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    • Each turbine tower at the Ponnequin wind farm in northern Colorado can generate up to 750 kilowatts. Wind energy today accounts for only about 1 percent of the nation’s electricity.
      Neal Ulevich | Bloomberg News
      Each turbine tower at the Ponnequin wind farm in northern Colorado can generate up to 750 kilowatts. Wind energy today accounts for only about 1 percent of the nation’s electricity.

      Report says strong growth in wind energy possible

      - 10:39 PM CDT

      WASHINGTON | Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report.


    THE REGION

    Climate change making ominous mark on Midwest
    It’s not just warmer winters: The changes could affect the food we eat, the energy we consume and the forests we treasure.

    COMMENTARY

    • Governors have a clear role on energy efficiency

      - 05/04/2008 08:37 PM CDT

      Reid Detchon, the executive director of the Energy Future Coalition, writes: "For governors who find themselves increasingly concerned with rising energy prices, tightened energy supply, and the prospect of global warming, bold action on efficiency can provide real solutions."


    A green president is needed, but who?
    The extinction of hundreds of thousands of species, the recession of rainforests, the expansion of deserts, the dramatic increase in the intensity and incidences of hurricanes and wildfires, and the significant rising of worldwide ocean levels—all are consequences of global warming. Unfortunately, of all the topics talked about on the presidential campaign trail, global warming and the energy crisis have been swept pretty much under the rug, playing second fiddle to the war in Iraq and immigration.


    The Kansas City Star

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    Climate Change & You, a series of PDF files from the Environmental Protection Agency:

    CLIMATE EXTRA

    It was an unlikely alliance, but it brought Kansas City Power & Light, the Sierra Club and Concerned Citizens of Platte County one of the area’s top environmental awards Wednesday night.

    CHANGING CLIMATE IN KC



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