by Jane Richey | Jul 1, 2013 | Agenda 21
Wind farms are Giant Scythes Of Swinging Doom, when it comes to birds. The American Bird Conservancy rather desperately wants to support wind power, which is why they’re begging wind farms to somehow stop the darn things from being on track to kill a million birds a...
by Jane Richey | Apr 22, 2013 | Agenda 21
Wind energy installations almost doubled in Pennsylvania last year, but the industry still provides only about 1 percent of the state’s electricity, far behind Iowa, Texas and others. Pennsylvania now ranks 16th in the nation in wind power, with 1,430 megawatts,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 3, 2013 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
A recently renewed wind power credit could face more scrutiny next Congress, as House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that the credit is of “serious interest” to his committee. Issa criticized a...
by Jane Richey | Dec 18, 2012 | Agenda 21, Constitutionally Limited Goverment
A state mandate that requires electric providers to use more renewable and alternative sources in coming years will drive up the cost of electricity for all Pennsylvanians by $16 billion over the next eight years, according to a new study. Worse, the costs will fall...
by Jane Richey | May 25, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Free Markets
President Obama used the backdrop of an Iowa wind-energy manufacturing plant Thursday to ramp up pressure on Congress to extend an expiring tax break that has been vital to financing new power projects. Extension of the wind-energy production tax credit — which is...
