When conservation and energy meet head-on, it produces a rare site for recreation enthusiasts. The Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility and Renewable Energy Center offers Puget Sound-area citizens something that most Americans may never get to experience: an up-close view of 350-foot-tall wind turbines while enjoying biking, hiking, or just about anything the land has to offer.
The U.S. Navy’s Great Green Fleet could push our military into a new strategy that increases our combat readiness and resilience. The fleet will be powered by a 50–50 blend of conventional and alternative biofuels.
The future Ocotillo Wind plant is already facing strong opposition. It’s poised to be a positive initiative for both project developers and green-energy enthusiasts, but neighboring Native American tribes and local conservation advocates are protesting the project.
The Houston-based oil company Apache Corporation (APA) recently announced that there may be an estimated 3 billion barrels of crude oil under land they purchased in America’s Heartland.
In an effort to be more environmentally friendly, Microsoft has declared that it will be a completely carbon neutral by July 1, 2012----meaning that it will make less carbon emissions and focus more on using renewable resources to run their plants.
Oregon’s Port of Morrow is the site of a controversial struggle between environmentalists, the coal industry, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over approval of facilities used to export coal to Asia.