David Stanley

Kate Galbraith

Steve Fallon

Paul Hellander

Jon Murray

Krzysztof Dydynski

Jeanne Oliver

Richard Nebesky

Rosemary Klaskin

Offers practical advice on planning an economical trip to Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia

Lonely Planet Eastern Europe

Emma Miller

Nicola Williams

Neil Wilson

Mara Vorhees

Patrick Horton

Mark Honan

David Rowson

Peter Carney

Kim Wildman

Keti Japaridze

Steve Kokker

Including travel information designed for all budgets, this guide also features useful words and phrases in different languages, information on visa and border crossings, and details of how to change one currency to another.

Asher Price

In the late 1990s, West Texas was full of rundown towns and pumpjacks, aging reminders of the oil rush of an earlier era. Today, the towns are thriving as 300-foot-tall wind turbines tower above those pumpjacks. Wind energy has become Texas’s latest boom, with the Lone Star State now leading the nation. How did this dramatic transformation happen in a place that fights federal environmental policies at every turn? In The Great Texas Wind Rush, environmental reporters Kate Galbraith and Asher Price tell the compelling story of a group of unlikely dreamers and innovators, politicos and profiteers. The tale spans a generation and more, and it begins with the early wind pioneers, precocious idealists who saw opportunity after the 1970s oil crisis. Operating in an economy accustomed to exploiting natural resources and always looking for the next big thing, their ideas eventually led to surprising partnerships between entrepreneurs and environmentalists, as everyone from Enron executives to T. Boone Pickens, as well as Ann Richards, George W. Bush and Rick Perry, ended up backing the new technology. In this down-to-earth account, the authors explain the policies and science that propelled the “windcatters” to reap the great harvest of Texas wind. They also explore what the future holds for this relentless resource that is changing the face of Texas energy.

How George Bush, Ann Richards, and a Bunch of Tinkerers Helped the Oil and Gas State Win the Race to Wind Power

The Great Texas Wind Rush

Kate Galbraith

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