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Israeli environmental group: Wind turbines endanger birds, threaten open areas
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel says that if plans go through to build turbines in the Golan, northern Negev and Eilat mountains, they will place the open areas there at risk and dramatically change the landscape.
January 17, 2012
by Zafrir Rinat
in Haaretz
Renewable energy has found itself an unexpected enemy: one of Israel's largest environmental groups.
Though wind turbines may be helping the environment by providing a clean energy source, they also endanger birds and bats, the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel said in a report released Monday on 110 threats to nature and open areas.
If plans go through to build the turbines in the Golan, northern Negev and Eilat mountains, they will place the open areas there at risk and dramatically change the landscape, SPNI said in its fifth annual report.
The environmental group also had more... [continue via Web link]
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