Investor's Business Daily -- Joe Gets Suckered

Oil: Joe Kennedy was an easy mark for Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, who promised cheap oil in exchange for Joe's endorsement. But after a first $100 million, the well went dry Monday. How's it feel to be had, Joe?

Vancouver fails snow removal 101 - The Sault Star - Ontario, CA

Residents and officials are struggling to deal with that most Canadian of inconveniences -- snow -- following near-record snowfall in this West Coast city in recent weeks.

And one senior who spent a week stuck in her home because she couldn't get around the piles of snow in Vancouver says she's disgusted that the city hasn't done a better job clearing the streets.
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Corbett said she's been lucky because someone from the B. C. Coalition of People With Disabilities, where she volunteers, delivered groceries to her home.

Others who've been left to fend for themselves haven't fared so well in a city unused to dealing with snow that sticks around. While Vancouver does get some snow, it usually melts almost as quickly as it falls.

What’s in a Name? FPL Energy Becomes ‘NextEra’ - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

FPL Group, the big electricity services provider, said it plans to rename FPL Energy, its renewable energy subsidiary — and the largest generator of wind and solar power in North America. It will hereafter be called NextEra Energy Resources.

The name reflects the company’s role in “building the energy of the future” said Mitch Davidson, NextEra’s President and chief executive, who noted the company’s leading role in wind and solar production.

How much does this cost?: Fossil-fueled helicopters used to fix giant wind turbines

If you ever wondered how they get up there to fix those giant wind turbines, here’s the answer: Helicopters. And absofreakingnuttely crazylala mechanics.

That’s an Eurocopter EC135, which is being used by Bond Air Services to do windmill farm maintenance in the United Kingdom. I’m sure they stop the windmill before going up—unless the stop mechanism is the thing that is broken—but looking a the scale of that little man going down, it’s quite scary anyway.

Wind Watch: Bird strikes lead to delays in wind turbine projects

Operators of wind turbines are already under pressure to improve the structures’ quake-resistance strength. Now, they face another problem with nature: endangered birds flying into the turbines’ blades.

The bird strike problem has become so serious that measures to protect the fowl are slowing the spread of wind power as a source of electricity generation.