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An Open Letter to the Wilderness Society
It may be the time to consider how wind farms fit in with the values which the Wilderness Society represents. If the Society is prepared to go through such a prolonged and worthy fight to save the forests, with all the financial and emotional costs involved, it would be consistent to regard wind farm development with the same scepticism with which it regards the wood chip industry. Both are potent adversaries to the values which I hope we share.
November 21, 2006
by Ralph Cooper, Conservation Officer, Australian Wader Study Group
in IWA (submitted)
Wilderness Society
National Office
GPO Box 716
HOBART Tas 7001
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
In the latest edition of Wilderness News (No 170) Imogen Zethoven writes on Page 14 that she:-
‘prefers travelling through northern Germany’ compared with France. ‘there the countryside is dotted with elegant windfarms. It was exhilarating to see a picture of the future before my eyes - - - - - - - -‘
I do not take issue with Imogen Zethoven’s comments relating to nuclear energy. My expertise lies with ornithology, not nuclear physics. However, I do take issue with her... [continue via Web link]
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