STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — Whipping winds will threaten more dust storms and fires across Texas through the middle of this week. Gusts greater than 40 mph across much of Texas will follow a potent cold front, keeping the threat high for these dangers. The howling winds will help pick up dust due to [...]
Japan nuclear site winds direct leaked radiation off shore
March 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather reports winds at the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear power plant will remain essentially off shore through at least Friday, thereby steering any leaked radioactive matter out to sea and away from populated areas. Winds at the eastward-facing coastal site will blow from the northwest at 15 to 30 mph through Thursday, [...]
EarthTalk: Wind power? Bleach down the drain?
July 17, 2010 3 Comments
Do wind turbines really use gas?
It’s warm now. Not for long.
Feb. 11, 2009 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — Ahead of a potent storm, unseasonably mild air will pour across the eastern-third of the nation Wednesday. Temperatures will soar above typical mid-February highs by 10 to 20 degrees. Highs today will rise into the 60s as far north as Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Temperatures will even eclipse the [...]
E Magazine: Wind power poised for significant growth
Jan. 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
Using the wind to produce electricity has, for many decades, been little more than a footnote to energy production in the U.S. But, says the January/February 2009 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (now posted at: www.emagazine.com), that’s all beginning to change. In 2007, 35% of all the new electricity generation installed in the [...]
EarthTalk: Wind power’s progress? Green weddings?
April 28, 2008 Leave a Comment
Dear EarthTalk: How is wind power faring in the U.S. now? Is more of it coming on line and becoming a larger percent of the grid? And what about some of the highly publicized efforts to build wind farms, such as in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Has that been approved? – Paul Howe, San Francisco, CA [...]
