (Spain)

• Wind development still in question  10/18/2011 on WTOL News 11 (Palmyra Township, Lenawee County, Michigan)

• Cost of green 40% higher than government estimates  Wind Action 10/17/2011 by Maria Babbage in The Canadian Press (Canada)

• Electric bills about to spike  Wind Action 10/5/2011 by Laura Colarusso in The Daily Beast (USA)

• Rep. Stearns: US 'can't compete with China' on green energy programs  Wind Action 10/5/2011 by Justin Sink in The Hill (USA)

• Obama officials sat in on Sloyndra meetings  Wind Action 9/9/2011 by Ronnie Greene & Matthew Mosk in ABC News (California)

• The myth of green jobs  Wind Action 9/2/2011 by Gordon Hughes (UK)

• Furor over loans to failed solar firm  Wind Action 9/15/2011 by Matthew L. Wald & Charlie Savage in New York Times (USA)

• Donald Trump takes a swing at plans for a wind farm  Wind Action 9/14/2011 by Frank Urquhart in The Scotsman (UK)

• Wind power promises and predictions gone awry  Wind Action 4/26/2011 by Jack Sullivan in The Malone Telegram (Opinion) (New York)

• Freedom provides wind power lesson  Wind Action 4/29/2011 by Steve Bennett in Capital Weekly (Opinion) (Maine)

• EPA rules risk 'collision course' with reliability concerns: FERC member  Wind Action 4/29/2011 by Jason Fordney in Platts (USA)

• Wind goes out of wind farm plans  Wind Action 4/20/2011 by Ronald Slechta in Kalona News (Kansas)

• Despite threat, Idaho's Exergy sticks by project  4/18/2011 by John Miller in Associated Press (Idaho)

• State marches toward more wind power  4/18/2011 by Brian Boyd in South Coast Today (Massachusetts)

• Eminent domain bill killed; power line work will stay halted  Wind Action 4/11/2011 by Mike Dennison in Independent Record (Montana)

• Firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing  Wind Action 6/13/2011 by Robert Mendick in The Telegraph (UK)

• Wind turbines pick up £2.6m for standing idle'  Wind Action 6/12/2011 by Jonathan Leake and Mark Macaskill in Sunday Times (UK)

• Oregon green energy tax breaks face sweeping changes, cutbacks  Wind Action 6/10/2011 by Harry Esteve in The Oregonian (Oregon)

• Advocates say wind projects in jeopardy; Bill would end expiration of energy tax credits  Wind Action 5/26/2011 by Thomas Content in Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)

• Lawsuit contends Vestas misled in financial reports  Wind Action 5/6/2011 by Steve Porter in Northern Colorado Business Report (Colorado)

• Vestas has bigger-than-expected quarterly loss as European demands weakens  Wind Action 5/4/2011 by Christian Wienberg and Alex Morales in Bloomberg News

• Wind power will cost R.I. dearly  Wind Action 4/24/2011 by Benjamin C. Riggs in Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

• NYC being shortchanged on little-known green energy fee, pol says  4/18/2011 in Digital network Associates Info

• Brown County wind farm plan shelved  Wind Action 3/22/2011 by Steve Contorno in Greenbay Gazette (Wisconsin)

• Iberdrola pulls wind project from state list  Wind Action 3/17/2011 by Matt Mcallister in Watertown Daily times (New York)

• Idaho Senate kills much-debated rebate extension, also dumps new wind size limits  Wind Action 4/8/2011 by John Miller in Daily Reporter (Idaho)

• Analysis of UK wind power generation Nov 2008 to Dec 2010  Wind Action 4/6/2011 by Stuart Young Consulting (UK)

• Worst year ever for wind farm energy due to drop in wind speeds  Wind Action 4/5/2011 in This is Cornwall (UK)

• 2 Mass. utilities make very different power deals  Wind Action 3/27/2011 by Jay Lindsay in Associated Press (Massachusetts)

• Profit: Taxing the wind  3/11/2011 by Mary Drier in Tuscola Today (Michigan)

• G.E.'s strategies let it avoid taxes altogether  Wind Action 3/25/2011 by David Kocieniewski in New York Times (USA)

• Renewable Energy Trends 2011: 'Green Gold' loses its glitter  Wind Action 3/19/2011 by David Beattie in Renewable Energy World (Europe)

• New rules kick up passionate debate  Wind Action 3/19/2011 by Erin Mills in East Oregonian (Oregon)

• Shifting Winds: Despite lowered cost estimates, price tag could sink O'Malley energy plan  Wind Action 3/17/2011 by Margie Hyslop in Maryland Gazette (Maryland)

• 'Naked' wind turbines hurt GE, Vestas as utilities cut contracts  Wind Action 3/12/2011 by Christopher Martin And Mark Chediak in Bloomberg News (USA)

• Wind turbines twirl cash, but many hesitate  Wind Action 3/11/2011 by Tom Henry in Toledo Blade (Michigan) (Ohio)

• Turbine foes host forum on wind power downside  Wind Action 3/13/2011 by Jim Moore in Republican-American (Connecticut)

• Iberdrola pulls back guidance; Cuts U.S. development  Wind Action 3/3/2011 by Mark Del Franco in North American Windpower (USA)

• What We Expect From Commercial Electricity A U-Tube Video

• Natural gas 'jump-starting' clean energy, Exelon CEO contends  Wind Action 3/8/2011 by Simon Lomax in Bloomberg News (USA)

• Why the L 250bn wind power industry could be the greatest scam of our age - and here are the three 'lies' that prove it  Wind Action 2/28/2011 by Christopher Booker in The Daily Mail (Opinion) (UK)

• Town offered lower price for energy  Wind Action 2/27/2011 by Alex Kuffner in Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

• Utilities' renewable energy pacts expensive  Wind Action 2/119/2011 by David R. Baker in San Francisco Chronicle (California)

• Goal of many more "green" jobs is elusive  Wind Action 2/15/2011 by Steve Everly in The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

• In Holland, land of windmills, flap over wind farm  Wind Action 2/14/2011 by Arthur Max in Associated Press (Netherlands)

• Ontario election sows green energy uncertainty  Wind Action 2/14/2011 by Nicole Mordant and Susan Taylor in Reuters (Canada)

• Legislative Alert!  Wind Action Posted 2/13/2011

• Gresohms's Law of Green Winter 2010-2011 by Johnathan Lessor Continental Economics Inc. (Energy)

• Gresham's Law of Green Energy  Wind Action 1/10/2011 by Jonathan A. Lesser (USA)

• ** What a difference a year makes... Editorial Posted by Wind Action 1/3/2011

• Don't be fooled by new energy bills  Wind Action 2/11/2011 by Charles Battig in Daily Progress (Virginia) (Opinion)

• State Renewable Energy Standards under attack from GOP legislators Wind Action 2/09/2011 by Maria Gallucci in SolveCimate (Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri & Montana)

• Net Metering  Wind Action Posted 1/20/2011 by Jim Hummel of The Hummel Report (Rhode Island) (Video)

• Ontario's new dilemma:  Too much power  Wind Action 1/25/2011 by Steve Russell in Toronto Star (Canada)

• The Dutch lose faith in windmills  www.windwahn.de 1/18/2011 (Netherlands)

• A difficult choice on the horizon  Wind Action 1/9/2011 by Tux Turkel in Portland Press Herald (Maine)

• Energy company offers payments to turbine neighbors  Wind Action 1/21/2011 in Daily Telegram (Riga, Michigan)

• Wind: Economic health or sleepless nights?  Lakeshore communities debate large-scale wind  Wind Action 1/21/2011 by Bob Allen in Iterlochen Public Radio (Michigan)

• Consumers Energy executive predicts superhighway to transmit power across Midwest will raise costs for Michigan residents  Wind Action 1/17/2011 by Chris Gautz in Jackson Citizen Patriot (Michigan)

• County fears loss of personal property tax (Wind turbines & Taxes) 1/14/2011 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune (Huron County Michigan)

• "Big Money" Discovers the Huge Tax Breaks and Subsidies for "Wind Energy" While Tax Payers and Electric Customers Pick Up The Tab  04/14/2005 by Glenn R. Schleede (Deserves to be reread)

• Wind Turbine Company Changes Its Mind About Building In Bismarck  Wind Action 1/10/2011 by Kristin Clouston in KFYR TV 5 (North Dakota)

• Plant will shut after $58m in state aid  Wind Action 1/12/2011 by Todd Wallack in Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

• Sponsor says wind-power bill changed after proposal  Wind Action 1/9/2001 by Erin Rhoda in Maine Today (Maine)

• Undoing Ontario's energy mess  Wind Action 1/5/2011 by Ted Chudleigh in Inside Halton (Canada)

• Wind turbines 'less efficient than claimed'  Wind Action 1/2/2011 in The Telegraph (UK)

• 'Let them sip latte': Revolt brewing in Spain over 'green energy' crisis  Wind Action 12/31/2010 by Chris Horner in The Daily Caller (USA) (Europe)

• Renewable-energy law criticized; Group says standards too costly, urges repeal  Wind Action 1/1/2011 in Beacon Journal (Ohio)

• Feds wind plan may zap Massachusetts; Ratepayer could see double-digit increases  Wind Action 1/2/2011 by Jay Fitzgerald in Boston Herald (USA) (Massachusetts)

• Power rate hikes add insult to economic injury  Wind Action 12/31/2010 by Carl Sampson in Capital Press (Oregon)

• The Midwest Wind Surtax; The latest scheme to socialize the costs of renewable energy  Wind Action 12/30/2010 in Wall Street Journal (USA)

• Turbine neighbors must consider insurance rates  Wind Action 12/28/2010 by Frank Haggerty in South Coast Today (Massachusetts)

• The Wind Subsidy Bubble, Green pork should be a GOP budget target  Wind Action 12/20/2010 In Wall Street Journal (USA)

• Winds of change loom in Somerset County, Proposed wind farms pit developers against residents  Wind Action 12/19/2010 by Erin Rhoda in Morning Sentinel (Maine)

• Rates set to jump for Pacific Power, PGE customers in January  Wind Action 12/18/2010 by Ted Sickinger in The Oregonian (Oregon)

• Renewable industry increases giving, will benefit from tax package  Wind Action 12/16/2010 by Anne C. Mulkern in E&E Daily (USA)

• Lame-Duck Bailout for Ethanol and Wind?  Congress, please, just say no  Wind Action 12/13/2010 by Robert Bryce in National Review (USA)

• Trouble brewing for wind farms?  Wind Action 12/16/2010 by Donna Barker in Bureau County Republican (Illinois)

• Investors less enthusiastic about China's wind farms  Wind Action 12/16/2010 in People's Daily Online (ASIA)

• Pull the plug on high energy prices  Wind Action 12/10/2010 by Tom Hudak in The Star (Canada)

• Tax cut bill loaded with deals for lobbyists, lawmakers  Wind Action 12/11/2010 in Fox News (USA)

• An 82 - year - old tired of spitting into the wind, went out on a limb  Wind Action 12/6/2010 by Donald Smith in Portland Press Herald (Maine)

• Senate tax bill lures Democrats with sweeteners  Wind Action 12/10/2010 by Carrie Budoff Brown in Politico (USA) (Tax Breaks and Subsidies)

• Wind power surplus blamed for spike in rural electric costs  Wind Action 11/23/2010 by Dan Gunderson in Minnesota Public Radio (Minnesota)

• Wind farm being sued over unpaid site work; N.B. firm says it's owed more than $185,850  Wind Action 11/26/2010 by Chris Lambie in Chronicle Herald (Canada)

• AES Wind Letter to Indiana landowners: Leases will Lapse Wind Action 10/28/2010 by Paul Burdick, Vice President AES Wind, LLC (Indiana)

• Maine Voices: Things aren't all rosy on Vinalhaven about wind turbines  Wind Action 11/12/2010 by Cheryl Lindgren in Portland Press Herald (Maine)

• Let's End the Wind Turbine Debate 11/09/2010 by Tran Longmoore in The Advance (Michigan)

• Wind Jammers at the White House  Wind Action 11/11/2010 in the Wall Street Journal (USA)

• Gas glut to last 10 years, hitting renewables - IEA  Wind Action 11/09/2010 by Muriel Boselli and Daniel Fineren in Reuters (UK)

• States diverting money from climate initiative  Wind Action 11/29/2010 by Mireya Navarro in New York Times

• Wind farm being sued over unpaid site work; N.B. firm says it's owed more than $185,850  Wind Action 11/26/2010 by Chris Lambie in Chronicle Herald (Canada)

• Ontario charts (expensive) path for renewable energy  Wind Action 11/24/2010 by Claire Sibonney & Nicole Mordant in The Vancouver Sun (Canada)

• Renewable energy push leads to price jolt for rural electric co-ops  Wind Action 11/22/2010 by Patrick Springer in INFORUM (Minnesota & North Dakota)

• The great transmission heist Wind Action 11/07/2010 in Wall Street Journal (Opinion)

• Worth repeating: The Real Problems With Wind Energy  Counter Punch 09/21/2010 by Robert Bryce

• Cape wind turbine foes join forces  Wind Action 10/04/2010 by Doug Frazer in Cape Cod Times (Massachusetts)'Windfall' documentary explores perils of wind power  Wind Action 09/10/2010 by Anthony Kaufman in Wall Street Journal

• Few attend special meeting on wind ordinance, charter changes Wind Action 10/13/2010 by Terry Karkos in Sun Journal  (Maine)

• Energy abandonment throughout the nation and the world  Thanks TomK

• Energy abandonment throughout the nation and the world..Continued Thanks TomK

• Vestas to cut 3,000 jobs at wind turbine plants  Wind Action 10/26/2010 by Claire MacCarthy in Financial Times (Denmark)

• Kintyre wind farm company in financial crisis  Wind Action 10/26/2010 in BBC News (UK)

• Success of First Wind's $300 million IPO is up in the air  Wind Action 10/26/2010 by Iris Kuo in Green Beat (USA)

• Pipestone wind-turbine factory idled; 110 layoffs  Wind Action 11/2/2010 by David Shaffer in Star Tribune (Minnesota)

• Huron County group urges residents to vote against energy districts  Wind Action 10/31/2010 by Michael Wayland in the Bay City Times (Michigan)

• Report encourages six corridors for wind power transmission  Wind Action10/01/2010 by Dave De Witte in The Gazette (Iowa)

• The challenge of storing energy on a large scale  Wind Action 09/29/2010 by Erica Gies in New York Times (USA)

• Say NO to a National RPS!  Wind Action Posted 09/23/2010

• Is wind "farming" compatible with agriculture  Wind Action 08/25/2010 Editorial

• Maine's rush to develop wind power is ill-advised  Wind Action 09/07/2010 by Clyde MacDonald in Bangor Daily News (Maine)

• Wind energy production: Legal issues and related liability concerns for landowners  Wind Action 05/10/2010 by Roger A. McEowen (Document)

• Revealed: Wind farm power twice as costly as gas and coal  Wind Action 09/27/2010 by David Derbyshire in Daily Mail (UK)

• US senators see new life for renewable-power bill  Wind Action 09/21/2010 by Timothy Gardner and Tom Doggett in Reuters

• US senators see new life for renewable-power bill  Wind Action 09/21/2010 by Timothy Gardner and Tom Doggett in Reuters

• Wind Energy's Real Problems: (Hint: It Has Nothing to Do With The Wall Street Journal)  Wind Action 09/14/2010 by Robert Bryce in Energy Tribune (USA)

• Deere sells wind energy business for $990M  Wind Action 08/31/2010 in Yahoo Finance

• Cash grant that propped up alternative power due to expire  Wind Action 08/30/2010 by John Miller in Associated Press

• Highland windmills remain unbuilt  Wind Action 07/26/2010 by Laurence Hammack in the Roanoke Times ( Virginia)

• Grid seeks rate hike to cover 'outrageous' costs  Wind Action 08/25/2010 by Jerry Kronenberg and Christine McConville in Boston Herald (Massachusetts)

• Hydro prices "going up like a rocket'  Wind Action 08/22/2010 by Don Butler in The Ottawa Citizen (Canada)

• Uncle Sam, Venture Capitalist     Wind Action 08/16/2010 (USA)

• Tech Watch  Popular Mechanics May 2010

• Some now have second thoughts about fast-tracking wind  Wind Action 08/09/2010 by Naomi Schalit in Sun Journal (Maine)

• Economics of Wind  CareMichigan 06/16/2010 Testimony of Robert J. Michaels, PhD.

• Gone with the wind  Wind Action 06/2010 by Jamie Dead in World Magazine

• Biomass to blow out wind farms Wind Action  05/29/2010 The Times online (UK)

• Harwich turns its back on wind turbines Wind Action 5/05/2010 (Mass)

• Merrill Lynch has 'Bearish' outlook for U.S. wind power demand   Wind Action  4/12/2010 (Bloomberg)

• Bookkeeping change addresses wind controversy  Wind Action 06/27/2010 by Nancy Madsen (Watertown Daily News) (New York)

• Foreign firms dominate wind energy in U.S., land stimulus dollars   Wind Action 5/26/2010 Politics Daily

• The Price of Wind; The 'clean energy revolution' is expensive.  Opinion 5/12/2010 (Mass)

• North Gower Wind Turbines  

• When Theory and Evidence Collide - Mackinaw Center, March 2010

• Ontario slaps new 'green' tax on electric bills; Levy will cover Liberal conservation programs   Wind Action  3/21/2010  (Canada)

• The big wind-power cover-up  Wind Action  3/13/2010  (USA)

• Michigan Now  

• Blowing Our Tax Dollars on Wind Farms  (Denmark)

• Wind Energy Ghosts  Wind Action  2/14/2010  (Hawaii)

• Renewables replacing renewables, Again!  11/1/2009  (NY)