on a stretch of land called the Altamont Pass. Within two decades, companies had installed thousands of wind turbines there. But there was a downside: While the sea breeze made Altamont ideal for ...

on a stretch of land called the Altamont Pass. Within two decades, companies had installed thousands of wind turbines there. But there was a downside: Although the sea breeze made Altamont ideal ...

A photo from a nearby PG&E camera showed a lot of smoke emanating from the blaze which was somewhere out among the wind turbines that flank both sides of the freeway along the Altamont Pass.

But the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area is also a symbol of the wind industry's biggest stain - the killings of thousands of birds, including majestic golden eagles, by turbines. The result has ...

on a stretch of land called the Altamont Pass. Within two decades, companies had installed thousands of wind turbines there. But there was a downside: While the sea breeze made Altamont ideal for ...

While Altamont Pass in the Bay Area and Tehachapi in another ... country — the perfect place for harnessing air currents. Wind energy accounted for over a quarter of California’s renewable ...

Thankfully, there’s now a pause. Wind turbines haven’t just disrupted ecosystems — they’ve slaughtered raptors. At California’s Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, an estimated 2,000 ...

The Midway Fire broke out around 2:51 p.m. near Altamont ... between Patterson Pass Road and Interstate 205. The cause of the fire is under investigation. TRACY, Calif. - A wind-driven vegetation ...