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.
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
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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 …
Avian mortality from wind power, fossil-fuel, and nuclear electricity by Benjamin K. Sovacool
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Benjamin Sovacool
This article explores the threats that wind farms pose to birds and bats before briefly surveying the recent literature on avian mortality and summarizing some of the problems with it. . .
The fierce urgency of now by Bill McKibben
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Bill Mckibben
Yes, windmills and dams deface the landscape but the climate crisis demands immediate action. . .
Opposition to Windpower Pollutes Climate Policy
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Michael Vickerman
Related Files vickerman_opposition_to_wind_pollutes-pdf
