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		<title>Reno council OKs project north of city that could have 23,000 residents</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spring Mountain, a development that in 20 years could become home for as many as 23,000 people west of Pyramid Lake, was approved in a Reno City Council split vote Wednesday. 
The project, born out of a court settlement over regional planning disputes, now goes before the Regional Planning Commission to see if it fits with the plan. 
&#8220;This all started with the settlement agreement and the direction the county decided the city should grow,&#8221; said Councilman Dwight Dortch, who .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Reno council could vote tonight on zoning for massive project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spring Mountain developers say their project for 23,000 people 25 miles north of Reno would be the nation&#8217;s first master-planned, renewable energy community. 
The &#36;6 billion investment to build 12,000 homes and 2 million square feet of commercial space can be an economic stimulus package for Reno, said Arlo Stockham, project manager for Spring Mountain at the Winnemucca Ranch, adding incentives such as cheap land would be offered to businesses. 
The Reno City Council will consider zoning for the project .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators approve 234-mile electrical power connection</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[State regulators on Tuesday moved LS Power a step closer to building a 234-mile, &#36;350 million transmission line that would directly connect the state&#8217;s electric utilities in Southern and Northern Nevada for the first time. 
The Public Utilities Commission voted 3-0 without debate to approve the Southwest Intertie Project. 
Great Basin Transmission, which is owned by a joint venture of LS Power of New Brunswick, N.J., and Houston-based Dynegy, proposes to build the transmission line.
The 500-kilovolt power line would run .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM to study wind farm proposal near Virginia City</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Dec 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[VIRGINIA CITY, Nev.—Federal land managers said Monday they will gather public comment and assess the potential environmental impacts of a proposal to build dozens of wind-power turbines on the mountains north of Carson City and west of Virginia City. 
Great Basin Wind LLC has submitted an application to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for a right of way to build and operate the New Comstock Wind Energy Project near the 1860s-era tourist destination that has been designated a National .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents concerned about turbine project</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Heidi Brautigam loves nothing better than horseback riding in Warm Springs Valley, where she has lived for 17 years. 
But she is worried her rides could become dangerous once big tractor rigs and construction trucks start hauling equipment and materials to build Nevada Wind&#8217;s proposed wind turbine farm on the northern ridges overlooking the valley, north of Spanish Springs.
&#8220;I go horseback riding all the time,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to get creamed by a truck.&#8221;
She as well as other .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbors fear truck traffic near Warm Springs wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Owners of wind turbine project are proposing to move a 120-kilovolt transmission line to the east side of Warm Springs to appease residents opposed to the route through the middle of the valley for their wind turbine project. 
Tim Carlson and John Johansen, Nevada Wind partners in the project, announced the change Tuesday at a meeting of about 65 residents at the Lazy 5 community center in Spanish Springs. They also said they expect the 80 megawatts of power from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Transmission lines bring destruction</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Virginia Peak Wind Co. is trying to get a foothold in Washoe County by seeking approval for the county&#8217;s, and Nevada&#8217;s, first wind farm. 
A lot has been said about the monstrous, 446-foot tall turbines which are planned to be strung out, single file, along the ridge line of the Pah Rah Mountains. The promoter touts the greenness of the project and declares wind power as the answer to the nation&#8217;s, if not the world&#8217;s, economic and energy woes. 
However, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioners oppose location of wind generation projects</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lincoln County Commissioners, during their regular meeting November 10, said they were not opposed to the development of wind-generated power in the County, but would rather seek different locations than the ones being proposed. 
Mission Edison Group, a subsidiary of Southern California Edison, had approached the County about building wind generators on Mt. Wilson and Table Mountain, both a little north of Pioche. County Commissioners have said they do not think those locations are the best places for such large .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Washoe officials reviewing plans for state’s first large wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Officials of a company called Nevada Wind want to build &#36;300 million worth of turbines above Warm Springs Valley in the Pah Rah Mountains, the first large wind farm in the state. 
If Washoe County officials approve, the 20 to 50 turbines on ridges near Virginia Peak could be under construction next year, generate power by 2010 and be completed by 2013, said Tim Carlson, a partner in the Las Vegas company. Slowly rotating blades as long as 125 feet .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/18/washoe-officials-reviewing-plans-for-state%e2%80%99s-first-large-wind-farm-2/</link>
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		<title>Companies seek Washoe sites for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the Virginia Range northwest of Pyramid Lake, the Pah Rahs east of Sparks and the Fort Sage, Dry Valley and Dogskin Mountains in northern Washoe County, scientific instruments are measuring wind strength and directions for potential turbine sites. 
&#8220;This is serious stuff, and it&#8217;s coming our way,&#8221; said Bill Whitney, a county planner who conducted a workshop Tuesday night for about 100 people interested in wind energy in the county.
In the southern part of the county, as many as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/18/companies-seek-washoe-sites-for-wind-turbines-2/</link>
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		<title>Just put a moustache on the Mona Lisa</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine an elegant wedding, the bride in a beautiful gown starts down the aisle to a boom box playing a rap music wedding song, &#8220;The brides a h* and the grooms a p***&#8230;&#8221;. Not very appropriate is it? Neither are wind turbines in the Comstock Historic District. To spoil the 19th century charm of Virginia City with the mountains covered with turbines boggles the mind. Put a mustache on the Mona Lisa. I don&#8217;t live in the area where the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Companies seek Washoe sites for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the Virginia Range northwest of Pyramid Lake, the Pah Rahs east of Sparks and the Fort Sage, Dry Valley and Dogskin Mountains in northern Washoe County, scientific instruments are measuring wind strength and directions for potential turbine sites. 
&#8220;This is serious stuff, and it&#8217;s coming our way,&#8221; said Bill Whitney, a county planner who conducted a workshop Tuesday night for about 100 people interested in wind energy in the county.
In the southern part of the county, as many as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/01/companies-seek-washoe-sites-for-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Wind power plan stirs controversy</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first wind energy project proposed for the Virginia City area is stirring up more than just wind. 
Several residents are expressing concern about the visual impact that as many as 70 of three-bladed turbines would have on the 1860s-era tourist destination that has been designated a National Historic District. 
Ron Reno told the Silver City Town Board he is not organizing opposition but he doesn&#8217;t like Great Basin Wind&#8217;s new Comstock project along Virginia Range ridgelines from Geiger Summit .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/30/wind-power-plan-stirs-controversy/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines proposed at Virginia City; some opposition</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The first wind energy project proposed in Virginia City is stirring up some controversy. Some residents are expressing concern about the visual pollution the big turbines could bring to the Comstock Historic District. 
Ron Reno says wind power is a wonderful thing, just not in the 1860s-era town that draws thousands of tourists a year. He says if the turbines are placed on ridge lines like Great Basin Wind proposes, they&#8217;ll be highly visible form Virginia City, Gold Hill and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting for their life: Preservationists seek Sage Grouse protection</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[With 70,000 to 80,000 sage grouse scampering through thickets of high desert shrubs in Nevada, a casual observer might think the chickenlike bird is hardly a candidate for listing as a threatened or endangered species. 
The Nevada Department of Wildlife estimates, however, are down this year from 100,000 grouse in 2005, and the ratio of chicks to hens is the lowest recorded since the early 1980s. 
That gives weight to arguments by preservationists who succeeded last year in persuading a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar projects draw new opposition</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s not to like about solar power? Sunlight is clean, quiet and abundant. If enough of it were harnessed and turned into electricity, it could be the solution to the energy crisis. But surprisingly, solar power projects are running into mounting opposition — and not from hard-nosed, coal-fired naysayers, but from environmentalists. 
The opposition is particularly strong in Southern California. Aside from abundant sunshine and virtually cloudless skies, the California desert has altitude, so there is less atmospheric interference for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blowin&#39; in the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Silver City residents expressed mixed reactions after recently learning of a proposed wind turbine project for the nearby ridgelines. 
Residents weighed the greenness of wind power with the amount of visual pollution that the tall towering structures could bring to the popular 1860s-era tourist destination communities in the Comstock Historic District, which is also designated a National Historic District. 
Great Basin Wind, LLC&#8217;s New Comstock Project was discussed during the recent September Silver City Town Board meeting&#8217;s public comment segment. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/24/blowin-in-the-wind-4/</link>
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		<title>Wind power raises questions from environmentalists; County officials welcome wind power projects—but still want to be able to stop them</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just as new wind power plans are being announced around Nevada, the state’s counties are seeking power to kill such projects. 
Among the projects on various corporate drawing boards: 
• Edison Mission Energy and Nevada Wind want to install wind turbines on 5,220 acres on Wilson and Table mountains in Lincoln County. 
• Nevada Wind/Edison Mission Energy also plans a 5,030 acre in the White Rock Mountains in Lincoln County. 
• Nevada Wind/Edison Mission Energy also has a 2,950 acre .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Washoe officials reviewing plans for state’s first large wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Officials of a company called Nevada Wind want to build &#36;300 million worth of turbines above Warm Springs Valley in the Pah Rah Mountains, the first large wind farm in the state. 
If Washoe County officials approve, the 20 to 50 turbines on ridges near Virginia Peak could be under construction next year, generate power by 2010 and be completed by 2013, said Tim Carlson, a partner in the Las Vegas company. Slowly rotating blades as long as 125 feet .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Many wind farm projects in the works</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A windmill project proposed for the Virginia Range could be the first in Nevada when finished, but it&#8217;s not the only one in the works.
According to Sierra Pacific Power Co. spokesman Fay Anderson, there are several locations in Nevada being studied for wind-generated electricity projects, the farthest along outside of the Virginia Range project being in Elko County.
There also are projects proposed for Lincoln, Clark and White Pine counties.
U.S. Department of Energy officials have estimated that 20 percent of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plan stirring a whirlwind of questions; Project could be first in Nevada, but historic district has concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rich Hamilton of Reno is planning to sow the wind; now he may reap the whirlwind. 
Hamilton is proposing a wind turbine farm on Bureau of Land Management property along the ridgeline of the Virginia Range, just east of Washoe Valley and west of Virginia City. The 72 turbines would be placed where the wind is strongest, beginning at McClellan Peak and extending northward to Geiger Summit, touching Carson City, Washoe County and Storey County. 
The whirlwind, if it comes, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turning desert green comes with caveats</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When power developers announced plans for coal plants in the Nevada desert, it was clear which side conservation groups would be on: the opposition.  
Because although renewable energy is the darling of the environmental movement — hailed as a cure for our addiction to fossil fuels — solar and other clean power plants can still be hard on the birds and bunnies trying to survive in their shadows.
“Just because it’s green doesn’t mean &#8230; it doesn’t have impacts,” said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/28/turning-desert-green-comes-with-caveats/</link>
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		<title>Grand vision of green Lincoln County runs into hunter opposition</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[But turbines would scare off the deer, elk … 
Before Nevada can become the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy, it will have to come to peace with the hunters in Lincoln County.
In that rural stretch north of Las Vegas, county commissioners oppose plans to blanket four mountaintops with enough tall wind energy turbines to power 250,000 homes.
Nothing against a wind farm, the elected officials say, they just don’t want windmills atop prime elk and deer habitat where families have come .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/16/grand-vision-of-green-lincoln-county-runs-into-hunter-opposition/</link>
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		<title>BLM approves transmission line</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management on Thursday announced it took the first step to approve right of way for the first direct transmission line between Southern Nevada and Northern Nevada electrical grids.
Great Basin Transmission, an affiliate of independent power producer LS Power, received a final environmental assessment from BLM, finding &#8220;no significant impact&#8221; resulting from the transmission line.
LS Power also proposes to build the White Pine Energy Station, one of three Nevada coal-fired power projects that have attracted opposition from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/08/blm-approves-transmission-line/</link>
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		<title>Public gets closer look at wind power project</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ELKO &#8212; The pursuit of alternative energy &#8212; and the public&#8217;s opinion on the issue &#8212; was the name of the game this week for the China Mountain Wind Power project.
The proposed 425-megawatt wind farm will be developed by Renewable Energy Systems, a private company based in Denver.
The project calls for 185 wind turbines &#8212; up to 413 feet in height &#8212; across 30,700 acres in Nevada and Idaho. About one-eighth of the project &#8212; 4,700 acres &#8212; will be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A day in the field; BLM advisory groups tour future wind farm site</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[JACKPOT, Nev. &#8212; The rocky, uneven road could be daunting to some. But it was manageable for the caravan of sport utility vehicles that wound their way up it on Thursday.
It&#8217;s the same road that construction vehicles will use when work begins on a 185-turbine wind project southwest of Rogerson, Twin Falls consultant Stephen Hartgen said. And before the first half of the towers rise, likely in May 2011, workers will have to improve the drive.
&#8220;As you can see, these .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/20/a-day-in-the-field-blm-advisory-groups-tour-future-wind-farm-site/</link>
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		<title>Court voids FAA allowance for turbines near Nevada airport</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court says the Federal Aviation Administration has to reconsider allowing a wind farm atop a mountain near the planned Ivanpah airport in southern Nevada.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia issued a ruling Friday upholding Clark County&#8217;s challenge of an FAA finding that 83 electricity-generating turbines atop Table Mountain wouldn&#8217;t obstruct air space or disrupt radar systems.
Clark County alleged the FAA failed to follow proper administrative procedures, didn&#8217;t conduct open hearings, and disregarded a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm planned for Spring Valley</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spring Valley might become a valley of the windmills in two years. A developer presented a proposal to the White Pine County Commission Feb. 13 to develop a wind farm in Spring Valley, about 30 miles east of Ely. 
This proposal for renewable, or “green” energy, would coexist in harmony with another proposal, a coal-fired energy plant.
Babcock &#038; Brown, an Australian international investment and advisory company with its U.S. base of operations in San Francisco, is one of the largest .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/02/21/wind-farm-planned-for-spring-valley/</link>
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		<title>Mega-wind project south of T.F. progresses; Bulk of electricity likely to go out of state</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Developers are hoping you won&#8217;t see one of the largest building projects in Idaho history.
They are hoping, however, that Nevada residents will reap the bulk of the project&#8217;s rewards.
In the next two years, the first of nearly 200 planned wind turbines could begin to gently spin on seldom seen federal, state and private lands, hidden by hills just west of U.S. Highway 93 between Twin Falls and Jackpot, Nev.
Though most of the turbines will be in Idaho, a Nevada utility .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lines for transmitting alternative energy urged</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jim Gibbons on Thursday accepted a report that calls for developing transmission lines so that geothermal, wind and solar energy can be shipped from remote areas of the state to cities.
In a ceremony in Carson City, Gibbons enthusiastically welcomed the report that calls for Nevada to develop its vast renewable energy resources for in-state use and for export to other states, said Dan Schochet, chairman of the Renewable Energy Access Advisory Committee.
Melissa Subbotin, the governor&#8217;s press secretary, did not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM studying seven wind farm proposals for White Pine County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seven wind farm projects are proposed for White Pine County according to the Bureau of Land Management Ely District office. 
The renewable energy project proposals all await scrutiny by the BLM.
LS Power Development, the developer of the White Pine Energy Station, one of two proposed coal-fired power plants in Steptoe Valley, dissolved a partnership with Nevada Wind in November in favor of seeking wind projects in Elko and Washoe counties. LS Power had proposed to develop a 200-megawatt wind farm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/01/17/blm-studying-seven-wind-farm-proposals-for-white-pine-county/</link>
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		<title>Reid seeks wind help: Air Force pressed to remove obstacles</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Thursday turned up pressure on the Air Force to remove some of the obstacles facing wind power developers in rural Nevada.
Reid urged Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne to share airspace maps of Nevada and surrounding states.
He also called on the military to invite state officials, utility executives and investors to form advisory groups for the Air Force as it sets policy for reviewing proposed wind projects.
Finally, Reid recommended the Air Force designate a single decision-maker .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>LS Power drops Nevada Wind partner</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LS Power&#8217;s interest in a local renewable energy project has gone with the wind.
Ely City Councilman Steve Marich told the council Nov. 20 that the New Jersey-based utility has dropped out of its partnership with Nevada Wind, LLC. Together, the two entities planned to develop a 200-megawatt “wind farm” in the northern Egan Range near Telegraph Peak.
LS Power, which is also developing the coal-fired White Pine Energy Station project, enlisted none other than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to promote .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Company plans wind energy project near Jackpot</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sierra Pacific Resources and Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. said Thursday they&#8217;re working on an agreement to jointly develop and operate a large wind-energy project in Elko County and southern Idaho.
Located on about 9,000 acres of federal, state and private lands &#8212; including land less than 10 miles west of Jackpot &#8212; the proposed China Mountain project could generate more than 200 megawatts of electricity. That is enough power to serve approximately 65,000 residences, said Adam Grant, a spokesman for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power makes headway;  Good news, bad news as Nevada has yet to put up a single turbine</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[After a decade-long battle to harness the gusts that blow along the state&#8217;s mountain peaks, wind power is finally a force in Nevada.
At least as far as the industry is concerned. And judging by recent events, such an assertion might be well founded it will be some time before turbines rise on Nevada mountaintops.
First, the good news for the wind power industry:
At the urging of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Defense Secretary Robert Gates recently decided to withdraw opposition to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No military objection will blow in wind</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has informed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the military will not object to wind farms in an area of eastern Nevada, moving a &#36;1 billion project closer to reality.
Tim Carlson, a renewable energy developer, plans to build a 450-megawatt wind farm in the Wilson Creek Range area 40 miles north of Pioche.
The Defense Department&#8217;s agreement is &#8220;another step forward&#8221; to developing what would be Nevada&#8217;s first utility-size wind farm, Carlson said. Carlson&#8217;s company, Nevada Wind, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nevada senator pushes for wind farm clearances</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, continuing a clean-energy push, said Wednesday he has asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to get the military to finally decide whether to support potential wind-farm sites in Nevada.
Reid said Gates now understands the &#8220;bureaucratic shuffle&#8221; that has led to long delays for wind-farm developers seeking a military sign-off on their plans, and will ask Navy and Air Force secretaries to &#8220;see if someone can make a decision.&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s have someone make a decision and not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill ordinance passes County Commission</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Up to 20 percent of land owners in Douglas County will now be able to use windmills to generate energy.
In an effort to encourage renewable energy use, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance Thursday that allows windmills to be built on residential parcels of five acres or larger.
But some are concerned that allowing 20 percent of land owners to build windmills isn’t enough.
“What we have here is an ordinance that will eliminate any wind turbines in Douglas .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Region targeted for &#39;national electric corridor&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The nation&#8217;s top energy official on Thursday proposed naming a pair of &#8220;national interest electric transmission corridors,&#8221; including one covering San Diego, Riverside and five other Southern California counties, as well as parts of Arizona and Nevada.
Designating national power corridors could make it easier for San Diego Gas &#038; Electric Co. to build a high-voltage power line across the county&#8217;s desert and backcountry.
&#8220;These draft designations set us on the path to modernize our constrained and congested electric power infrastructure,&#8221; said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers debate bills that would change regulation of public utilities</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers debated three bills Wednesday that change Nevada utility regulation, including one to classify power plants that burn tires as renewable energy systems for purposes of meeting state standards for &#8220;green&#8221; energy production.
The other bills heard by the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee state that co-ops, non-profits and renewable energy systems are exempt from the state environmental review laws on utilities.
The co-op and nonprofit measure, SB111, was approved despite opposition from state regulators and the Nevada Conservation League. The environmentalist .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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