The Lights on Oregon blog has been running strong for over two months now. We’ve covered a lot of ground. We started out in late August by showing the early economic returns of Oregon’s wind power. This was followed by another post noting that Oregon’s innovation in the field of renewable energy helps secure the future of all Oregonians, and could turn into a profitable export to California. Then Google announced that they were investing millions in wind power.

Then, the time came.

Environmental groups challenged a series of wind energy projects. According to the Eastern Oregon:

As wind power is becoming increasingly successful, radical groups oppose its expansion in the Columbia River Gorge’s shrub steppes….

Finally, this last month we saw renewable energy surge, wind was an important contributor to this success.

Wind gives us, as Oregonians, the power of freedom. Freedom from fossil fuels. Freedom from environmental pollutants. Freedom from high-energy prices.

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