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.
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
Audubon’s Position on Wind Power
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National Audubon Society
Audubon strongly supports properly-sited wind power as a clean alternative energy source that reduces the threat of global warming. . .
Falling in Love with Wind: How a small farm town traded its dairy cows for renewable energy
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Joseph D’agnese, Nrdc
Éoliennes: Quand le vent nous eclaire (Wind Turbines: When the wind lights our way) by Philippe Ollivier
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Paul Gipe
Ollivier is a journalist living in southern France’s Languedoc-Roussillion region, the country’s premier wind resource area. As a journalist, Ollivier …
