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		<title>Man electrocuted while cleaning wind turbine in Solano County</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A man in his 30s was hospitalized Wednesday morning after being electrocuted as he worked on a wind turbine in eastern Solano County, officials reported. The unidentified victim was cleaning inside the turbine&#8217;s tower out at the end of Stewart Lane in Rio Vista shortly before 11 a.m. when the accident took place, said Montezuma Fire Protection District Asst. Chief Dan Schindler. Part of an ongoing project, the turbine supposedly did not have power running to it but had been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BPA proposes plan to pay wind developers to reduce power when rivers high</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bonneville Power Administration today proposed paying wind energy developers for reducing output to help balance the electricity supply during high river flows. If BPA decides to proceed with the compensation proposal, it would seek to split the cost equally between customers including electrical cooperatives and public utilities like Idaho Falls Power, and wind developers. BPA is releasing its proposal for public review now so the agency can meet a March 6 deadline for filing the proposal with the Federal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BPA offers to split costs when it pulls the plug on wind farms</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bonneville Power Administration has proposed to cover half the cost of wind farms&#8217; lost revenue when it shuts off their output because there is too much hydropower already being generated in the region. Renewables advocates said Tuesday that the approach is unacceptable. The cost-sharing proposal is the latest bid to end a dispute that began this spring, when the federal power marketing agency accommodated the massive spring runoff and resulting surge in power production by cutting off wind farms .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bedford v. Santa Barbara County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/bedford-v-santa-barbara-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BEDFORD v. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GEORGE BEDFORD et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY et al., Defendants and Respondents; ACCIONA ENERGY USA et al., Real Parties in Interest and Respondents. 2d Civil No. B228958. Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six. Filed February 2, 2012. Brenneman, Juarez &#38; Adam, Richard C. Brenneman, Richard E. Adam, Jr., and Mario A. Juarez Jr. for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Dennis A. Marshall, County Counsel, Michael C. Ghizzoni, Chief Assistant, William. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Color hydroelectric power green</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/color-hydroelectric-power-green/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There is a law of unintended consequences. When Gov. Brown signed a bill by state Sen. Joe Simitan (D-Palo Alto) into law, it meant private and public utilities must get 33 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. That&#8217;s up from the present 20 percent. The senator said in a news release that the bill &#8220;confirmed California&#8217;s long-term commitment to clean green energy.&#8221; He meant power from the wind and sun. But it also put one of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/05/sacrificing-the-desert-to-save-the-earth/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Environmentalists are torn over the high cost of breaking reliance on fossil fuels. Public comment has been sought, but insiders are calling the shots. Reporting from Ivanpah Valley, Calif.— Construction cranes rise like storks 40 stories above the Mojave Desert. In their midst, the &#8220;power tower&#8221; emerges, wrapped in scaffolding and looking like a multistage rocket. Clustered nearby are hangar-sized assembly buildings, looming berms of sand and a chain mail of fencing that will enclose more than 3,500 acres of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Save community planning groups from developer-backed scheme to squelch local input</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/save-community-planning-groups-from-developer-backed-scheme-to-squelch-local-input/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[“People will never hear about projects until after they’re done if this [elimination of planning groups] goes through.” – Mark Ostrander, chair, Jacumba sponsor group February 2, 2012 (San Diego’s East County) – I&#8217;ve rarely published an editorial, reserving my opinion for only those matters with the gravest of consequences for East County. One such matter will come before San Diego&#8217;s Supervisors on February 29, when supervisors will vote on whether or not to eliminate all community planning groups countywide. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger fund buys $30m stake in wind group Gamesa</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/schwarzenegger-fund-buys-30m-stake-in-wind-group-gamesa/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[US based investment fund Dimensional Fund Advisor (DFA) – partly owned by former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger – has bought a 3% stake in Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa. The purchase is revealed in a notification sent to Spain’s financial markets regulator the CNMV. DFA becomes one of Gamesa’s largest shareholders alongside Spanish utility Iberdrola, which has 19.6%, and Blackrock Inc which holds 4.9%. DFA’s 7.47 million Gamesa shares are worth about €23m ($30.3m) at current market prices.]]></description>
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		<title>Standing room only crowd at CPUC hearing in Jacumba on ECO Substation</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/standing-room-only-crowd-at-cpuc-hearing-in-jacumba-on-eco-substation/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) held a public participation hearing at the Jacumba Highland Center on January 24. Presided over by an administrative law judge, the honorable Hallie Yacknin, this hearing provided an opportunity for interested members of the public to express their views on San Diego Gas &#038; Electric’s (SDG&#038;E) application for a permit to construct the East County Substation Project (ECO Substation). The project would include a new 500/230/138 kilovolt (kV) electric substation, a new 500 kV .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM Resource Advisory Councils to meet in Redding</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/blm-resource-advisory-councils-to-meet-in-redding/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The U. S. Bureau of Land Management&#8217;s (BLM) resource advisory councils for northeast and northwest California will meet individually and in joint session Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 8-10, at the Oxford Suites Conference Center on Hilltop Drive in Redding. The meetings and a field tour are open to the public. Members of the Northeast California RAC will convene from 1 to 5 p.m. on Feb. 8. Time for public comments has been reserved at 4 p.m. Agenda items include recommendations .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind foes blast approval process; Wind energy maps draw protests</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/wind-foes-blast-approval-process-wind-energy-maps-draw-protests/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[More than a year of pent-up frustration hit county supervisors with a roar Tuesday as a small army of wind energy opponents attacked county-drawn maps that would outline where industrial wind energy projects can and cannot be developed. Supervisors responded by withdrawing the maps for months of more study, community involvement on wind projects and input from property owners who both support and oppose wind energy development. The board also heard from landowners and wind developers who support the wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind project boundaries presented to Board Of Supervisors</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/wind-project-boundaries-presented-to-board-of-supervisors/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BAKERSFIELD, Calif. &#8212; In November, the Board of Supervisors asked the Kern County Planning Department to come up with a plan that would essentially protect certain rural areas from massive wind projects. Tuesday was the deadline. This afternoon the planning department proposed several options that work toward creating boundaries around certain communities to protect them from the wind projects they&#8217;re constantly fighting. &#8220;Nobody I&#8217;ve talked to wants these windmills in our valley whatsoever,&#8221; said Brian McDaniel, a Twin Oaks resident. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts: California demand for Wyoming wind is a &#8216;gamble&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/experts-california-demand-for-wyoming-wind-is-a-gamble/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[JACKSON &#8212; It&#8217;s no secret that Wyoming wants to sell its wind power to California. But its chances are still up in the air, said some participants at a state Infrastructure Authority meeting here Tuesday. &#8220;It&#8217;s a big question mark, and a gamble,&#8221; said Bill Boyd, executive vice president and chief operating officer of TransWest Express LLC, a subsidiary of Denver-based Anschutz Corp. and developer of a high-voltage power line to carry wind power from Wyoming to California. Yet Boyd .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The county&#8217;s big wind map? It&#8217;s a lot of hot air</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/the-countys-big-wind-map-its-a-lot-of-hot-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have some advice for Kern County Supervisors who on Tuesday will be mulling what to do with a proposed wind resources map: scrap it! The map doesn&#8217;t &#8212; at least it shouldn&#8217;t &#8212; put anyone&#8217;s mind at ease about where wind projects won&#8217;t be allowed, as Supervisor Zack Scrivner and county planning department officials have tried to sell it. Quite the opposite. The map is nothing but a shameful ploy to distract residents. But I&#8217;ll come back to that. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Why we don&#8217;t trust you</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/why-we-dont-trust-you/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents of Twin Oaks asked Kern County Planning Department officials repeatedly if the City of Vernon had a wind energy project in the wings and were unequivocally told &#8220;no.&#8221; Yes, it does. And Kern planning officials have known about it all along. Lying is bad enough from anyone, but when it comes from the very people you&#8217;re paying to make sure projects are done correctly, it&#8217;s unacceptable. Someone ought to be fired for this. Seriously. &#8220;Chris Mynck (one of Planning&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Film leaves viewers winded</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/film-leaves-viewers-winded/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A relentless, inescapable barrage of noise pollution. Shadows so conspicuous they lead to clinical sleep disorders. Whirling blades that fatally pierce passing birds and induce internal hemorrhaging in bats, a condition that could ultimately bring about the species&#8217; extinction. Windfall, an award-winning documentary presented by the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin (EAC) and the West Marin/Sonoma Coastal Advocates (WMSCA) last Friday at the Dance Palace, tells the story of Meredith, a rural upstate New York town torn asunder as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County backs down after lawsuit over alleged Brown Act violations</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/county-backs-down-after-lawsuit-over-alleged-brown-act-violations/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit filed by Californians Aware has succeeded in persuading the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to vacate votes that approved key changes made by a developer-stacked Red Tape Reduction Task Force without public input. The lawsuit alleged that the Board violated the Brown Act by voting on items not listed as action items on the agenda. Now, the County has announced it will hold a public hearing on February 29. Following a closed-door meeting of Supervisors on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators question NV Energy plan to export renewable power to California</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/regulators-question-nv-energy-plan-to-export-renewable-power-to-california/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CARSON CITY — NV Energy is studying shipping solar and geothermal power to California. But regulators and consumer advocates are questioning the mammoth project. &#8220;It&#8217;s a risk to your shareholders,&#8221; Public Utilities Commissioner Rebecca Wagner said during a PUC workshop Thursday. &#8220;You&#8217;re flying without a net.&#8221; Documents filed by the company indicate it has spent $150,000 on studying the project so far. Dan Jacobsen of the state Consumer Affairs Division says there.s worry that if the project fails the Nevada .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The question: Turbine or not turbine?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/the-question-turbine-or-not-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LANCASTER &#8211; Signaling they won&#8217;t approve giant wind turbines on hillsides and farmland south and west of the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors stopped two alternative energy developers from putting up a series of 200-foot-tall meteorological data-collecting towers on their project sites. The decision, which was made unanimously by the five-member board, could result in the end of one proposed project and a massive redesign of another as county officials said the ruling .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Supervisors knock down Antelope Valley wind turbine study</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/supervisors-knock-down-antelope-valley-wind-turbine-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Efforts to build large electrical wind turbines in the Antelope Valley suffered a defeat Tuesday, when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors sided with a coalition of residents and environmentalists who opposed the project. Opponents of the turbines feared the project could blight the view from the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve, kill eagles, falcons and raptors and damage property values for people who live in that rural part of L.A. County, north of the San Gabriel Mountains. Supporters .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>NIMBY, and proud of it</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/nimby-and-proud-of-it/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Since 2004, Shell WindEnergy has been quietly making its way around Bear River Ridge. Only recently, somewhat surprisingly, Shell&#8217;s plans for an elaborate Wind Turbine Project along the Ridge finally came to the attention of the citizens of Ferndale. In a recent editorial piece in the Times-Standard, two scholarly gentlemen from HSU&#8217;s Schatz Center lauded this project at length. They wrote in response to a My Word essay in which Ferndale resident Ann Barbata made the concise declaration: “I do .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar farms totaling 1,300 acres proposed for East County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/22/solar-farms-totaling-1300-acres-proposed-for-east-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Jacumba, a high desert town with a population of just 561 in the last census, now finds itself at “ground zero” for major energy projects. Already, adjacent and formerly protected federal wilderness areas have been approved by the Department of the Interior for massive wind turbines 40 stories tall. Now, BP Solar –part of the BP corporation made infamous by the Gulf Coast oil spill, wants to build a massive solar farm on the outskirts of Jacumba. So does Amonix, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Standing room only at county’s &#8216;wind map&#8217; meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/standing-room-only-at-countys-wind-map-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Kern County Planning and Community Development Department presented a draft of the proposed Wind Resource Area Boundary Map to a full house at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Tehachapi Municipal Advisory Council. All members of the council were present. The audience exceeded 100 people as Craig Murphy Advanced Planning/Community Division Chief began the presentation. Murphy began by giving some background information AB 32 was one of the primary driving forces behind a lot of the renewable energy development .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tehachapi wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/tehachapi-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I remember when windmills in Tehachapi were used to keep stock tanks filled in areas where there was no electricity — and, of course, seeing the picturesque relics of old wooden windmills here and there, marking the site of an old homestead. About the time that I moved away from Tehachapi in mid-1981, there was talk of wind development and there may have been some turbines put up. I recall the conversation around town — the big advantage seemed to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Why environmentalists are opposed to industrial wind farms in Marin County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/why-environmentalists-are-opposed-to-industrial-wind-farms-in-marin-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Next Meeting: Jan. 21st, 1:30-3:30, activities room at The Redwoods, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA Why Environmentalists are Opposed to Industrial Wind Farms in Marin County Speakers: Helen Kozoriz and Beverly Childs Macintosh A power point presentation about the West Marin/Sonoma Coastal Advocates fight to prevent an industrial wind turbine farm. Note: The West Marin/Sonoma Coastal Advocates are sponsoring an award winning documentary “WINDFALL” by Laura Israel as a public service for the community on Friday, Jan 20th at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Legal ruling could force California to rethink CO2 plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/legal-ruling-could-force-california-to-rethink-co2-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A legal ruling by a U.S. federal judge has left a big hole in California&#8217;s plan to cut emissions and could force the cash-strapped and politically-gridlocked state to consider new strategies if it is to meet its domestic goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. On December 29, a federal court ruled that California&#8217;s plan to cut the carbon content of transport fuels by 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide violates the U.S. Constitution as it discriminates against out-of-state fuel sources. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PUC secrecy extends beyond solar to rates and safety</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/puc-secrecy-extends-beyond-solar-to-rates-and-safety/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There was public indignation when this column revealed late last year the secrecy maintained by the state Public Utilities Commission as it regulates the siting, building and design of several massive solar thermal electricity projects that will soon be a major part of California’s energy portfolio. Together with wind energy and geothermal projects, the only other developed types of constantly renewable large-scale energy, solar will soon produce about one-third of the state’s power. But because of PUC secrecy, no one .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A hard wind blows in favor of turbine approvals</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/15/a-hard-wind-blows-in-favor-of-turbine-approvals/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The only time I ever see government get a move on is for two reasons: money or politics. Call me jaded, but I suspect those are the twin engines propelling the county&#8217;s full-speed-ahead rush to draw a new wind energy map. And, as usual, when those two forces combine, the public is left in the dust. On the money side, a key wind energy tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year. That action will sharply .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let supervisors gut planning group role</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/dont-let-supervisors-gut-planning-group-role/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On Pearl Harbor Day, when most citizens were honoring democratic principles, San Diego County Supervisors Bill Horn and Ron Roberts were pushing Supervisors Cox, Jacob and Slater-Price for one more vote to silence the voices of backcountry constituents. Breathtaking was their advocacy of a developer-led scheme to eliminate community planning groups AND a cluster of laws and policies that protect San Diego County&#8217;s environment and the character of rural communities &#8212;- without public notice, review or input. This attack on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Radio]]></category>
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		<title>Radio discussion with Laura Israel and Helen Kozoriz</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/radio-discussion-with-laura-israel-and-helen-kozoriz/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Amanda Eichstaedt talks with Windfall filmmaker Laura Israel (New York) and Helen Kozoriz of West Marin/Sonoma Coastal Advocates, one of the sponsors (along with Environmental Action Committee of West Marin) of a January 20 screening of the film — West Marin Community Radio, KWMR, Thursday morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Brown signs pact to streamline energy transmission projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/gov-brown-signs-pact-to-streamline-energy-transmission-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In a move to create jobs and help preserve California&#8217;s leadership in renewable energy, the state and the federal government have expanded a partnership to bring more solar, wind and other clean energy sources on line. During a news conference at an Elk Grove solar farm Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed a new agreement to streamline the permitting and planning process for hundreds of miles of transmission lines connecting to new energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tehachapi wind farm is sold</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/tehachapi-wind-farm-is-sold/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX: BEP.UN), headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, and a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. of New York, says it has purchased a 150-megawatt wind farm in the Tehachapi area of Kern County. The company declined to identify the seller or the financial terms of the deal. It also declined to discuss any plans it has for the system. It does say that the project is located close to Brookfield Renewable&#8217;s existing 102-megawatt wind farm and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Salamanders at wind project to get replacement habitat</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/salamanders-at-wind-project-to-get-replacement-habitat/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MONTEZUMA HILLS — A rare 8-inch-long salamander must have its habitat preserved before 50 new wind turbines with 262-foot-tall towers can go up in the Montezuma Hills, according to a federal agency. And the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a proposed plan to do just that. The company called enXco wants to put up the electricity generating turbines as part of its Shiloh IV project. But first, it must satisfy the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that the California .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SDG&amp;E contracts power from wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/sdge-contracts-power-from-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans for the largest wind farm to date in the southern reaches of California took a step forward on Thursday with the approval of a power purchase agreement between San Diego Gas &#038; Electric and a major wind power developer. The wind turbines on Bureau of Land Management property outside the desert town of Ocotillo will provide enough electricity to power roughly 140,000 homes. The power plant, known as Ocotillo Express, would supply electricity to utility customers in San Diego .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Edison sends Tehachapi date to PUC</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/12/edison-sends-tehachapi-date-to-puc/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Southern California Edison this week released its report of alternative power line routes in the area of Chino Hills estimating costs of about $175 million to more than $1 billion if the project is changed by the state Public Utilities Commission. The amount would surpass the current projected cost of building the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project by at least $8 million. The document released late Tuesday by Edison was ordered by the state Public Utilities Commission to provide data on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Industrial wind turbines are not &#8216;windmills&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/industrial-wind-turbines-are-not-windmills/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[West Marin/Sonoma Coastal Advocates welcomes this opportunity to respond to the editorial, &#8220;Failed windmill plan shows crack in green goals&#8221; which appeared in the Dec. 18 IJ. We have presented our position at every community meeting and county Planning Commission hearing relating to the public review draft of the Local Coastal Program (LCP) and Development Code Amendments. (See: http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/CD/main/pdf/planning/coastal/Letters/_LCP_Letter_TOC_v2.htm). We support small (to 40-feet maximum) wind energy conversion systems or &#8220;WECS&#8221; as defined by Marin County&#8217;s WECS ordinance. However, we .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Edison to provide information to state Public Utilities Commission on expanded power line project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/edison-to-provide-information-to-state-public-utilities-commission-on-expanded-power-line-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Southern California Edison today is expected to turn over its assessments on five possible alternative power line routes through Chino Hills. The response was ordered by the state Public Utilities Commission two months ago. At the same time the commission required Edison to halt construction on its Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project in the city. The $2.1 billion power line project runs through a five-mile stretch of Chino Hills. It is intended to bring wind-generated electricity from Kern County to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ferndale says no-go to wind turbine project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/ferndale-says-no-go-to-wind-turbine-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents and ranchers alike packed the Ferndale City Hall to voice their increasing disapproval of the Shell Wind Bear River Wind Turbine Project presented by staff from HSU’s Schatz Energy Lab and Shell’s WindEnergy, Inc. The fourth such meeting held on the controversial project, Shell WindEnergy had asked the Ferndale City Council not to make any decisions at Thursday’s council meeting. Ferndale City staff, however, had previously recommended the council direct Humboldt County officials to ‘re-scope’ the project, asking for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy projects in California go unused</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/renewable-energy-projects-in-california-go-unused/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Millions of dollars in renewable energy projects intended to provide power to facilities in California&#8217;s national parks and forests are sitting idle because of a years-long squabble with Southern California Edison. A new $800,000 solar project at Death Valley National Park, photovoltaic panels at the state-of-the art visitors center at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and a solar power system at the U.S. Forest Service&#8217;s new facility at Mono Lake are among dozens of taxpayer-funded projects in Southern California .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Far from green</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/08/far-from-green/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:06:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In reference to the “My Word” column, by Mr. Lehman and Mr. Sheppard in the 12/24/11 issue of the Times-Standard, I would like to add some very pertinent data that they failed to include in their opinion of the need and effectiveness of wind energy. Wind energy cannot compete economically with other forms of energy, such as hydro, biomass or carbon-fired plants. Therefore, all wind energy must be subsidized by state and federal grants and tax incentives. If we depended .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Planning groups resist supervisor&#8217;s bid to eliminate, streamline them</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/08/planning-groups-resist-supervisors-bid-to-eliminate-streamline-them/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With supervisors poised to eliminate or drastically streamline rural planning groups, members of the citizen panels defended their role in guiding backcountry development last week. Last month, a panel proposed revamping planning groups as part of a broader attempt to cut red tape in the county government&#8217;s process for approving development. On Feb. 29, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to consider the fate of the planning groups. Members of the planning groups and one supervisor bristled .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ferndale opposes wind turbine project transportation plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/07/ferndale-opposes-wind-turbine-project-transportation-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ferndale City Council didn&#8217;t completely oppose the Shell Wind Bear River Wind Turbine Project during its meeting Thursday night but voted to send two letters to Humboldt County expressing its concerns. Ferndale Mayor Jeff Farley said Friday that the council voted unanimously to send a letter to the county &#8212; which ultimately has final say about the project &#8212; asking it to reevaluate the project&#8217;s scope. In addition, he said the council voted unanimously to send another letter to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Condor controversy puts Google, other wind investors in cross-hairs</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/condor-controversy-puts-google-other-wind-investors-in-cross-hairs/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In a feature story in the January 16 issue of Forbes Magazine I write about how the revival of the iconic but critically endangered California condor is on a collision course with the Golden State’s wind farm boom in the Tehachapi Mountains north of Los Angeles. Government biologists, wind industry executives and environmentalists have formed a task force and are racing to find a technological solution to the condor conundrum. On the verge of extinction 25 years ago, North America’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind vs. bird: revival of iconic California condor threatens state&#8217;s wind farm boom</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/03/wind-vs-bird/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The revival of the iconic California condor is colliding with the state&#8217;s wind farm boom. How an environmentalists&#8217; nightmare has become a multibillion-dollar dilemma. Drive out of California’s smoggy San Joaquin Valley, past the oil rigs planted helter-skelter in citrus groves, climb into the Tehachapi Mountains, and the future suddenly comes into view. Hundreds of gleaming white wind turbines generating carbon-free electricity carpet chaparral-covered ridges and march down into the valleys of Joshua trees that lead to the Mojave Desert. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy gets a new charge</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/03/renewable-energy-gets-a-new-charge/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Renewable energy proponents have gained a tremendous amount of clout in Sacramento in 2011, as illustrated by new laws that: 1. Provide incentives for solar developers to site projects on impaired farmland that are no longer suitable for agriculture because they are contaminated or nonproductive. 2. Allow wind developers to obtain incidental takings of endangered species authorization if a conservation plan is approved and is being implemented. 3. Allow solar or wind farms to be exempt from water consumption analysis .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Dept. of Interior approves Tule Wind Project in McCain Valley</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/26/u-s-dept-of-interior-approves-tule-wind-project-in-mccain-valley/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed approval December 20 forTule Wind Project on federal lands in McCain Valley in East County. The federal lands portion approved by the Department of the Interior constitute the bulk of the project, capable of generating up to 186 megawatts (MW) of the project’s total 200 MW capacity. The project will need additional approvals from the County of San Diego, California Public Utilities Commission, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and California State Lands Commission. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines crop up in Delta</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/26/wind-turbines-crop-up-in-delta/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Margaret and Ian Anderson have made a living for decades dry-land farming and raising sheep and cattle on their Montezuma Hills ranch. Now they have a new, very different crop: the wind. Harvesting the breeze that blows through their thousand-acre piece of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has altered their lives and landscape in return for new financial security. The Andersons have 17 new wind turbines on their ranch, each generating 1.5 megawatts of electricity. Utility roads that service the turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Complaints of electrical towers spread to Rowland Heights</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/22/complaints-of-electrical-towers-spread-to-rowland-heights/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents of Rowland Heights are joining others from Duarte, Chino Hills and Chino in asking that new electrical towers be moved or re-routed. The issue is being championed by Assemblyman Curt Hagman, R-Chino Hills, who also represents 80 percent of Rowland Heights. Hagman updated the Rowland Heights Coordinating Council last week about the problem and the group&#8217;s options. Rowland Heights residents are objecting to a new, 168-foot-high tower built in the summer that will be only about 50 feet from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Large wind farm earns federal approval; 62 turbines approved for East County valley, ridgelines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/21/large-wind-farm-earns-federal-approval-62-turbines-approved-for-east-county-valley-ridgelines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Interior Department approved plans on Tuesday for a wind farm east of San Diego on more than 12,000 acres of public lands centered in the McCain Valley. The Tule Wind Project, developed by Iberdrola Renewables, the U.S. division of the Spanish energy company, will be able to power about 65,000 homes. Iberdrola hopes to complete the desert power plant by the end of 2012 to take advantage of U.S. government incentives before they expire, but it still needs approvals .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>Chino Hills residents and officials set to battle towers</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/21/chino-hills-residents-and-officials-set-to-battle-towers/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CHINO HILLS &#8211; The fight in this city to take down 200-foot towers will continue into the new year. Chino Hills officials said the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project is the most significant thing their city will be dealing with in 2012, especially come January. The California Public Utilities Commission told Southern California Edison to stop construction on its expanded power line project last month and ordered it to present &#8220;feasibility, cost and timing&#8221; for five alternative routes by Jan. 10. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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