[at-l] Those pesky wind-mill-turbines

[lorac4491 at linkamerica.net (Coosa Donaldson)]

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/Stories/0,1413,104~8676~2312985,00.html

SEARSBURG -- In ecologically minded New England, it was the gusty dream of energy officials and environmentalists: Windmills were going to help the region reduce its dependence on pollution-spewing power plants.
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For environmentalists, the conflict between green power and green land has produced a moral quandary. In the search for the open, windblown spots that make the best sites for turbines, developers are finding that much of the region's land is already spoken for as conservation land, preserved vistas, or the home of protected species.
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Another project in Maine, 30 to 39 turbines proposed for Redington, has drawn objections from the Appalachian Trail Conference, which argues that the 350-foot-tall turbines will destroy pristine views along the Appalachian Trail and fragment wildlife habitat.
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Green Mountain Power and EnXco want to expand an 11-turbine wind farm into a slice of the Green Mountain National Forest, near an area where environmental groups successfully fought a timbering proposal a decade ago.



am I haveing dejavu all over again?

Coosa Donaldson