[PCA] NEWS: Renewable Energy's Environmental Paradox

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Thu Apr 16 08:53:00 CDT 2009


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041503622.html?hpid=topnews

Renewable Energy's Environmental Paradox
Wind and Solar Projects May Carry Costs for Wildlife
By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, April 16, 2009

The SunZia transmission line that would link sun and wind power from 
central New Mexico with cities in Arizona is just the sort of energy 
project an environmentalist could love -- or hate. And it is just the sort 
of line the Interior Department has been tasked with promoting -- or 
guarding against.

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