New Mexico, Land of Windchantment

by Robert Foster, NMSU New Mexico, nicknamed the Land of Enchantment, is rapidly becoming the “Land of Windchantment.” There is a veritable wind land rush taking place in the state, with a plethora of wind developers signing wind power leases with ranchers across the eastern plains. New Mexico is ranked 12th nationally in terms ofContinue reading “New Mexico, Land of Windchantment”

WIRED: Inherit the Wind

By John Geoghegan The port of Iberia has never been busier. Situated on a narrow canal leading to the Louisiana coastline, the docks here throb with the sound of tugboats towing oil platforms to and from their anchorages in the Gulf of Mexico. When a drilling site is depleted, the platforms return to port; theContinue reading “WIRED: Inherit the Wind”