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.
I am Sick of Anti-Wind Propaganda
By
Paul Gipe
Yes, anti-wind hysteria has made me sick. I got queasy in my stomach when I think of the 150,000 wind turbines operating worldwide and still no epidemic of death and disease had yet broken out despite the sickening anti-wind hype in the English-speaking world. . .
Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) Calls for Moratorium on Car Sales
By
Glen Estill
(Warning: Satire) Car Concerns Ontario (CCO) today called for a moratorium on sale of new cars, citing their danger to the health of citizens. . .
Pro Wind Alliance
By
Grahame Jordan
A voice of reason in the British Isles not connected to any trade association.
Bill Koch: The Dirty Money Behind Cape Wind Opposition
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Bill Koch has a nearly five-year history of opposing one of largest renewable energy initiatives in America. Cape Wind, a project to develop the country’s first offshore wind farm, has received a significant amount of media attention, not only for its prominence as the first major proposal of it’s kind, but also for the manufactured opposition from wealthy individuals like Bill Koch.
2010 Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi
By
Paul Gipe
Sierra Club Kern-Kaweah Chapter P.O. Box 3357 Bakersfield, CA 93385 http://kernkaweah.sierraclub.org/ For more information contact: Tony Swan, 661 …
