Vail Goes Wind Power

photo: Orlin Wagner/Associated Press

From the NYTimes:

Vail Resorts, the big Colorado ski and recreation company, said Tuesday that it would make a huge investment in wind power, buying enough credits to offset all the power needed for its resorts, retail stores and office buildings.

The announcement makes Vail the second-largest corporate buyer of wind energy in the nation, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, after Whole Foods Market Inc., the big supermarket chain that went to all wind power earlier this year.

A little extra insurance for the ski industry, perhaps? Here's to snowy slopes!