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What’s Killing Onshore Wind Power?

Facing staunch local opposition and federal roadblocks, new wind project development is teetering on the brink, despite growing power demand. Even Iowa, the nation’s most wind-powered state, is “closed for business,” experts say.

By Dan Gearino, Anika Jane Beamer

A wind farm is seen in a rural area near Pomeroy, Iowa, on July 5, 2025. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images
A deer roams in front of a wind farm on a private ranch near Kevin, Mont. Credit: William Campbell-Corbis via Getty Images

Property Rights Take Center Stage as Montana Grapples With Wind Development

By Karin Kirk

Boxes of solar panels await installation at a solar farm construction site on June 24, 2024, in Albion, Mich. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A New Michigan Law Countering Local Opposition to Renewable Energy Is Triggering More of the Same

By Douglas J. Guth

A view of a wind farm in Papalote, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile

By Dan Gearino

The Kayenta solar farm is seen on June 23, 2024 in Kayenta, Ariz. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Companies Tell Congressional Committee That Renewable Energy Is Needed to Keep Up With Demand

By Katie Surma

A wind turbine generates electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm off the shores of Rhode Island. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge

By Dan Gearino, Aman Azhar, Amy Green, Dylan Baddour, Jake Bolster, Keerti Gopal, Kiley Bense, Lauren Dalban, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz, Phil McKenna

Wind turbines generate electricity at the Block Island Wind Farm in Rhode Island on July 7, 2022. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images

Multi-State Offshore Wind Pact Weakened After Connecticut Sits Out First Selection

By Jon Hurdle

One of the largest onshore wind farms in the country is being developed in south central Wyoming, but the state still has the second-fewest clean energy jobs, behind only Alaska. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Wyoming Lags in Clean Energy Jobs, According to New Report

By Jake Bolster

In July 2002, then-Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker, second from right, listens to a progress report on rescue efforts at Quecreek Mine in Somerset, Pennsylvania. At right is Joseph A. Braffoni, of the Bureau of Deep Mine Safety, second from left is Larry Winckler, center is David Hess, Pennsylvania secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and at left is Jeffery Stanchek a mine rescue instructor for the DEP. They were coordinating efforts to reach nine miners trapped for three days. Credit: Gene J. Puskar/ AFP via Getty Images.

David Hess, Longtime Pennsylvania Environmental Official Turned Blogger, Reflects on His Career and the Rise of Fracking

By Jake Bolster

Wind turbines in Wisconsin

Developer Pulls Plug on Wisconsin Wind Farm

By Maria Gallucci

Windmills in Michigan

Bucking a Trend, Mich. County Embraces Wind Farms

By M. Lisa Weatherford, Midwest Energy News

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