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Wind Power

NPR

Published February 18, 2001 at 9:00 PM PST

NPR's Howard Berkes explores the rush to harness energy from wind during a visit to the town of McCamey, the Wind Energy Capital of Texas, where hundreds of wind turbines are going up on every available mesa.