Wind Energy & the Environment
Wind energy works, is increasingly cost-effective, has a net positive environmental impact, and is compatible with most existing land uses. The links below touch on the topic of wind’s environmental benefits and impacts.
Photos of (Real) Urban Wind Turbines Posted
By
Paul Gipe
While many misconstrue “urban” wind turbines as those mounted atop or integrated into buildings, true urban wind turbines are commercial-scale turbines placed in or near cities, towns, and villages. . .
US Postal Service Circulating Wind Turbine Icon Postmark
By
Paul Gipe
Wind turbines are culturally identified with environmental stewardship, and a green, healthy future. So it is fitting that the Postal Service is celebrating Earth Day 2013 with a postmark depicting wind turbines. . .
2013 Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi: 28th Annual Walk May 25th, 2013
By
Paul Gipe
The event marks the 28th year of the annual spring hike. More than 800 people, from children to octogenarians, have taken the six-mile walk across Cameron Ridge since the event was first launched. . .
Grist: Earn $20 pretending to hate wind energy
By
Philip Bump
Our firm needs 100 volunteers to attend and participate in a rally in front of the British Consulate/Embassy in Midtown Manhattan on the East Side on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12 noon. The event is being held in order to protest wind turbines that are being built in Scotland and England. . .
Wind Energy — The Breath of Life or the Kiss of Death: Contemporary Wind Mortality Rates
By
Paul Gipe
Update: The most current database for the number of fatal accidents in the wind industry. Below is a summary table from the spreadsheet. Note that there are four other tabs not reproduced here. . .
Mike Barnard: Want to save 70 million birds a year? Build more wind farms
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Wind turbines are often criticised for killing birds. Fights against siting wind turbines in bird migration corridors or in bird habitat are frequent. Highly inflammatory language is used by anti-wind lobbyists such as ‘bird mincer’, ‘bird blender’ and ‘eagle killers’. Outlandish numbers of deaths are often attributed to them. . .
