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.

Environmentalists demand that Michael Moore’s anti-EV film be retracted

By

Bradley Berman

On Earth Day, a documentary entitled “Planet of the Humans” appeared on Michael Moore’s YouTube channel. You might expect a film from the acclaimed rabble-rousing film director, who served as executive producer credit, to champion the cause of clean-energy technology and electric vehicles. Instead, the movie characterizes solar and wind as a sell-out to corporate America. And EVs are just a means for power companies to burn more coal.

Michael Moore’s dangerous documentary

By

Paul Scott

Anyone interested in saving the planet who watched this poor excuse of a film, would come away thinking solar and wind energy were bad, and electric cars were horrible. I’m not kidding.

Distributor pulls Michael Moore’s (@MMFlint’s) #PlanetOfTheHumans due to truthiness & errors

By

Adam Siegal

Gibbs’ and Moore’s truthiness and falsehood-filled product isn’t helpful because they created something that is being leveraged by climate deniers/delayers to attack (not complete, need to improve, are improving) solution paths.

Film Review: Forget about PLANET OF THE HUMANS by Jeff Gibbs and Michael Moore

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Neal Livingston

Shame on these filmmakers for making a film like this, full of misinformation and disinformation, to intentionally depress audiences, and make them think there are no alternatives.

More Tests Planned After Wind Turbine Plant Virus Outbreak

By

James Macpherson

Health officials and National Guard members plan a second round of large-scale testing in Grand Forks as a result of an earlier coronavirus outbreak associated with a wind turbine blade factory in the city, the state’s National Guard commander said Wednesday.

Souvenir photo from 2015 hike on the PCT across Cameron Ridge in the Tehachapi Pass.

CANCELLED DUE to COVID-19 LOCKDOWN–34nd Annual Windmill-Wildflower Hike Planned for Tehachapi May 16, 2020

By

Paul Gipe

The Kern-Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club will lead a hike among the wind turbines on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) at 9:00 am on Saturday May 16, 2020 near Tehachapi, California.