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		<title>Moratorium placed on wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/09/moratorium-placed-on-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Sweetwater County Commissioners approved a nine-month moratorium on Commercial Wind Farm Tuesday morning. Eric Bingham, director of land use in the county’s planning and zoning department, said the moratorium would allow the department time to bring county regulation on par with state wind farm regulations. The state requires county regulations to at least meet the minimum requirements passed by the Wyoming Legislature in 2010. Currently, Sweetwater County does not meet these requirements and any decision by the county for .&#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>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/bpa-offers-to-split-costs-when-it-pulls-the-plug-on-wind-farms/</link>
		<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>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>Group to appeal court OK of Wasatch wind farm in Wyoming</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/group-to-appeal-court-ok-of-wasatch-wind-farm-in-wyoming/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of opponents to new power lines and wind farms in part of the Laramie Range will appeal to the Wyoming Supreme Court a lower court’s approval of a wind farm proposed south of Glenrock. A Wyoming District Court judge on Jan. 19 affirmed state and county permits for the 62-turbine, 100-megawatt Pioneer Wind Park wind farm proposed by Wasatch Wind of Park City, Utah. The Northern Laramie Range Alliance appealed the permits granted by the Converse County Commission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming governor says changing wind energy tax unlikely</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/wyoming-governor-says-changing-wind-energy-tax-unlikely/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gov. Matt Mead says he&#8217;s given up hope that the Wyoming Legislature this year will roll back state tax increases on wind energy production and construction of wind energy projects. Wyoming began imposing a $1 per megawatt hour tax on wind energy production in January. This month, the state also began imposing sales and use taxes that generally exceed 5 percent on equipment used on wind energy projects. Mead has expressed concern that the higher taxes might make wind energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>District Court rules against NLRA appeals of wind permits</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/district-court-rules-against-nlra-appeals-of-wind-permits/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[District Judge Keith Kautz of the Court of the Eighth Judical District on Jan. 19 ruled against the appeals filed by the Northern Laramie Range Alliance (NLRA) and the Northern Laramie Range Foundation (NLRF) challenging the permits granted to Wasatch Wind for the planned construction of its Pioneer Wind Parks south of Glenrock. Pioneer Wind Park I and Pioneer Wind Park II, each containing 31 wind turbines, are planned for land in the Boxelder/Mormon Canyon area about 10 miles south .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Former Natrona County planner, wind businessman owes $58,000 to local developer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/11/former-natrona-county-planner-wind-businessman-owes-58000-to-local-developer/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The former Natrona County planning and development director must pay a local contractor for work done for his wind energy business, according to a recent court order. Blair Leist and his WindWorks Energy LLC owes Ricor Investments $58,156.70 plus interest for failing to pay invoices for equipment, tools and labor for wind projects sent to him in 2010 and 2011, according to the order issued by Natrona County District Court Judge Catherine Wilking in December. Leist had promised to pay, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming researchers study impact of wind farms on antelope, elk</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/08/wyoming-researchers-study-impact-of-wind-farms-on-antelope-elk/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. — For the first time in Wyoming, scientists are studying the impact of wind farms on wintering antelope and elk. Researchers with the University of Wyoming collared 35 antelope in 2010 and another 17 in December to monitor their behavior on their winter range in the high desert near Medicine Bow. Scientists will collect their collars, loaded with data, in the spring. It is part of a three-year study paid for by PacifiCorp as part of the permitting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms provide nothing to local economy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/wind-farms-provide-nothing-to-local-economy/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:36:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have been following the news and commentary regarding wind energy in Sweetwater County. For the life of me, I cannot figure out why there is so much activity in the wind energy business….beside the government subsidies provided &#8212; free money. From what I understand, these wind turbines or windmills as I call them, are not profitable. Each windmill costs from $3 to $3.2 million dollars. It takes 20 years to pay off one of them, because they do not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mead continues to push for wind tax reduction</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/28/mead-continues-to-push-for-wind-tax-reduction/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[“I’m not sure we’re really happy with wind in Wyoming,” [Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, a member of the Senate Revenue Committee] said. “We’re not happy that the long-term impacts have been thought out. We’re not happy about the impacts on our view shed.
 
“We’re not happy about impacts on our wildlife — we’re not happy about impacts on our hunting opportunities.]]></description>
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		<title>Commission comments on wind farm proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/22/commission-comments-on-wind-farm-proposal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Among responses to the Bureau of Land Management by people and groups interested in enXco’s proposed wind project at the south portion of Quaking Aspen Mountain are official comments from Sweetwater County. While many have voiced either support or opposition to the proposed wind project, the county’s comments re-iterate the its comprehensive plan goals and stances on wildlife, visual impacts, as well as other issues it feels the BLM should look at while accumulating data for its environmental impact statement .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM hears wind farm concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/blm-hears-wind-farm-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents concerned about a proposed wind farm on the south side of Quaking Aspen Mountain spoke with Bureau of Land Management officials and representatives of enXco &#8212; the company proposing the project &#8212; Monday night. The public comment period to the BLM was recently extended to Dec. 27. One Green River resident, Tommy Wiekhorst, said he was concerned if the proposed wind towers, which will measure 575 feet from base to blade tip, would be viewable from his house. “I .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Despite appeal, Wasatch Wind says it&#8217;s on schedule for 2012 completion</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/despite-appeal-wasatch-wind-says-its-on-schedule-for-2012-completion/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Wasatch Wind spokesman says that the company is still on track to begin construction of its Pioneer Wind Parks south of Glenrock next year and to begin generating power by the end of 2012, despite numerous appeals filed challenging their permits. Appeals of the company’s permits by the Northern Laramie Range Alliance and others at the county, state and federal level have not deterred Wasatch from its plans to complete the project in 2012. The NLRA is opposed to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>States, feds join forces to protect sage grouse</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/13/states-feds-join-forces-to-protect-sage-grouse/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Gov. Matt Mead and officials from western states Friday discussed a strategy to save sage grouse and keep them off the federal endangered species list. If grouse numbers dwindle and the federal government is forced to protect the bird through the Endangered Species Act, ways of life in western states — including oil and gas development, renewable energy efforts, hunting and fishing — will be at risk, Salazar said. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Interior Secretary Ken Salazar: Protecting sage grouse saves jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/11/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-protecting-sage-grouse-saves-jobs/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The changes include a moratorium on wind-power development in core sage grouse habitat or in areas where the birds are known to breed. They also limit total disturbance by oil and gas development to no more than 5 percent, or 32 acres, of every square-mile section of land in core habitat, or no more than one well pad per square mile in core habitat.]]></description>
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		<title>$750 million wind farm proposed for area</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/08/750-million-wind-farm-proposed-for-area/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CHEYENNE &#8211; The city of Cheyenne stands to make more than $100 million and possibly draw a wind blade manufacturing facility here under a proposal presented Wednesday. The Morley Company of Jackson Hole is proposing building a 300-megawatt, $750 million wind farm composed of 120 towers on the west end of the city-owned Belvoir Ranch, which is six miles west of the city. The proposal was presented to the Cheyenne City Council during a work session. The project would only .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project scoping period extended</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/08/quaking-aspen-wind-energy-project-scoping-period-extended/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office (RSFO) is extending the scoping period for the Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project and will host a public meeting on Monday, Dec. 12 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Patio Room, 1675 Sunset Drive, Rock Springs, Wyo. Public scoping on the Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project began Nov. 8, with the publication of the Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hands off Aspen Mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/07/hands-off-aspen-mountain/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I feel the need to comment on current plans for wind generation in Sweetwater County. Planning is under way for a farm on White Mountain, one or two on Aspen Mountain, and then a massive one in the eastern end of the county that will probably go all the way from the continental divide, down to the Colorado border and maybe all the way to hook up with the Arlington wind farm. This is a pretty large area to sacrifice .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Groups discuss wind farm impact on historic sites</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/groups-discuss-wind-farm-impact-on-historic-sites/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:58:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mitigation factors were a key discussion point in a non-public meeting Wednesday about the Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind farm project. U.S. Bureau of Land Management archeologist Pat Walker met with several state and federal historical and cultural organizations in Rawlins. The purpose was to develop an agreement between the Power Company of Wyoming, the developer of the 1,000-wind turbine farm located south of Rawlins, and the historical and cultural societies. When completed, the agreement will spell out the mitigation PCW .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Groups discuss wind farm impact on historic site</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/02/groups-discuss-wind-farm-impact-on-historic-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mitigation factors were a key discussion point in a non-public meeting Wednesday about the Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind farm project. U.S. Bureau of Land Management archeologist Pat Walker met with several state and federal historical and cultural organizations in Rawlins. The purpose was to develop an agreement between the Power Company of Wyoming, the developer of the 1,000-wind turbine farm located south of Rawlins, and the historical and cultural societies. When completed, the agreement will spell out the mitigation PCW .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM fast-tracks three Wyoming wind energy projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/30/blm-fast-tracks-three-wyoming-wind-energy-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will fast-track three Wyoming wind energy projects in 2012, although representatives from the BLM’s state office say the projects were already considered priorities. The BLM named the Sand Hills Ranch, Chokecherry/Sierra Madre and White Mountain projects among 17 renewable-energy priority projects in four states due to receive increased focus next year. The BLM’s 2012 priority list also includes solar, wind and hydropower projects in Arizona, Nevada and California. Largest .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How many dead eagles?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/29/how-many-dead-eagles/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LANDER &#8212; Wind farms and golden eagles seem have trouble coexisting. But conservationists, biologists and energy companies agree: No one really knows what harm wind farms cause to golden eagles and their numbers. The available data, science and policy haven&#8217;t caught up with the pace of wind energy development. Still, wind energy development is apparently killing golden eagles, which seem especially susceptible to collisions with the turbines. &#8220;We really don&#8217;t know how many birds are being killed by wind turbines,&#8221; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developers seek to limit bird deaths</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/29/developers-seek-to-limit-bird-deaths/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[RAWLINS &#8212; In a small trailer on wind-swept prairie near Rawlins, a scientist sits and watches a computer screen. Outside, a large machine arm churns, releasing radar waves up to 3 miles above and 5 miles away, searching the sky for birds. This site is expected to eventually be home to a 1,000-turbine wind farm, situated on 100,000 acres, about half federal land and half private. When finished, Power Co. of Wyoming&#8217;s Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sweetwater Co. wind farm proposals still blowing in the wind because of birds, other concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/21/sweetwater-co-wind-farm-proposals-still-blowing-in-the-wind-because-of-birds-other-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ROCK SPRINGS &#8212; On the heels of a proposal to build a 72-turbine wind farm on the south side of Aspen Mountain, other proposed wind farms in Sweetwater County are facing challenges. The proposed wind farm on White Mountain is moving slowly forward, though proponents are grappling with issues raised by eagles in the area. The wind farm proposed on the Sweeney Ranch wind farm near Rock Springs is on hold, Bureau of Land Management spokesman Lorraine Keith said. She .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Torn over wind: Sweetwater County eyes proposed projects, power lines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/21/torn-over-wind-sweetwater-county-eyes-proposed-projects-power-lines/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. — Ask Sweetwater County Commissioner Reid West about the new wind farm south of Rock Springs, and he&#8217;ll have to ask you a question in return. &#8220;Which one?&#8221; The lengthy federal review process is just starting for the wind farm proposed for the south side of Aspen Mountain. But it&#8217;s joining a host of proposed wind farm and transmission lines in the county. And discussion about the Aspen Mountain project mirrors a larger discussion about renewable energy development .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM studies the visual impact of wind turbines on the landscape</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/21/blm-studies-the-visual-impact-of-wind-turbines-on-the-landscape/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. — Sherry Roche&#8217;s job can involve some cold fingers, but it&#8217;s worth it. Roche, a visual resources specialist with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, said the cold comes with the job of figuring how wind transmission lines and turbines look from varied distances and in a variety of settings. That means she and her team working on the BLM&#8217;s twin view impact studies spend a lot of time outdoors as winter deepens. &#8220;It takes a lot of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm not a windfall</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/13/wind-farm-not-a-windfall/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Awhile back the Rawlins Daily Times Editorial Board wrote an opinion piece, Hot Air and Cold Wind in which they lamented that the Chokecherry Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project south of Rawlins isn&#8217;t necessarily the windfall it&#8217;s projected to be. They called it a &#8220;Game Changer.&#8221; It is indeed a Game Changer. And the winners are a rich entrepreneur and other states that don&#8217;t want more development in their own backyards. Apparently, though, it is OK for our backyards to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public scoping opens on Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/09/public-scoping-opens-on-quaking-aspen-wind-energy-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office kicks-off a 30-day public scoping period by publishing a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register for the proposed Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project. The Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project is a proposal by Evergreen Wind Power Partners, LLC to construct up to 100 wind turbines with a nameplate capacity of 250 megawatts of energy to be transported by approximately 14 miles of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists: Wind farms tough on birds</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/06/scientists-wind-farms-tough-on-birds/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LARAMIE — No form of energy production is without cost to the environment, even production from renewable energy sources like wind, which poses threats to birds, bats and other wildlife. But as scientists study wind development and its interaction with wildlife, they&#8217;re learning that the best way to keep birds and animals safe is the strategic placement of turbines. Continuing improvement of research methods will yield better information about the daily and seasonal behaviors of wildlife that place them in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists: Wildlife benefit from careful wind farm placement</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/04/scientists-wildlife-benefit-from-careful-wind-farm-placement/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 10:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[No form of energy production is without cost to the environment, even production from renewable energy sources like wind, which poses threats to birds, bats and other wildlife. But as scientists study wind development and its interaction with wildlife, they’re learning that the best way to keep birds and animals safe is the strategic placement of turbines. Continuing improvement of research methods will yield better information about the daily and seasonal behaviors of wildlife that place them in danger. Four .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wyoming lawmakers vote against wind tax bill</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/28/wyoming-lawmakers-vote-against-wind-tax-bill/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Wyoming legislative committee has voted against a bill that would have restructured the state&#8217;s policy on taxing wind energy projects to benefit producers. The members of the Joint Revenue Interim Committee voted against the bill Thursday in Worland. The bill would have allowed the state to charge impact fees on new wind projects instead of allowing the existing sales tax exemption on wind energy equipment to expire on schedule in January. The state in January also will begin taxing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t want to be a NIMBY, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/27/dont-want-to-be-a-nimby-but/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I grew up at the foot of Aspen Mountain south of Rock Springs. My dad worked for Mountain Fuel, now Questar, and we lived at a gas camp. My brother and I had the run of the hills when we were kids. In the summertime, we were gone from sunup to sundown, running through the sage, chasing gophers and any other critter that got in our way. We climbed all over the mountain and had many secret spots where a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Another wind farm proposal blows in</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/another-wind-farm-proposal-blows-in/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[GREEN RIVER &#8212; A new proposal to build a 72-turbine wind farm on the south side of Aspen Mountain was presented at the Sweetwater County Commission meeting on Tuesday. The project is sponsored by enXco. Northwest Region director Gary Probst said the towers would not be visible from Rock Springs, Green River, most parts of Interstate 80 or from White Mountain, where another wind power project has been proposed. The earlier project was criticized because the turbines could be seen .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon County officials support wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/carbon-county-officials-support-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Carbon County Commissioners touted the economic benefits of the proposed Chokecherry Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project in a statement to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. “The Carbon County Commissioners recognize the importance of wind energy development in the area, and we are fully supportive of the Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind farm,” write the commissioners. “The project will enhance our community by providing many long-term, well paying jobs and provide millions of dollars in anticipated tax revenues.” The commissioners also .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal regulators accept Flaming Gorge application</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/22/federal-regulators-accept-flaming-gorge-application/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One proposed ‘‘pump storage’’ project associated with the pipeline calls for building a new reservoir on the side of Sheep Mountain, west of Laramie. Million said Thursday that water could drain from the proposed reservoir on Sheep Mountain down to nearby Lake Hattie to generate power while possibly using wind power to pump the water back uphill. 
  
 The pipeline would have to move water over the Continental Divide on its way to Colorado. Although Million said the project couldn’t produce more energy than it uses, he said the hydropower could provide a valuable offset to its operating costs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Another wind farm on the county&#8217;s horizon</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/20/another-wind-farm-on-the-countys-horizon/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A new wind farm project is on the horizon and representatives of the company proposing the farm discussed their project with the Sweetwater County Commissioners yesterday afternoon. The project is proposed by Enxco, a company with experience in developing 51 wind projects in 15 states. Its Quaking Aspen Wind Farm is proposed to be placed 11.5 miles south of Rock Springs near the south side of Aspen Mountain. According to Nate Sandvig, site developer for Enxco, the project will involve .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hot air and cold wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/03/hot-air-and-cold-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Look around Carbon County — we’ve got wide-open vistas for hunting, fishing, hiking, photography, camping, four-wheeler riding and snowmobiling. It’s no wonder outdoors magazines rate Rawlins and Saratoga two of the best places to live in the nation. But when you’re out and about, savor it, because the face of Carbon County is about to change. Once the Chokecherry Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project is complete, 1,000 wind turbines will cover 1,544 acres on the Overland Trail Ranch, south of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BPA reworking process for planning transmission lines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/01/bpa-reworking-process-for-planning-transmission-lines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Renewable energy developments in the Northwest may soon benefit from more flexibility in the transmission planning process. The past several years have been marked by an increase of wind power developments, partially because of laws requiring utilities to add renewable energy to their portfolios. The Bonneville Power Administration, which controls three-quarters of the Northwest’s high-voltage transmission lines, has been working to figure out how to prepare for the new wind power. But not all of the projects that generated transmission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Wyoming wind would save California money</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/27/report-wyoming-wind-would-save-california-money/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LARAMIE, Wyo. — Cheap Wyoming wind power could save California customers hundreds of millions of dollars a year, according to a report from the group that coordinates the electrical grid in the Western U.S. and Canada. California, a growing buyer of renewable energy to meet state-set standards, would save about $600 million a year if it purchases a fifth of its renewable energy from Wyoming, according to analysis contained in the report from the Western Electricity Coordinating Council. The study .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The power struggle for Wyoming&#8217;s wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/16/the-power-struggle-for-wyomings-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The best wind in America is in Wyoming. It is a door-snapping, heart-pounding wind that barrels in from the west, chasing the truckers along Interstate 80 as they race to make Omaha by nightfall. It is sometimes described with words ordinarily associated with dark chocolate or exceptional pinot noir. It has been called dense, world-class, consistently extraordinary, special, and fabulous. It is all these things and more. The best wind in America is also harsh and divisive. Across Wyoming, whose .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Feasibility of huge transmission line will be studied</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/15/feasibility-of-huge-transmission-line-will-be-studied/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A new development agreement has been inked to study the feasibility of a 725-mile transmission line that begins in Wyoming, traverses across Utah and ends in Nevada. The project by TransWest Express and the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s Western Area Power Administration proposes to tap wind energy in southeastern Wyoming and convey up to 3,000 megawatts of renewable power to the Marketplace Hub outside of Las Vegas. Under terms of the agreement, TransWest would kick in up to $25 million .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pathfinder developers hope to offset impacts of energy development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/31/pathfinder-developers-hope-to-offset-impacts-of-energy-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Land developers Jeff Meyer and Michael Fraley originally proposed to build a giant wind farm on the Pathfinder Ranch near the Oregon Trail in central Wyoming. Instead, the project will be moved to a windswept farming area of Platte County in the southeast part of the state. As they work on the wind farm project near Chugwater, they are also pursuing a potential environmental mitigation bank back on the Pathfinder ranches in central Wyoming. Improvements on the ranch are intended .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bondurant petitions against turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/30/bondurant-petitions-against-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An effort to “keep Bondurant rural” has risen in the form of a petition against the wind turbines to be built soon behind the post office and Branding Iron Café on the River Bend Ranch (Ordway) property, at the valley’s southeast end. The four proposed turbines are part of an experimental power distribution system by Lower Valley Energy (LVE) that will include a solar array about 20 by 40 feet in size, storage batteries to store 10 kilowatts’ worth of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm draws local interest</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/24/wind-farm-draws-local-interest/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The first of two open houses for the proposed Chokecherry Sierra Madre wind farm drew about 60 people in Rawlins during its first hour Monday at the Jeffrey Center. Several Rawlins residents at the open house were concerned about how the turbines will affect their view of Miller Hill, Sheep Mountain and other landmarks. Many people expressed disappointment some wind turbines would be visible from I-80. Residents were also concerned about the effect on hunting in the area. “I think .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Future is grim for deer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/14/future-is-grim-for-deer/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Mule deer populations are dropping. It&#8217;s so bad, in fact, some question whether the animal will even be a part of the Wyoming landscape further on down the road. In a carpeted room in the back of the River Rock Café in Walden, Colo., Steve Torbit posts a graph of the downward slide of mule deer populations in southern Wyoming and northern Colorado. &#8220;What&#8217;s the future look like?&#8221; he asks the crowd, which sits quietly, arms folded, legs crossed. &#8220;We&#8217;re .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM ends Wyoming wind farm study</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/23/blm-ends-wyoming-wind-farm-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[After three years of work, the federal government has issued a draft version of a key environmental report for a proposed massive wind farm south of Rawlins. The Bureau of Land Management released the draft of the environmental impact statement, or EIS, for the 1,000-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind project planed by Power Co. of Wyoming LLC. The release of the 1,100-page statement is a key part of the permitting and development of the 2,500-megawatt wind farm because approximately .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Energy boom hurting deer, antelope herds</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/21/study-energy-boom-hurting-deer-antelope-herds/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The industrialization of once wild landscapes is partly to blame for dramatic declines in mule deer and pronghorn antelope in Colorado and Wyoming, according to a new report. After reviewing population trends, hunter-harvest reports and licenses sales from the two states over the last 30 years, wildlife biologists John Ellenberger and Gene Byrne concluded that oil and gas drilling, wind farms, agricultural practices and other human encroachments are slicing and dicing critical habitat the animals have historically relied upon to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents of Glenrock wind farms to sue</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/15/opponents-of-glenrock-wind-farms-to-sue/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CASPER, Wyo. — A landowner group opposed to two wind farms planned for south of Glenrock will take the state board that approved the wind energy project permit to court. The Industrial Siting Council, a state board that must sign off on large wind energy projects, approved the farms known together as the Pioneer Wind Project by a 4-3 vote Monday. Wasatch Wind of Park City, Utah, is the developer of the 62-turbine, 100-megawatt project planned for two sites along .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents of Glenrock wind farms to sue Wyoming Industrial Siting Council</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/14/opponents-of-glenrock-wind-farms-to-sue-wyoming-industrial-siting-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A landowner group opposed to two wind farms planned for south of Glenrock will take the state board that approved the wind energy project permit to court. The Industrial Siting Council, a state board which must sign off on large wind energy projects, approved the farms known together as the Pioneer Wind Project by a 4-3 vote Monday. Wasatch Wind of Park City, Utah, is the developer of the 62-turbine, 100-megawatt project planned for two sites along Mormon Canyon Road. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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