Former Maine Governor Angus King, an independent, sounds off against critics of Maine Power. Calling out a Saudi Prince who told Fareed Zakaria on CNN that he hopes the US does not find alternatives to fossil fuels, Gov. King has this to say to wind opponents:

While a commitment to Korean unification was part of Lee’s message, Korea’s launch of a Green Growth Alliance was at center stage during his trip last week.

Here’s an Earth Day message: The feed-in tariff would be the best method for cleaner forms of energy to scale. Under such a system, utilities would be obligated to purchase renewable energy produced by individual homes or businesses.

Wind is more than the region’s politicians making ridiculous statements, however; wind power offers a chance for nations in Southeastern Europe to develop jobs and improve their nations’ energy security.

In its 2010 CSR report, SAP revealed impressive reductions in total greenhouse gas emissions, data center energy consumption, and total energy consumed between 2009 and 2010, one metric in particular stands out. Clean energy now meets 48% SAP’s needs, up from 16% from a year earlier.

In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, Warren Buffett noted that one of his portfolio companies, MidAmerican Energy, now leads all regulated utilities when it comes to wind energy.

In the last decade, Romania has been a reliable source for seekers of bad news for the international media. Nevertheless, through the thicket of bad news, the country has also seen some brighter developments in the economy, in politics and in human development.

It was not that long ago when T. Boone Pickens ranked up there on television air time with the Snuggie and the Ped Egg. His commercials, or infomercials, promised that the wind corridor in the central United States, paired with natural gas, would wean the U.S. off of fossil fuel imports and push the country towards energy independence. Now the wind part of the plan is dead.