Ninety years ago, Oklahoma was at the heart of the region toapart by the Dust Bowl, a result of economic policies, shifting weather and overplowing that allowed the open plains' high winds to sweep through and whip the earth into massive dust storms. Today those same winds are helping to bring that land back into productive use - and contributing to a cleaner atmosphere in the
The American West is often associated with a sense of opportunity, new beginnings, and can-do attitude in the popular imagination. Now a wind project in New Mexico is giving that sense a fresh dimension.The PatteEnergy Group said this week that it has brought online electricity from WesteSpirit Wind, a constellation of four wind farms capable of producing a total of 1,050