Did Obama Cross the Line Yesterday? | Coyote Blog

It will be interesting to see which race is tighter — Obama’s race to spend money so he can take credit for a third quarter recovery which is going to happen anyway, or Obama’s race to put in CO2 limits in time to take credit for the global cooling cycle many solar observers are starting to predict.

Tower of power: Hovering fossil-fueled helicopters a hassle

There's something in the air over the northeastern edge of Santa Clarita Valley - helicopters.

Loud helicopters.

Southern California Edison contractors are using the choppers to erect new power lines, and it's the constant chop-chop-chopping of their motors that has some residents wondering how long the noise will last.
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Edison is in the midst of erecting an 82-mile network of power lines between wind farms in Tehachapi and substations in Santa Clarita. The project was approved in early 2007.