It's Green! It's bipartisan! It's wind! It's Governors' Wind Energy Coalition. Ted Kulongoski and 28 other guvs handed Congress and the White House a wind-power wish list. A couple of high notes: offshore wind development and new infrastructure for electric transmission. The group. wants the federal government to do a better job of promoting wind energy. Thus far their efforts seem to have failed to persuade Coos Bay. The town is planning on passing a resolution to ban wind energy in the city limits today. This would mean that agencies like Community Action, Coos Bay Public Schools and Companies - even juggernauts like Wal-Mart - will not be allowed to set up rooftop wind turbines to develop mini-microgirds on their buildings.
It's an ill wind that blows in two directions at the same time. But that's Oregon political weather for ya...
- KBOO