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An interesting story today in the NYTimes about residents opposed to windmills. The article focuses on how members of the town community board have business dealings with the windmill companies and blatantly told residents who raised concerns about the towers to shut up.
While wind power presents an opportunity for America to free itself from foreign oil dependency, windmills present environmental issues of their own: they are an eyesore and noisy. There is no state oversight on the placement and their size of the wind turbines. Some of the towers are 400 feet high and while you can always look away from them, the noise is constant. The noise is described in the article as a hum of spinning turbines.
New York Times
In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption
By NICHOLAS CONFESSOREAn interesting story today in the NYTimes about residents opposed to windmills. The... more
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The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices, and consumer choices.
What began as a collaboration between students and faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 is now an alliance of more than 200,000 citizens and scientists. UCS members are people from all walks of life: parents and businesspeople, biologists and physicists, teachers and students. Our achievements over the decades show that thoughtful action based on the best available science can help safeguard our future and the future of our planet.
The Union of Concerned Scientists is the leading science-based nonprofit working for a... more
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The Auto Alliance's ad is deceptive—Help us run our response
Automaker lobbyists have been trying to deceive American consumers and lawmakers about pollution emitted from today's cars, pickups, minivans, and SUVs. See their ad (left) and our response (right) and then learn more about the level of the Auto Alliance's misrepresentation and why we at the Union of Concerned Scientists felt obliged to respond so strongly.
http://go.ucsusa.org/general/special_features/page.cfm?pageID=1667The Auto Alliance's ad is deceptive—Help us run our response
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