Reposted by Cara Buckley
Atchison County is home to 342 wind turbines that support about 50 permanent jobs. The county collected $5.9 million from taxes from wind turbines in 2024, accounting for more than half of its real estate tax revenue. By @carabuckley.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
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A Funeral Director Brought Wind Power to Rock Port, Missouri
Every year for nearly two decades, the small city of Rock Port has been producing more electricity from wind energy than it needs.