Editorials / Opinion

A too-optimistic assessment The article on the Klickitat County wind farms [“Wind farms generating jobs,” Local News, March 23] gives readers a far-too-optimistic impression of what these wind farms will actually do. It said that they will “have the capacity to produce 2,661 megawatts, enough to power potentially more than 1 million homes.” Perhaps. But over time, because…

Wind farms alter the landscape Mark Harrison/The Seattle Times Riders on horseback move cattle through the Wild Horse Wind Farm on Whiskey Dick Mountain east of Ellensburg. Editor, The Times: Soon I will be returning to Goldendale to drive a water truck for wind farm construction roads. This will be my third season driving at Washington state wind farms. I…