2009.10.25
Webb: Get rational about wind energy
The harm is greater than the good
Rick Webb
Webb is a senior scientist with the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia and manager of the Virginia Wind Web site: www.VaWind.org.
It was only a few years ago that habitat loss was front and center among causes for concern about the future well-being of the American ecological landscape. Not much has changed to allay this concern; sprawling development continues, and the alteration and loss of natural habitat is largely unchecked. What has changed is the focus of many mainstream environmental organizations. Concerns about the projected future effects of climate change have taken precedence over the immediate and observable effects of habitat loss. Some who label themselves environmentalists would now allow and even advocate industrial-scale renewable energy development in our remaining wild areas, including national forests and other lands set aside for permanent preservation.
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