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Want To Hire Great Employees? Fix Your Broken Recruiting Process

Jun 28, 2017

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Comeback Kids: This Company Gives Old Wind Turbine Blades A Second Life

Jun 26, 2017

Jun 23, 2017 by Amy Kover

At 16 years old, the Fenner Wind Farm, near Syracuse, New York, is one of the oldest in the United States. While the towering wind turbines show little sign of slowing down — they churn out 5,500 megawatt-hours of energy annually — their 122-foot fiberglass blades are coming up short by today’s standards. Newer turbines easily produce 20 percent more power using blades that are 16 feet longer but just as light.

Three reasons why manufacturing jobs are suited to millennials

May 5, 2017

Three reasons why manufacturing jobs are suited to millennials

Permania - 100 Years In The Permian Oil Fields Of New Mexico And Texas

Apr 13, 2017

James Conca.jpg James Conca , CONTRIBUTOR I write about nuclear, energy and the environment

'Brave New Workers': A Texas Cowboy Finds Fortune In The Wind

Apr 13, 2017

Lanny Copeland, seen during his cattle ranching career, says he was lucky to find his way into the booming Texas wind industry when he did. Courtesy of Lanny Copeland

April 9, 20176:18 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered ALEXI HOROWITZ-GHAZI