1. OFFSHORE WIND:

Great Lakes projects founder as political winds shift

Nursing a coffee in a café just yards from the Michigan Capitol, Stanley "Skip" Pruss allowed himself to mourn political changes that have slowed state development of wind farms in the Great Lakes. It is a story that helps explain why there are no offshore wind farms there, despite estimates that the lakes could generate up to 700 gigawatts of electricity. Go to story #1

1. OFFSHORE WIND:

Great Lakes projects founder as political winds shift

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3. DOE:

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4. CLIMATE:

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5. DOE:

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6. NUCLEAR:

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8. CLIMATE:

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11. BRISTOL BAY:

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12. RIVERS:

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13. OCEANS:

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14. WATER:

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15. SALMON:

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16. CHEMICALS:

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20. NUCLEAR POWER:

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21. NATURAL GAS:

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