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This industry has always wrapped itself in the mantle of green power and has sought to use the environmental benefits of wind power as an excuse for not doing anything about the environmental harms it causes.
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Rick Wiebe, an attorney for one of the plaintiffs in the Altamont suit, in 'Activists seek to curb raptor deaths at California wind farm',Terence Chea, ASSOCIATED PRESS 7/1/05
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- ‘Historic' energy bill clears Maine legislative committee, 12-1 (May 25, 2013) [Maine] in News
- Castle & Cooke moving forward with Hawaii ‘Big Wind' project (May 25, 2013) [Hawaii] in News
- Germany must 'spread cost of energy shift fairly' (May 25, 2013) [Europe] [Germany] in News
- Urgent call to tear down school-based turbines (May 24, 2013) [UK] in News
- Hundreds attend public hearing on turbines (May 24, 2013) [Rhode Island] in News
- £1.5 million paid to shut down new Scottish wind farm (May 24, 2013) [UK] in News
- Payback gone with the wind: Turbine not producing as much energy as expected (May 24, 2013) [Montana] in News
- Feds give wind farm a pass if turbine blades kill endangered condors (May 24, 2013) [USA] [California] in News
- Neighbors react to town's vote to not dismantle wind turbines (May 24, 2013) [Massachusetts] in News
- U.S. Average Annual Capacity factors by project and State (May 24, 2013) [USA] in Documents
- Business groups take on Cape Wind in ads (May 24, 2013) [Massachusetts] in News
- Broken windmill in Saco takes turn for better (May 23, 2013) [Maine] in News
- Anti-wind group accuses Clayton town board of canceling meetings because of video cameras (May 23, 2013) [New York] in News
- Court voids Antrim wind deal (May 23, 2013) [New Hampshire] in News
- The high cost of wind power (May 23, 2013) [Canada] in Opinions
- Wind splits another township (May 23, 2013) [Michigan] in News
- Take cover against an ill wind (May 23, 2013) [UK] in News
- LePage needs stiffer wind requirements before he supports energy compromise (May 23, 2013) [Maine] in Opinions
- Data shows need for action on wind turbines in Fairhaven (May 23, 2013) [Massachusetts] in Opinions
- Denmark: Huge electricity bills for wind turbines (May 23, 2013) [Denmark] in News
- Fairhaven eyes partial turbine shutdowns; Wind direction, night hours considered after troubling state report (May 22, 2013) [Massachusetts] in News
- Norfolk declares itself unwilling to host new wind farms (May 21, 2013) [Canada] in News
- Cape Vincent town government, WPEG awarded majority of wind project intervenor funding (May 21, 2013) [New York] in News
- Sauk winds down wind program amid declining student interest (May 22, 2013) [Illinois] in News
- Court Order voids Antrim Wind LLC PILOT agreement with Town of Antrim New Hampshire (May 19, 2013) [New Hampshire] in Documents
- Court finds Town of Antrim in violation of NH 'right to know' law; Voids PILOT agreement with Antrim Wind LLC (May 21, 2013) [New Hampshire] in News
- Controversial Ulverston wind farm given go ahead by Barrow planners, but future remains unclear (May 22, 2013) [UK] in News
- Wind turbine reportedly struck by lightning (May 22, 2013) [Minnesota] in News