What is Wind Energy Works?
Wind Energy Works! is a national alliance that supports wind energy development across the country as a major step toward a clean and safe energy future. The goal of the coalition is to provide a fact-based point of view to respond to those who question the size, scope, reach or impact of wind energy development.
Who belongs to Wind Energy Works?
For more information on Wind Energy Works! members, click here.
Why was Wind Energy Works created?
Wind energy is one of the cleanest, most environmentally friendly energy sources in the world. By displacing energy from more harmful sources, wind energy development protects air quality, reduces global warming pollution, reduces water consumption, and reduces mining and drilling for fossil fuels. The more wind energy we use, the more we can reduce the overall environmental impact of our society’s energy use.
Even with all the obvious benefits of wind power, wind energy opponents continue to generate misinformation designed to confuse the issues.
Wind Energy Works! brings together independent organizations -- including environmental, agricultural, business, health, social justice, faith, and academic communities -- to provide their expertise and perspective on the need for continued wind energy development.
The members are actively engaged in the public conversation about wind energy development, particularly through education and outreach at the local, regional and national levels. and engaged in the public conversation about wind energy development. Members are involved in education and outreach at the local grass roots, regional and national levels. This outreach is designed to counter the negative and often misleading information presented by wind energy opponents.
How is Wind Energy Works managed?
Wind Energy Works! is managed by a steering committee of charter members that have indicated a willingness to provide guidance and direction to the coalition’s activities.
Current steering committee members include:
- Dan McGuire, CEO of the American Corn Growers Foundation
- Craig Cox, Interwest Energy Alliance
- Alan Nogee, clean energy program director at the Union of Concerned Scientists
- Tom Gray, American Wind Energy Association
Why the name Wind Energy Works?
Wind Energy Works! is intended to be a simple, effective, memorable statement of the value and benefit of wind energy development. Wind Energy Works! because...
- It's effective: It creates jobs, generates local tax revenues and supports local economies.
- It is a reality today: Wind energy is a viable energy source creating enough electricity to power more than 5 million American homes.
- It is a clean, renewable, domestic source of energy that can be expanded across the country: According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy in May 2008, wind has the ability to provide 20 percent of the country's electricity needs by 2030.
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