FROM WIND-WATCH.ORG (also see Xpress' Green Scene):
As the Gulf of Mexico darkens from a deep-sea oil leak and the push for offshore oil drilling slows, some North Carolina lawmakers say state legislation to regulate large-scale wind farms is likely to die this year.
Facing conflicts over funding education and other priorities, boosting job creation and balancing a state budget amid flagging tax collections, legislators said Tuesday they have yet to find a compromise on wind farm regulations.
As lawmakers prepared to start their annual session on Wednesday, a pending proposal would establish regulations for where wind turbines can be built. It passed the Senate last year 42-1 with a provision banning energy-generating windmills from Appalachian ridges, a move seen as protecting mountain vistas key to the region’s tourism industry.
“I think we plan to leave it alone because anything we try to do, the Senate will put a ban in it,” the House Energy Committee chairwoman, Rep. Angela Bryant, D-Nash, said Tuesday. “So we are hoping that nothing will happen.” But advocates for the state’s growing alternative energy sector want to keep from walling off territory that could be exploited to generate clean energy...Read the full article
As the Gulf of Mexico darkens from a deep-sea oil leak and the push for offshore oil drilling slows, some North Carolina lawmakers say state legislation to regulate large-scale wind farms is likely to die this year.
Facing conflicts over funding education and other priorities, boosting job creation and balancing a state budget amid flagging tax collections, legislators said Tuesday they have yet to find a compromise on wind farm regulations.
As lawmakers prepared to start their annual session on Wednesday, a pending proposal would establish regulations for where wind turbines can be built. It passed the Senate last year 42-1 with a provision banning energy-generating windmills from Appalachian ridges, a move seen as protecting mountain vistas key to the region’s tourism industry.
“I think we plan to leave it alone because anything we try to do, the Senate will put a ban in it,” the House Energy Committee chairwoman, Rep. Angela Bryant, D-Nash, said Tuesday. “So we are hoping that nothing will happen.” But advocates for the state’s growing alternative energy sector want to keep from walling off territory that could be exploited to generate clean energy...Read the full article
Subscribe to XpressMail. Free Sneak Peek. Every Week.
Want to know what's coming out in Xpress this week before the paper even hits the stands?
We've got your free sneak peek, along with deals available in XpressMail, our weekly email newsletter. (It's the best we can do without time travel.)
-
Comments
-
Related Articles
Comments
No commments yet.
Make a comment
Your comment has been submitted. TODO: Info about moderation
Click here to Comment Again