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Wind Power Makes Great Strides, but Enviros Complain

By Paul Danish

Boulder Weekly | June 10, 2008

Environmentalists may have spent a generation arguing for the use of wind and solar energy, but if you think they're OK with this, you're dreaming. In California, they're opposing plans for wind-turbine installations in Riverside County east of Los Angeles. And in San Bernardino County they are opposing the power lines that would bring the output of wind and solar installations in the desert to LA.

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Tags: California, energy, environment, solar power, wind power

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