Podcasts about altamont pass

The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris – During operation, industrial wind turbines kill millions of birds and bats. Indeed, the Altamont Pass wind farm in California kills an average of 116 golden eagles every year. In fact, wind turbines are the most serious new threat to important bird species to emerge in decades...

The Other Side of the Story with Tom Harris – During operation, industrial wind turbines kill millions of birds and bats. Indeed, the Altamont Pass wind farm in California kills an average of 116 golden eagles every year. In fact, wind turbines are the most serious new threat to important bird species to emerge in decades...

Alex Schafran discusses his new book, which is about the new style of segregation we see throughout the greater Bay Area (even beyond the Altamont Pass), how even well-meaning people helped create it, and what changes to our politics we need to find our way out.

Engineers place more powerful wind turbines further apart, but still can’t save the birds Wind turbines in the Altamont Pass in California have killed thousands of Golden Eagles, and even more songbirds. But we’ve come a long way since they were first installed. In this podcast, I speak to wildlife biologist Todd Katzner, bird conservationist Michael Hutchins and wind energy researcher Robert Preus about how wind technology is improving, and how it might affect birds. Produced by Ellen Airhart

The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds; an interview with Tai Moses, author of Zooburbia; and Martina Castro learns to appreciate the city pigeon.

The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds; an interview with Tai Moses, author of Zooburbia; Martina Castro learns to appreciate the city pigeon; Caroline Hickson's Candlestick Park memory; and local band Old Owl.

The Amazing Chris Guenzler ended the year 2011 on a sad note. We start this trip off with the Sad Trip due to the death of Bruce Guenzler to La Plata, Winterail 2011 and the Filmore & Western Trip were covered. Chris did the PRS 75 Year Excursion Tehachapi and Palmdale Cutoff Trip and then did theCoast Starlight Detour over Altamont Pass and the Tehachapi Loop. Enjoy all of these trips and more on this Lets Talk Train show for this week.

California's largest wind farm cluster at Altamont Pass unintentionally kills golden eagles, burrowing owls and other threatened birds. Now, wind companies, scientists and environmentalists are working to bird-proof these massive wind farms.

"Scab Trains" of Altamont Pass In May of 1985 the Southern Pacific Railroad was preparing for a possible union strike. To train its management crews to operate trains in the absence of union crews, the SP conducted management training on the embargoed SP rail line over Altamont Pass. The union train crews called these the scab trains. It was SP's last use of this famous line.

"Scab Trains" of Altamont Pass In May of 1985 the Southern Pacific Railroad was preparing for a possible union strike. To train its management crews to operate trains in the absence of union crews, the SP conducted management training on the embargoed SP rail line over Altamont Pass. The union train crews called these the scab trains. It was SP's last use of this famous line. Technorati Tags: Trains, Railroads, Railroading, Southern Pacific, train video, trackwarrants, Altamont, Track Warrants, ssloansjca