World Report: April 20, 2007 Vol. #12 Iss. #25
- This Issue:
- Table of Contents
- Cover Story
- Cover Story - Spanish Version
- Mini-Lesson
- Comprehension Quiz
- Teacher's Guide and Worksheets
Greetings from ... New York
New York State is harvesting wind power.The windmills at the Maple Ridge Wind Farm, in Lowville, New York, generate enough electricity to power 160,000 homes for a day. Maple Ridge's 195 turbine towers are 260 feet tall. The blades rotate 14 times a minute.
POPULATION: 19,254,630
LAND AREA: 47,224 square miles
CAPITAL: Albany
LARGEST CITY: New York
NICKNAME: The Empire State
MOTTO: Excelsior (Latin for "ever upward")
