Vestas Continues Colorado Hiring Spree; House Probes Obama Administration Over Eagle Deaths

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Vestas Continues Hiring Spree At Colorado Factories on 12 Mar 2014 by NAW Staff During what the company hails as one of its best years for wind turbine orders, Vestas announced plans in November 2013 to begin hiring hundreds of new workers at its four Colorado factories. The company's blade factory in Windsor, blade and nacelle factories in Brighton and tower factory in Pueblo [read more] House Committee Probes Obama Administration's Handling Of Bird Deaths At Wind Farms on 12 Mar 2014 by NAW Staff The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, led by Doc Hastings, R-Wash., has sent the Obama administration a subpoena seeking uncensored copies of emails and other internal documents related to the enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA). The subpoena [read more]
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