Energy Denmark

A graceful arc of alabaster windmills rises out of the midnight-blue waters of the Oresund strait, visual testimony to Danes' commitment to clean energy and the health of the planet. Until recently, wind parks were also sources of bitter resentment among those who saw the stark white poles, whining turbines and jerky rotors as a blight on their bucolic landscape. But beauty is in the eye of not only the beholder but also the shareholder.

A graceful arc of alabaster windmills rises out of the midnight-blue waters of the Oresund strait, visual testimony to Danes' commitment to clean energy and the health of the planet. Until recently, wind parks were also sources of bitter resentment among those who saw the stark white poles, whining turbines and jerky rotors as a blight on their bucolic landscape. But beauty is in the eye of not only the beholder but also the shareholder.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, in the territory of Nunavut, announced plans for an army training center and a port on the third day of an Arctic trip meant to assert sovereignty over a region with potentially vast energy resources. Denmark will stake a claim with a scientific expedition starting Sunday. The race to secure subsurface rights to the Arctic seabed heated up when Russia sent two mini-submarines to plant a flag on the North Pole seabed last week. The U.S.

Energy conservation in the United States, which had been improving significantly from 1970 to 1985, appears to have declined in the last two years--just when new studies indicate the crucial importance of a more efficient use of energy, according to "World Resources 1988-89." The United States uses double the energy that Japan uses to produce $1 in gross national product, according to a new evaluation based on energy intensity included in the report.