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		<title>State faces &#8216;uphill battle&#8217; to avoid Prairie Chicken listing</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/state-faces-uphill-battle-to-avoid-prairie-chicken-listing/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, warned today that the Obama Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) seems poised to go through with a proposed listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Director Ashe said that Oklahoma faces an ‘uphill battle’ to avoid a listing but that there are still steps the state can take potentially to avoid it. Inhofe’s concerns follow a meeting that he .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm approval contested by Osage Nation</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/wind-farm-approval-contested-by-osage-nation/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Osage Nation filed notice Thursday that it is appealing a Tulsa federal judge&#8217;s denial of the tribe&#8217;s attempt to prevent the construction of a 94-turbine wind farm west of Pawhuska. Chris White, executive director of governmental affairs for the Osage Nation, issued a statement late Thursday that addressed the appeal. &#8220;We feel today&#8217;s action speaks for itself. We firmly believe the initial ruling was an error, and we continue to believe the legal standing of the Osage Minerals Trust .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Missing important point on wind power</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The letters by Noel Patten and Andre Snodgrass (Your Views, Dec. 26) concerning “Carmen embraces power of wind to save energy” (Business, Dec. 16) missed an important point: Carmen wanted to save money. They may be saving their money, but the federal grant of almost a quarter of a million dollars is taxpayer money. It&#8217;s not being saved. If the windmills produced maximum power for 24 hours a day for nine years, the investment might break even. The city fathers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Is wind energy involved in rate hike?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/19/is-wind-energy-involved-in-rate-hike/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Could OG&#038;E&#8217;s 80-turbine wind farm with its $210 million transmission line be the reason for its request for a $73 million rate hike? Didn&#8217;t OG&#038;E tell the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 2008 that wind energy would save $635 million? What has changed so drastically since then, other than the decline in interest rates, natural gas prices and unit labor costs? What did the Corporation Commission think would happen when it rubber-stamped OG&#038;E&#8217;s derailment into wind energy when wind turbines cost .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge denies Osage&#8217;s attempt to stop wind farm near Pawhuska</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/16/judge-denies-osages-attempt-to-stop-wind-farm-near-pawhuska/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has denied the Osage Nation&#8217;s attempt to prevent the construction of a 94-turbine wind farm west of Pawhuska, finding that the tribe&#8217;s claim that the development would interfere with its mineral rights was based on speculation. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell ruled Thursday at the conclusion of a two-day trial in Tulsa that the mere possibility that a dispute may arise in the future between the wind farm and those who will be drilling for oil and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm gets federal judge&#8217;s OK despite Osage tribe&#8217;s concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/16/wind-farm-gets-federal-judges-ok-despite-osage-tribes-concerns/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has ruled that St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group LLC&#8217;s proposed wind farm in northern Oklahoma can go forward over objections that it would interfere with the Osage Nation&#8217;s ability to produce oil and gas from the same lands. The ruling issued Thursday afternoon by U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell in Tulsa, Okla., comes just a day after the opening of a trial in the case. On one level, the dispute pitted green power vs. fossil fuels. More .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge turns down injunction request in Osage County wind farm trial</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/judge-turns-down-injunction-request-in-osage-county-wind-farm-trial/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell turned down a request for an injuction to stop a proposed wind farm in Osage County. The Osage Nation, through the Osage Minerals Council, filed the complaint on Oct. 18. The lawsuit asserts that the tribe owns all the minerals located “in and under” Osage County and claims that construction of the wind turbines would interfere with future oil and natural gas production, which provides “essential” income for eligible Osage citizens. A Texas petroleum engineer .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony begins in Osage County wind farm trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Tulsa-based independent oil and gas company plans to drill in an area that is targeted to be the site of a proposed massive wind farm in Osage County, according to testimony heard by a Tulsa federal judge on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell is presiding over a non-jury trial in a lawsuit brought by the Osage Nation, which seeks to stop construction of the potential 94-turbine facility northeast of the town of Burbank. The Osage Nation, through the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Carnahan&#8217;s Wind Capital faces legal fight in Oklahoma</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/carnahans-wind-capital-faces-legal-fight-in-oklahoma/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In one Northern Oklahoma county, oil and wind don&#8217;t mix. That&#8217;s where plans by St. Louisan Tom Carnahan&#8217;s Wind Capital Group LLC for a large wind farm have run into a roadblock &#8212; claims by the Osage Nation that it would interfere with the tribe&#8217;s rights to tap oil and gas deposits. The 15,600-member tribe sued Wind Capital in federal court in October to block the project, which would consist of 94 turbines spread across 15 square miles in Osage .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage County wind farm lawsuit to go to trial Dec. 14, judge rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/24/osage-county-wind-farm-lawsuit-to-go-to-trial-dec-14-judge-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A mid-December court date in a lawsuit that aims to stop the construction of a massive wind farm in Osage County will be for a trial on the merits of the case and not merely an injunction hearing, a federal judge has decided. Federal civil cases typically take many months or even years before going to trial, but U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell decided this week that holding the trial in this matter less than two months after the lawsuit .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Storm chasers capture video of tornado striking Oklahoma wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/09/storm-chasers-capture-video-of-tornado-striking-oklahoma-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Southwestern Oklahoma was the site of an unusual November outbreak of tornadoes yesterday where as many as six twisters raked the countryside. Storm chasers tracked many of the tornadoes including one group of chasers that captured amazing video of a twister striking the Blue Canyon Wind Farm. Thunderstorms began brewing in northern Texas near the panhandle late Monday morning. By the early afternoon the storms had migrated to the northeast and into Oklahoma where they began their rampage. Dozens of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>TVA may pipe in wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/06/tva-may-pipe-in-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TVA is considering a power-line “superhighway” that would zip wind-generated electricity from Oklahoma to Tennessee — providing clean energy equal to about three nuclear reactors. The Tennessee Valley Authority signed a nonbinding understanding last month to continue exploring the possibility of the 800-mile project that would funnel masses of electricity into the TVA transmission system. TVA could buy the power or send it on to other regions for a fee. East Tennessee has a few turbines, but winds in western .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Second company plans power lines near Alva</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/05/second-company-plans-power-lines-near-alva/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There may be an opportunity for wind energy transmission lines to go through Woods County after last week’s Corporation Commission (OCC) approval of the Plains &#038; Eastern Clean Line transmission project. Routes for OG&#038;E’s transmission line, unrelated to the Plains &#038; Eastern Clean Line, were announced last month running from wind farms southwest of Mooreland to near Avard then due north curving around Alva and joining a Kansas system near Hardtner. The route for Clean Line’s project has not been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation sues to block wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/osage-nation-sues-to-block-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Osage Nation has filed a lawsuit to block a proposed wind farm on land west of Pawhuska, Oklahoma, near the town of Burbank. In August, the Osage County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to allow the project, which comprises 94 wind turbines, each about 400 feet in height, but now the tribe is saying that their construction would interfere with its plans to extract and sell oil and natural gas that has been discovered beneath the same land, to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Delay could spell death of wind project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/delay-could-spell-death-of-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Osage Nation intends to invoke an endangered carrion-eating beetle as well as the tribal mineral estate to halt Wind Capital Group’s planned wind farm on the tallgrass prairie, a move that had the energy company’s lawyer aghast in U.S. District Court last Wednesday. Wind Capital’s entire project hinges on starting construction by its “drop-dead” date of Dec. 15, and it wanted to start building its 94-turbine wind farm on 8,300 acres near Burbank on Nov. 19. Any delay beyond .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Line wins public utility status in Oklahoma</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/30/clean-line-wins-public-utility-status-in-oklahoma/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An 800-mile power line project expected to spur $14 billion in clean energy development in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas is one step closer to reality. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission on Friday granted public utility status to Clean Line Energy, which plans to build a $3.5 billion transmission line across the state to carry wind power to Tennessee. Commissioners said the investor-financed project will be a boon to the state. “Oklahoma&#8217;s abundant wind resources provide the possibility of additional income from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tribe sues to stop Wind Capital</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/28/tribe-sues-to-stop-wind-capital/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The tribe has not been the only detractor of the proposed wind farm, on which construction is supposed to begin soon. A group of ranchers has also formed a coalition to stop the development, claiming it will cause property values to diminish, cause the spread of noxious weeds by hindering aerial spraying, damage the ecology of the tallgrass prairie, and other harm.
 
The suit by the tribe is the first legal action taken to stop the wind factory, as the ranchers have called the development. A delay caused by the court action could prove devastating: Construction is expected to take about 10 months and the wind facility has to be operating by the end of 2012 to take advantage of lucrative federal wind tax credits that are set to expire but could be extended by Congress.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation files injunction against Wind Capital Group</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/26/osage-nation-files-injunction-against-wind-capital-group/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, the Osage Minerals Council filed a complaint against Wind Capital Group, Osage Wind and WC Wind Capital Investment Group in an effort to halt construction of the Osage County Wind Project. The Osage Nation is filing their case based on concerns over the “massive industrial network of wind turbines, high voltage underground electric transmission lines, met towers, a substation, roads, and storage yards” that will be constructed “over and upon the Osage Nation Mineral estate.” Construction of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Line signs agreement with Tennessee Valley Authority</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/26/clean-line-signs-agreement-with-tennessee-valley-authority/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Clean Line Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tennessee Valley Authority on the benefits of a proposal to build a direct current transmission line to move wind power from the Oklahoma Panhandle to Memphis, Tenn., the Houston-based company announced Tuesday. The Plains &#038; Eastern Clean Line project is a proposed $3.5 billion transmission line across Oklahoma and Arkansas to provide wind power to southeastern states. Clean Line is awaiting an Oklahoma Corporation Commission decision on its application .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing set in Osage Nation&#8217;s wind farm lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/22/hearing-set-in-osage-nations-wind-farm-lawsuit/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With construction on a massive wind farm scheduled to begin in Osage County in less than a month, a federal judge has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday in the lawsuit the Osage Nation filed in an effort to stop the construction. U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell set the Tulsa hearing after a joint motion was filed disclosing that construction of the wind farm is slated to begin Nov. 19. &#8220;It is in the interest of both parties to confer with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation asks federal judge to stop wind turbine farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/20/osage-nation-asks-federal-judge-to-stop-wind-turbine-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PAWHUSKA, Oklahoma &#8212; Claiming Osage County would &#8220;suffer great harm&#8221; if it&#8217;s built, the Osage Nation filed a lawsuit in Tulsa federal court Tuesday asking a judge to issue a preliminary and permanent injunction against a proposed windmill farm. In the complaint, the Osage Nation says construction of a &#8220;massive industrial wind farm&#8221; on land above the tribe&#8217;s mineral estate violates federal law and would cause the tribe to suffer imminent, permanent and irreparable harm. The Wind Capital Group is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation files lawsuit in opposition to wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/20/osage-nation-files-lawsuit-in-opposition-to-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Osage Nation filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a federal judge to bar the construction of a &#8220;massive industrial wind farm&#8221; that the tribe contends would interfere with its mineral rights. The complaint, filed in Tulsa federal court, also asks for a declaration that the proposed project on the land above the tribe&#8217;s &#8220;mineral estate&#8221; would violate federal law. The tribe has come out in opposition to the 8,300-acre development by Wind Capital Group, as has a group of landowners .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation sues to stop wind farm development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/18/osage-nation-sues-to-stop-wind-farm-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Osage Nation filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking that the proposed wind farm on the tallgrass prairie, saying it violates federal law and will interfere with the tribe’s access to its mineral estate. Wind Capital Group’s 94-turbine development in the Burbank oilfield “will interfere with the right of surface access, which will in turn cause serious and immediate harm to the Osage Nation, including canceled leases, inability to attract future lessees, and the inability to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy plant construction stalled, not dead</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/17/energy-plant-construction-stalled-not-dead/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Private investors put the brakes on plans to build a wind turbine tower manufacturing plant at the Port of Muskogee. An Eagle Claw Fabrication executive said while construction of the $30 million plant has been put on hold, “the project is not dead.” “I think we will see a shovel in the ground about the middle part of 2012,” Tom Word said about the construction project. “It may not be the wind tower plant, but we will have something there .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma wind to take indirect route to Alabama</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/07/oklahoma-wind-to-take-indirect-route-to-alabama/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Alabama Power serves 1.4 million customers with electricity derived from nearly every source imaginable, including coal, natural gas, hydroelectric and nuclear plants. Soon the utility company will be able to add Oklahoma wind to its list of power sources. Alabama Power recently signed a 20-year purchase power agreement with a Kansas developer that plans to build what could grow into the largest wind farm in Oklahoma. The Chisholm View Wind Project will be built in Garfield and Grant counties, more .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Transmission line: State agency to weigh plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/06/transmission-line-state-agency-to-weigh-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Houston company proposing to build a 550-mile-long, high-voltage electric transmission line starting in Ford County and stretching to Missouri &#8211; and likely passing through Reno County &#8211; now has its case before the Kansas Corporation Commission. The KCC already has received testimony on Clean Line&#8217;s request to be declared a Kansas public utility in order to build its &#8220;direct current&#8221; line, which the company is calling Grain Belt Express. The commission expects to issue a decision by Dec. 22, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bureau of Indian Affairs warns Osage County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/21/bureau-of-indian-affairs-warns-osage-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In a second letter issued to Osage County Commissioners, the Bureau of Indian Affairs again expressed its opposition to wind farm development in Osage County. In the letter, the BIA warned that proposed wind power facilities could significantly interfere with current and future oil development of the Osage Mineral Estate. The BIA noted that both federal and state laws prohibit such interference. The letter states, &#8220;the mineral estate cannot be denied reasonable access to the surface, and may, indeed, use .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Northwest Oklahoma wind farm will provide power to Alabama</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/21/northwest-oklahoma-wind-farm-will-provide-power-to-alabama/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TradeWind Energy will build a new wind farm in Oklahoma&#8217;s Garfield and Grant counties to provide electricity to an Alabama utility company. A Kansas company is planning to build what could be the state&#8217;s largest wind farm to provide power to a utility that serves 1.4 million customers in Alabama. TradeWind Energy&#8217;s Chisholm View Wind Project will be capable of producing as much as 300 megawatts of electricity, the company announced this week. The development is a milestone for Oklahoma .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pawnee man injured in wreck files lawsuit in Payne County District Court</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/20/pawnee-man-injured-in-wreck-files-lawsuit-in-payne-county-district-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[STILLWATER, Okla. — A Pawnee man injured when, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a semi truck trailer crossed the center line and hit his vehicle has filed a lawsuit against the trucker, a woman in a vehicle following the tractor trailer and two companies. The collision happened Aug. 17 on State Highway 108 near Yost Road in Payne County, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The plaintiff, Jason Stierwalt, alleges negligence. He is seeking an unspecified .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A plan to sell the wind: Company to invest $400M in area wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/20/a-plan-to-sell-the-wind-company-to-invest-400m-in-area-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ENID — TradeWind Energy has completed work on a contract to sell electricity in Alabama and will invest about $400 million in a wind farm in Garfield and Grant counties. Frank Costanza, executive vice president for business development for TradeWind, announced the contract with Alabama Power Co. on Monday during a legislative golf tournament at Oakwood Country Club. TradeWind will provide wind-generated electricity to Alabama Power for 20 years. The contract was approved Sept. 7 by Alabama Public Service Commission. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage tribe threatens legal action to stop proposed wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/20/osage-tribe-threatens-legal-action-to-stop-proposed-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PAWHUSKA &#8211; The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering court action to stop a wind farm from rising over the Osage County prairie amid oil fields owned by the Osage Nation. Floyd Waters, the acting superintendent of the BIA&#8217;s Osage Agency, wrote in a letter to the Osage County Commission, the tribe and wind developers, &#8220;In order to reduce the possibility of litigation, we recommend that any wind power proposals or agreements be submitted to this office for review .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ranchers&#8217; wind objections</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/08/ranchers-wind-objections/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of Osage County ranchers plans to join the Osage Nation in asking Federal, State, and County officials to oppose a proposed wind farm development in Osage County. The ranchers&#8217; statement says as land owners they try and be good stewards of their property by protecting the grasses, water, wildlife, and scenic values they cherish in Osage County. The statement is signed by representatives of the Drummond Ranch, Hughes Cattle Company, Trentman Ranch, and Jacques Ranch. It calls wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage County ranchers fight wind farm development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/07/osage-county-ranchers-fight-wind-farm-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[OSAGE COUNTY, Oklahoma &#8212; Ranchers in Osage County are fighting wind farm development in the county. The ranchers agree with Osage Nation that the energy churning giants will cause irreparable damage to the environment. Both Osage Nation and local ranchers say they don&#8217;t oppose green energy. But building wind farms in the county will do more harm than good. The sprawling land of Osage County is home to oil fields and cattle ranches. Old industries are being threatened by new .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Landowners want right to choose chickens or turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/03/landowners-want-right-to-choose-chickens-or-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 17:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Woodward, Okla. — Area residents were able to visit Thursday evening with representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and various wind energy companies concerning the environmental impact from construction of wind farms. Together with the Wildlife Service, representatives from 19 wind companies involved with construction across 9 states, including Oklahoma, are holding various public meetings as a way to gain some insight, to mitigate risk, and to help preserve endangered species as more wind farms are constructed. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy project approved</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/18/wind-energy-project-approved/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Despite a vow of continued resistance by officials from the Osage Nation, a proposed wind energy project west of Pawhuska cleared its final pre-construction hurdle last week following a public hearing that revealed wide general support for the developing industry. Wind Capital Group hopes to now begin building the 94-turbine facility within a few months on 8,500 acres of leased prairie land located along U.S. Highway 60 west of Pawhuska. Completion is expected within about a year. The project site .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed wind farm over Osage County not approved by BIA</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/18/proposed-wind-farm-over-osage-county-not-approved-by-bia/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PAWHUSKA — Proposed wind farm development in Osage County may interfere with the Osage Nation&#8217;s mineral estate, according to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In a letter sent to Osage County Commissioners and Osage Nation representatives, the BIA stated the mineral rights in Osage County were retained by the Osage Nation in 1906 and that &#8220;the oil and gas estate is the dominant estate and the surface is the subservient estate.&#8221; &#8220;Thus, the mineral estate cannot be denied reasonable access .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Highway Patrol says semitrailer&#8217;s lost steering pin causes collision</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/17/highway-patrol-says-semitrailers-lost-steering-pin-causes-collision/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[STILLWATER, Okla. — GLENCOE — A trailer on a tractor-trailer crossed a center line and hit a vehicle when the trailer&#8217;s steering pin fell out, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Timothy Crawford, 50, of Cleveland, was hauling a segment of a wind turbine on a 2008 Peterbilt truck. He was driving north on State Highway 108 near Yost Road when the pin in the trailer&#8217;s rear axle slipped out, Trooper Anthony Harper said in a report. A driver following .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osages: Wind farm fight will go to court</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/17/osages-wind-farm-fight-will-go-to-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PAWHUSKA – The Osage Nation will likely go to court against Osage County and two wind developers to protect their property rights and the ecosystem of the tallgrass prairie, said a tribe spokesman. “We are taking court action to stop this,” said Chris White, executive director of governmental affairs for the Osage Nation. “Somebody has to &#8230; [rest of article available at source]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plan gets OK from Osage County board</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/12/wind-farm-plan-gets-ok-from-osage-county-board/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PAWHUSKA — A proposal for a 150-megawatt wind farm on Osage County’s prairie was given the green light Thursday night after a public hearing at which sentiment was overwhelmingly in favor of the development. “This is an absolutely beautiful opportunity for our community,” said Cathy Bowen, whose family ranches in the area. “How can we turn something down that’s so clean?” After listening to proponents and opponents of the project, the Osage County Board of Adjustment voted 4-0 to grant .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Lost revenues not offset</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/11/official-lost-revenues-not-offset/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind energy industry representatives showed up en masse Wednesday as state policy makers examined the costs and benefits of a program that exempts qualified manufacturers from paying local property taxes. Those representatives, during a hearing at the Oklahoma State Capitol, said the exemption is necessary for its continued growth in the state. Industry officials say Oklahoma ranks ninth in the nation with regard to wind energy manufacturing and related jobs. By 2024, they say, the state is expected to be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kiowa County officials ask for lost funding</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/03/kiowa-county-officials-ask-for-lost-funding/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Officials in Kiowa County are holding out hope — despite months of rejection — that they will be able to recover $733,000 in tax revenue lost due to a paperwork error. “We&#8217;re still pursuing this. It&#8217;s a long way from being over,” said Kiowa County Commission Chairman Tim Binghom. “It would just cripple the county. You take $700,000 and you try to put that on the taxpayers, it would be devastating.” The lost tax revenue is actually the property taxes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Few make switch to wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/26/few-make-switch-to-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The stream of utility customers buying into dedicated wind power is more of a gentle breeze than a gale force, but officials believe momentum is building nonetheless. AEP-PSO&#8217;s WindChoice program, which allows customers to buy up as many 100-kilowatt-hour blocks of actual wind-generated power as they want, has signed up 300 paying volunteers in its first four months of existence. American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma has 525,000 customers statewide. Kathy Champion, manager of the utility&#8217;s consumer programs, said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Capital Group has a new contract to sell its power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/22/wind-capital-group-has-a-new-contract-to-sell-its-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind Capital Group, which filed an application to build an 8,300 acre, 150-megawatt wind farm on the prairie west of Pawhuska on July 8, now has a contract to sell its power. &#8220;The signing of this power purchase agreement (with Associated Electric Cooperative) is a major milestone in the development of the Osage County Wind Energy Facility,&#8221; Wind Capital CEO Ciaran O&#8217;Brien said. &#8220;With 350 megawatts in power purchase agreements and an aggressive 12-month build schedule, Wind Capital Group is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power vs. whooping crane on the prairie?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/21/wind-power-vs-whooping-crane-on-the-prairie/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The term of art is incidental take. It refers to the “harassment, harm, pursuit, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, capture, or collection of any threatened or endangered species.” Incidental take is in the news now because the Obama administration has given notice that it is evaluating issuing an incidental take permit (ITP) – a free pass of sorts – in a 200-mile-wide corridor from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico where whooping cranes migrate. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Around 100 attend landowner meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/25/around-100-attend-landowner-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Woodward, Okla. — About 100 people attended an informational meeting about transmission lines Thursday at High Plains Technology Center. The meeting was held by the Southern Great Plains Property Rights Coalition and included a panel of attorneys and a landowner who discussed litigation and other issues concerning transmission line companies. Speakers included Jimmy Purvine, a farmer and rancher in Dewey County, attorneys Bob Gum and Terry Stowers, and SGPPRC Board President Gary Stocking. Stocking discussed the purpose of the organization. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation speaks out against proposed wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/14/osage-nation-speaks-out-against-proposed-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Osage Nation, largely left out of discussions regarding commercial wind farms planned west of Pawhuska, is taking a stand against them. On Monday, Principal Chief John D. Red Eagle said the tribe &#8211; although not opposed to alternative energy development in general &#8211; has found significant reasons to oppose wind farms on the tallgrass prairie of Osage County. The tribe owns all mineral rights in Osage County and fears that large wind farms will interfere with extracting oil and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation opposes wind farm development in Osage County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/14/osage-nation-opposes-wind-farm-development-in-osage-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PAWHUSKSA, Oklahoma &#8212; The Osage Nation announced its opposition Monday to the development of large-scale wind farms near Pawhuska. The tribe&#8217;s chief counted up the economic costs and the environmental ones and he says wind energy just isn&#8217;t worth it. &#8220;The major thing that we&#8217;re concerned about it is the production of our oil and gas. And how a wind farm might affect that,&#8221; Chief John Red Eagle said. Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle has come out against .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Osage Nation chief opposes proposed wind farm near tallgrass prairie</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/13/osage-nation-chief-opposes-proposed-wind-farm-near-tallgrass-prairie/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The chief of a Native American tribe today issued a statement opposing the proposed development of a wind farm in Osage County. “Following careful research, consideration and discussion, I have concluded that it is not in the best interest of the Osage Nation to support the proposed large wind farm developments in Osage County,” said Chief John Red Eagle. “Although the Nation is not opposed to alternative energy development, large wind farms are not conducive to the Nation’s overall economic .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A better solution for landowners with transmission lines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/11/a-better-solution-for-landowners-with-transmission-lines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Southern Great Plains Property Rights Coalition (SGPPRC) would like to share information we have gathered over the past three years from our experiences with transmission line concerns. OG&#038;E built their first transmission line beginning in 2008 to service the growing wind industry. It began in Oklahoma City and ended up eight miles south of Woodward in northwest Oklahoma. Many property owners along this first route felt they were not offered just compensation for the taking of their land. When .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signs eminent domain law to protect landowners from wind farm threat</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/05/14/oklahoma-gov-mary-fallin-signs-eminent-domain-law-to-protect-landowners-from-wind-farm-threat/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 10:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gov. Mary Fallin has signed into law an eminent domain measure that protects rural landowners from the threat of companies looking for locations to build wind turbines. The bill&#8217;s author, Sen. Ron Justice, of Chickasha, said wind power provides a tremendous boost to the state&#8217;s economy, but he said it is important to protect landowners&#8217; rights. The law was heralded by a northwest Oklahoma property owners group. “The Southern Great Plains Property Rights Coalition supports any legislation which will help .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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