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Are public objections to wind farms overblown?

  • Written by Jeremy Firestone, Professor, and Director of the Center for Carbon-free Power Integration (CCPI), University of Delaware
Wind turbines are becoming as American as haybales.MattJP, CC BY-SA

While most surveys suggest that the public generally supports wind and solar power, opposition from local communities and residents sometimes blocks or delays specific new projects.

Consider the ill-fated Cape Wind offshore project, which was slated to be powering Cape Cod by now....

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