{"id":2310082,"date":"2024-07-27T09:16:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2310082"},"modified":"2024-07-27T09:17:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T13:17:46","slug":"freedom-alliance-leader-addresses-issues-with-energy-sources-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-alliance-leader-addresses-issues-with-energy-sources-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Alliance leader addresses issues with energy sources &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreedom-alliance-leader-addresses-issues-with-energy-sources-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2310082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 article discusses concerns regarding the impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secstate-blinken-on-bidens-climate-agenda-americans-that-relied-on-old-industries-will-be-hit-hard\/\" title=\"SecState Blinken On Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda: Americans \u2018That Relied On Old Industries Will Be Hit Hard\u2019\">solar energy facilities<\/a> on Midwestern farmland. Myke Luebbers \u2062from the \u200bIllinois Freedom Alliance highlights that, \u2063due to government subsidies, solar companies can afford to pay more for land rental than farmers, which\u200b may lead to reduced agricultural output. \u2062Luebbers further notes that solar panels can heat the air and dry\u2063 out moisture, potentially harming local ecosystems. The\u2063 Solar Energy Industries Association mentions that \u200bIllinois has\u200b 373 solar companies, contributing only\u200d 2% to the state&#8217;s \u200delectricity supply. Additionally, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a $156 million funding initiative from the Environmental Protection Agency for solar programs, as well as nearly\u2063 $14\u200b million for local nonprofits aimed at promoting job growth in the solar sector.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Freedom Alliance leader addresses issues with energy sources<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714758\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Concerns are being raised as solar energy facilities displace Midwestern farmland.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instituteforenergyresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute for Energy Research<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;reports that the target for solar operations is increasingly in the Midwest, where government subsidies allow solar companies to pay more to rent land than the farmers feeding the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Myke Luebbers of the Illinois Freedom Alliance said there were more green areas in Southern California before solar farms were built there.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And now you find these areas are all brown. Why is that? Solar panels are dark. They heat up. You heat up the atmosphere. You dry up the moisture that&rsquo;s in the air, again, no precipitation. Everything dies,&rdquo; Luebber said.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solar Energy Industries Association<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;reported that there are 373 solar companies in Illinois. According to the SEIA, 2% of the state&rsquo;s electricity comes from solar sources.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced earlier this year that Illinois would receive $156 million from Environmental Protection Agency taxpayer funds for solar programs. In addition, the governor&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/article_2c85934a-407b-11ef-b991-67bbc4033943.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;that the nonprofits HIRE360 and the 548 Foundation would receive nearly $14 million in state taxpayer funding to expand its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-more-spent-on-pritzkers-clean-energy-agenda-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Millions more spent on Pritzker\u2019s clean energy agenda - Washington Examiner\">clean energy careers training program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Luebbers said farmers in Minnesota want wind energy generators off their properties.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They leak oil, it gets flung into the ground. It washes away topsoil with the vortexes off the blade tips,&rdquo; Luebbers said.<\/p>\n<p>Homeowners could utilize wind power by installing their own generators, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s many types of wind generators out there that are like a squirrel-cage design or a helical&nbsp;design that could be put on rooftops, don&rsquo;t take up a lot of space, operate in the slightest of breezes and can take higher wind conditions than these great big turbines can,&rdquo; Luebbers said.<\/p>\n<p>Bird strikes are also an issue, he said. Hundreds of thousands of birds are killed each year by wind turbines across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Information Administration<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;reported that wind power accounts for 12 percent of Illinois&rsquo; energy generation.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ipa.illinois.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Illinois Power Agency<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;said the state ranks fifth in the nation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-study-provides-bad-news-for-wind-energy-advocates\/\" title=\"New Study Provides Bad News for Wind Energy Advocates\">wind energy production<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714758\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714758\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the Freedom Alliance discusses challenges related to energy sources (The Center Square) \u2013 There are growing concerns about solar energy facilities taking over farmland in the Midwest. The Institute for Energy Research indicates that solar operations are increasingly focusing on this region, where government subsidies enable solar companies to offer higher land rental rates than what farmers receive for cultivating crops. Myke Luebbers from the Illinois Freedom Alliance noted that Southern California had more green spaces before the establishment of solar farms, stating, \u201cNow these areas are all brown. Why is that? Solar panels absorb heat and warm up the atmosphere, which reduces moisture and leads to less precipitation\u2014resulting in everything dying.\u201d The Solar Energy Industries Association reports there are 373 solar companies operating in Illinois, contributing 2% of the state&#8217;s electricity supply from solar sources. Earlier this year, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that Illinois would receive $156 million from Environmental Protection Agency funds for solar initiatives and nearly $14 million in state funding would go to nonprofits HIRE360 and the 548 Foundation to enhance clean energy career training programs. Luebbers mentioned that farmers in Minnesota prefer not having wind turbines on their land due to issues like oil leaks contaminating soil and topsoil erosion caused by turbine blade vortices. He suggested homeowners could benefit from smaller wind generators designed for rooftops that require less space and can operate effectively even with light winds while handling stronger gusts better than large turbines do. Additionally, he pointed out concerns about bird fatalities associated with wind turbines; hundreds of thousands of birds die each year due to these structures across the U.S. According to the Energy Information Administration, wind power contributes 12% of Illinois&#8217; energy generation, with the state ranking fifth nationally in wind energy production<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23291684603724-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[36442,36441,5191,33430,32076],"class_list":["post-2310082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-energy-sources","tag-freedom-alliance","tag-leadership","tag-renewable-energy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23291684603724-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2310082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2310082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2310082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}