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Study says wind farm is too loud

The Willow Creek Energy Center is in violation of state noise standards for at least three nearby homes, its acoustical expert revealed at a planning commission meeting Tuesday night. Still up for debate, according to the other experts in attendance, is how much and how often.

Wind site bill misses the point of conservation

The Berkshire Natural Resources Council, a land conservation organization, recognizes that wind power, in the right places and at the right scale, is one potential component in a larger strategy to address climate change. But deplores the bill’s willingness to sacrifice generations of environmental progress to satisfy an agenda that is as political as it is scientific.

The great divide

Upgrades make highway safer for people in vehicles, but wildlife are paying the price.

Wind farms produced 'practically no electricity' during Britain's cold snap

Wind farms produced "practically no electricity" during the cold snap which manufacturers' groups say could lead to severe winter energy shortages.

Quercus contra novos parques eólicos nas serras do Marão e Alvão

A associação ambientalista Quercus está contra a construção de novos parques eólicos nas serras do Marão e Alvão, distrito de Vila Real, denunciando a proliferação de aerogeradores e novos acessos que poderão afectar a preservação do Lobo Ibérico neste território.

FAA: Wind farm may pose aviation hazard

The FAA in a recent finding said that 15 of the farm’s proposed 30 400-foot-tall windmills have the potential to create problems for aviation.

Fallen turbine: More information needed on collapses

New Yorkers need to understand why a 300-foot tall wind turbine weighing 187 tons collapsed in a Madison County cornfield.  The collapse is not an isolated incident.

Bosques secos preservados para el futuro

“Este ecosistema es ahora mucho más raro que los bosques lluviosos tropicales, que también están desapareciendo muy rápidamente”, afirmó Muñoz.

Animals going extinct

There is a holocaust happening. Right now. And it’s not confined to one nation or even one region. It is a global crisis.  Species are going extinct en masse.  Every 20 minutes, we lose an animal species. If this rate continues, by century’s end, 50 per cent of all living species will be gone. It is a phenomenon known as “the sixth extinction.’’

Making the Best of a Messy Real World

To be stable and functional, an ecosystem requires balance. Too much fluctuation in any of a number of variables can result in runaway extremes of temperature, acidity, drought, and other conditions that will leave the system unfit for most of its living inhabitants.
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