Seventeen intrepid hikers crossed the Cameron Canyon segment of the Pacific Crest Trail Saturday on the 33rd annual Windmill-Wildflower hike near Tehachapi, California.
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On 26 April 2019 the alumni association of the Natural Resources and Environmental Management Department at my alma mater, Ball State University, presented me with its Award of Distinction, the association’s highest honor.
Massive pods of 700-foot floating wind turbines off the coast of California are edging closer to becoming a reality, now that the state has firm applications from several companies hoping to realize the vision.
The Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club will lead a hike among the wind turbines on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) at 9:00 am on Saturday May 18, 2019 near Tehachapi, California.
Thank you, Mr. President, for the timely attention. My recent book about windmills, or what we call wind turbines, has been languishing in a New York warehouse not far from Trump Tower–until now, that is. Today, windmills are the talk of the country–all because of you.
Thank you, Mr. President, for the timely attention. My recent book about windmills, or what we call wind turbines, has been languishing in a New York warehouse not far from Trump Tower — until now, that is. Today, windmills are the talk of the country all because of you.
U.S. President Donald Trump mocked renewable energy at yesterday’s campaign rally in Michigan. Implicating Hillary Clinton as part of Big Wind, Trump said, “If Hillary got in…you’d be doing wind. Windmills. Wheeeee. And if it doesn’t blow, you can forget about television for that night. ‘Darling, I want to watch television.’ ‘I’m sorry! The wind isn’t blowing.'”
The dream of Morro Bay as a new hub of offshore renewable energy production in California could be over before it even gets its sea legs — or it could just be ramping up.
While there is ample land area for both wind and solar power plants, there is also ample area offshore of major metropolitan areas to power the world’s major cities.
World-renowned wind energy expert Paul Gipe of Bakersfield joined The Californian’s Robert Price for his weekly “One on One” webcast to talk about California’s energy future. Gipe said PG&E’s bankruptcy presents Kern County — the state’s number one producer of wind energy — with some energy independence opportunities.
