Promoting renewable energy: a collaborative approach.

IN NEW ENGLAND, the electricity industry accounts for more than a third of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Using more wind energy would reduce the region's dependence on the fossil fuels that produce these harmful emissions. But developing windpower projects in New England is often controversial.

CLF has launched an initiative that brings together community leaders, wind project developers, land managers, and environmental groups to build consensus on how and where wind generators should be sited. These groups are meeting where windpower has been proposed--to respond to real...