Energy reporter Sammy_Roth, along with other Times journalists, is on a road trip across the American West to explore the transition to clean energy. He's writing about their journey in Boiling Point, our climate & environment newsletter. Catch up here:
A room at the Virginian Hotel.
“Yet serene above their foulness swam a pure and quiet light, such as the East never sees; they might be bathing in the air of creation’s first morning. Beneath sun and stars their days and nights were immaculate and wonderful,” Wister wrote.After leaving Medicine Bow, we visited a wind farm operated by PacifiCorp, a six-state power company owned by Warren Buffett.
Laine Anderson, PacifiCorp’s director of wind operations, told me the company doubled its wind energy footprint in 2020.Wind turbines owned and operated by PacifiCorp. It’s a gorgeous high-desert landscape, covered by the green-and-brown “sagebrush sea” that serves as habitat for the charismatic bird known as sage grouse — you’ve seen its— as well as golden eagles, pronghorn and more. It’s also one of the windiest spots in the continental U.S., where powerful gusts are funneled through a low point in the Continental Divide.
“I’ll never retire,” said the 75-year-old Miller, wearing his signature cowboy hat. “This is too much fun — most days.”I’ll write more in the weeks and months to come about the merits of building a wind farm here — the value of a renewable energy resource that can keep the lights on after sundown, and the tension between fighting the climate crisis and preserving habitat.
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