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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. A group of Klamath Falls farmers is becoming activists this spring, as they fight for water rights. They’ve now purchased the property and are setting up shop right next to the headgates of the “A” Canal.
The two landowners and project irrigators have set up an encampment. They say they aren’t leaving until the “A” Canal headgates are opened.
Last week this 40 by 80 canvas tent popped up out of nowhere on Nevada Street in Klamath Falls. Dan Nielsen and Grant Knoll, both landowners and project irrigators are the brains behind the operation.
“We bought this property just so we could set this camp up, we’ve just been slowly but surely getting more things set up just trying to educate people here,” said Nielsen.
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The offshore wind industry has struggled to get a toehold on the West Coast, even as projects begin to take off on the Atlantic Seaboard. Ocean breezes could play a big role in transitioning the Western electric grid off fossil fuels, especially because the region’s offshore gusts blow strong after sundown, as Anna M. Phillips, Rosanna Xia and I wrote for The Times.
Still, here was a major hitch on my mind while reporting this story. As much potential as there is in offshore wind, it’s one of the best examples of an inconvenient truth: that renewable energy facilities are often seen as terrible eyesores.