Each wind turbine embodies a whole lot of petrochemicals and fossil-fuel energy 29 Feb 2016 | Vaclav Smil | IEEE Spectrum Wind turbines are the most visible symbols of the quest for renewable electricity generation. And yet, although they exploit the wind, which is as free and as green as energy can be, the machines … Continue reading To Get Wind Power You Need Oil
Video: RES Project Protests – Arkwright, New York.
Arkwright ,New York | October 2017 Residents speak out at a series of protests. New York's forests and open lands are being turned into highly subsidized industrial parks. Arkwright Besieged: destruction protested.
Windfarms kill 10-20 times more than previously thought
Save the Eagles International Wind turbines are actually slaughtering millions of birds and bats annually By chance (if you believe in coincidences), a timely government study claims wind farms will kill “only” 1.4 million birds yearly by 2030. This new report is just one of many, financed with taxpayers’ money, aimed at convincing the public … Continue reading Windfarms kill 10-20 times more than previously thought
Small old wind towers make for big new problems.
Wind turbine blades have to be light and strong, which makes them very difficult to recycle 2/23/18, | Kalina Oroschakoff | POLITICO [EXCERPT] Read Full Article One source of clean energy is turning into a dirty problem for Europe. The Continent's first wind farms, built three decades ago, now host many towers that are too old, too small … Continue reading Small old wind towers make for big new problems.
Sycamore, Il – Wildlife center rehabs juvenile eagle struck by wind turbine.
Sycamore's Oaken Acres Wildlife Center gives eagle 2nd chance at life By DREW ZIMMERMAN March 19, 2018 | Daily Chronicle SYCAMORE – A couple from Lee County called Oaken Acres Wildlife Center in January to report an injured bird of prey on their property, which they thought to be a young bald eagle. When Oaken Acres staff … Continue reading Sycamore, Il – Wildlife center rehabs juvenile eagle struck by wind turbine.