They Lie About Almost Everything Now | Real Science

The 1978 flood destroyed 550,000 homes in Thailand.

Large North Dakota Wind Farm Falls to the Birds - IEEE Spectrum

Minnesota-based utility Xcel Energy canceled a contract to build a 150-megawatt wind farm because of concerns over bird impacts.

The wind farm, which was to be built in southeastern North Dakota by enXco Development Corp., would have cost about $400 million and was scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. But two endangered species have scuttled the plan: the whooping crane and the piping plover.

Twitter / @Andy Revkin: [in case you're wondering why "singer" Revkin still has a day job]

I have to self indulge a bit and vote for my (mostly true) coal-country ballad "Black Bird" http://j.mp/arBBird @ProfRubega #birdclass