Category: wind farm

Sen. Cotton Presses Secret Service for Answers Over Cocaine Found in White House

A senator is pressing for more information about how cocaine found its way into the White House. We have details from the Secret Service. The presidential battle is heating up. President Joe Biden is now trying to sell his “Bidenomics” agenda to red-state voters. New Jersey is set to get its first offshore wind farm. The…


Wind Turbines Deadly for Bald Eagles and Songbirds, but Could Benefit Region, Ohio Supreme Court Is Told

Birdwatching is such a big deal along Ohio’s Lake Erie shore, 100,000 fans flock to a springtime festival in Ottawa County called The Biggest Week in American Birding. That’s one reason why a proposal to build a wind-turbine farm, with whirring blades that kill birds, has been so hotly debated in nearby Erie and Huron…


Australia Launches First Offshore Wind Farm Zone in Victoria

Australia has officially launched the country’s first offshore wind farm zone, with government officials and environmental advocates touting the project as a “game changer” for the domestic energy market. The zone is located on the coast of Gippsland south of Victoria and covers about 15,000 square kilometres (5,790 square miles) offshore, running from Lakes Entrance…


‘It Doesn’t Change What It Means to Us’: Aussie Group Upset With Decision to Continue Wind Farm Project

The president of a Victorian community group says a recent court decision that refused his group leave to appeal a planning permit extension for a wind farm in his township doesn’t change his or his group’s position on the issue. “We have been doing an uphill battle over a number of years, trying to ensure…


Biden Looks to Block or Limit New Offshore Drilling, Scaling Back Trump-Era Plan to Pump More Oil

The Biden administration has announced plans to block all new offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, while potentially letting a handful of new leases go ahead off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico, charting a different course from a Trump-era plan that sought to expand offshore…


Australian Community Launches Legal Challenge Against Construction of Wind Farm

A community in the Australian state of Victoria has launched a legal challenge against the construction of a wind farm in the Strezlecki Ranges south-east of Melbourne. Osmi Australia lodged applications to construct a 33-turbine wind farm near Delburn, which was approved by Richard Wynne, Victoria’s planning minister, in March. However, over 1,000 members of…


Texas Wind Farm Project Poses National Security Threat, Experts Say

WASHINGTON—A proposed wind farm project in West Texas has become a potential national security issue due to its Chinese owner who has ties to the communist regime in Beijing and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), experts say. A Chinese-owned company called GH America Investment Group since 2015 has bought 130,000 acres of land—an area the size of…