Follow the money?

A Wind Boom in Missouri? - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

But Tom Carnahan, the president and chief executive of the St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group, which has developed several wind farms in Missouri, said that the state’s long-term potential was substantial, though it had traditionally been overlooked.

Saint Louis Beacon - Wind-energy developer Tom Carnahan, brother of pols, will join Biden in Jefferson City

Tom Carnahan is the youngest brother of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis, and among the few family members who has never run for office.

ENERGY: Promoting alternative energy and energy independence

Congressman Russ Carnahan has become a leader in energy policy and believes that we must direct revenue to research and development programs in order to find and implement alternative and renewable fuels that do not lead to global warming and provide for a strong economy. Congressman Carnahan believes it is important to move away from an oil-dependent economy especially when most of that oil is imported from unstable regions of the world.