National Wind Watch: Alerts » Kansas http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts http://www.wind-watch.org/nwwlogo-white-50.jpg National Wind Watch: Alerts » Kansas http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts 100 40 Industrial Wind Alerts & Events from National Wind Watch Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Alerts Wind power Wind energy Lesser Prairie Chicken threatened by wind energy development Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:38:49 +0000 10 Nov 2007 ~ Thought you would like to know that as a result of the wind industry coming into NW Oklahoma, the Lesser Prairie Chicken will most likely be listed as endangered.

]]> http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/11/10/lesser-prairie-chicken-threatened-by-wind-energy-development/ http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/11/10/lesser-prairie-chicken-threatened-by-wind-energy-development/ Alerts Wind power Wind energy Smoky Hills Wind Farm Phase 1 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:17:17 +0000 12 Sep 2007 ~ It is difficult to comprehend the magnitude of the destruction to native prairie and the size of the project. There are going to be 56 turbines on this the first high ridge line. The entire project will cover 16 miles east and west and 4 miles deep right next to I-70. This Lincoln County — Ellsworth County wind farm will be the most visible of any in the state.

Congress has lavished hundreds of millions in tax breaks and subsidies on the wind industry — reinforcing a set of Federal wind energy policies that transfer millions of dollars annually from the pockets of ordinary taxpayers and electric customers to the pockets of “wind farm” owners (who enjoy sharply reduced income taxes), and wind turbine manufacturers.

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