Wind-farm developers accustomed to encountering neighbors who want to keep towering turbines away from their backyard are now meeting more organized, national opposition.

Two groups - Industrial Wind Action (IWA) and National Wind Watch (NWW) - are taking the movement beyond its NIMBY origins. They're using Web sites to link far-flung communities and groups that oppose wind projects and spread the word about the threats such projects pose to natural resources and the quality of rural life.

"Of most immediate concern for communities targeted for wind power facilities is their huge size, unavoidable noise, and strobe lights day and night,... [continue via Web link]