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

by Asher Price and Kate Galbraith

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292735839
• ISBN13: 9780292735835
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"