Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability / Philip Warburg.

"Winds sweeping across the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central United States. Nowhere is wind's promise more...

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Main Author: Warburg, Philip
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Wind power > United States.
Wind power plants > United States.
Wind power industry > United States.
Physical Description:xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Cloud County revival
  • Early adopters
  • Rust Belt renewables
  • The Chinese are coming
  • Working the wind
  • The path to cleaner energy
  • Birds and bats
  • The neighbors
  • Greening the grid.