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Disturbing Assessment by US Forest Service
Impact on Landscape Impact on WildlifeNoteworthy
The UK targets were 'extremely challenging'. Future wind farms will need to have thousands of turbines, each so big it would be like a football field turning on top of a steel mountain.
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The Guardian Observer, Oct 19, 2008, in "UK wind farm plans on brink of failure"
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