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The beauty of wind farms
Suzuki, David
Article
2005
Windmills are beautiful. They harness the power of the wind to supply us with heat and light. They provide local jobs. They help clean our air and reduce climate change.
Climate Change Solutions The Big Switch: New Internationalist June 2003
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2003
A look at global warming, what it is doing to the world, and what actions are being taken by people to slow it down.
The Dark Side of Clean Energy: Industrial Wind Plantations in Mexico
Navarro, Santiago F., Bessi, Renata
Article
2016
Desert Winds Stir New Hope
McGrath, Cam
Article
2009
With oil and gas reserves running dry, Egypt is eyeing wind power as a solution to its looming energy crunch.
EnvironmentSources.com
Website
2017
Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa...
Eye of the Storm
Vidal, John
Article
Wind farms are provoking fierce opposition from an increasingly organised countryside lobby.
The Harrowsmith Reader: An Anthology from Canada's National Award Winning Magazine of Country Life and Alternatives to Bigness
Lawrence, James (ed.)
Book
1978
Articles on land, country careers, shelter, gardening, husbandry, food, trees, and rural life.
Lies, damned lies, and energy statistics - why nuclear is so much less than it claims to be
Crumpton, Neil
Article
2015
It's odd how often the contribution of nuclear energy is overstated by mixing up 'energy' and 'electricity', while a similar trick understates the importance of renewables like wind and solar. Even od...
Out of Sight, Out of Trouble
Monbiot, George
Article
2010
The UK could tap into vast renewable resources, without any of the aggro caused by existing wind farms.
The public reaction to new power lines could kill renewable energy: they must be buried
Monbiot, George
Article
2011
Anti-wind campaigners are highly selective. The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales, obsessed by wind farms, says nothing about the opencast coal mines ripping south Wales apart. Nor do you hea...
Wind offers a healthy way to generate power
Suzuki, David; Hanington, Ian
Article
2014
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions at a pace and scale that experts agree is necessary to avoid increasing catastrophic effects of global warming, we need a mix of renewable energy. Wind power ...
Wind power opponents may be blowing hot air
Suzuki, David; Hanington, Ian
Article
2013
When it comes to wind power, we have to be careful to ensure that impacts on the environment and on animals such as birds and bats are minimized, and we should continue to study possible effects on he...

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Great Lakes United
An international coalition of 170 environmental, hunter-angler, labour union and grassroots community organizations from Chicoutimi, Qu‚bec, to Duluth, Minnesota, dedicated to the protection and resto...
Greenpeace Canada
Active in a wide variety of environmental campaigns, Greenpeace is effective at educating the public through creative, non-violent direct actions, researching alternatives to destructive practices and...

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