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A lawsuit over eagle deaths could ensnare more wind farms #wy: Three wind projects in Wyoming are stuck in the middle of a widening legal battle between local wildlife conservation activists and the Trump administration over eagle death records. The rural […]

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December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Wake loss limits value of wind turbines #tx: Mulling a problem with the positioning of wind turbines and the production decrease resulting from the turbulence within wind farms, the question has arisen whether they will ever be as valuable a contributor to the […]

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December 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Highland Council has objected to a proposed wind farm in Ross-shire village #sct: A planning application to build a nine-turbine wind farm near a Ross-shire village has been met with an objection from Highland Council. The local authority has lodged its […]

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December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nantucket, Vineyard Wind agree to new transparency and emergency response measures #ma: More than a year after a wind turbine off the coast of Nantucket malfunctioned, causing debris to wash ashore, the town and Vineyard Wind have struck a new agreement to […]

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December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Offshore wind farms ‘destroying Britain’s fishing grounds’ as trawler captains see crab and lobster catches plummet #eng: Offshore windfarms are causing a devastating downturn in the landing of seafood at one of the UK’s most iconic locations for crab fishing, a […]

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December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Protesters attempt to stop wind farm work by entering site #on: A group of residents living near the Brighton Mountain Wind Farm construction site say they’ve been deliberately entering the area to halt blasting operations to force J.D. Irving Ltd. to pause work […]

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December 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
(archive: 2022) Activity of forest specialist bats decreases towards wind turbines at forest sites #deu: Abstract Worldwide, wind turbines are increasingly being built at forest sites to meet the goals of national climate strategies. Yet, the impact on […]

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December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Mort d’un aigle royal tué dans l’Hérault : le parquet réclame la confirmation de l’arrêt du parc éolien pour un an #FRA: The public prosecutor requested confirmation of the fines as well as 1-year shutdown of wind turbines in Bernagues, in the north of Hérault […]

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December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Energy giant AGL latest company to abandon Gippsland offshore wind zone #AUS: A third wind farm planned for Australia’s first declared offshore wind zone has been abandoned, raising fears about whether Victoria will meet its offshore wind target. Energy giant […]

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December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wind farm decommissioning to leave giant concrete and steel foundations buried forever #AUS: The 14 giant concrete and steel bases of Australia’s once biggest wind farms will be left in the ground. There is much public interest in how a power company goes about […]

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December 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Campaign group formed to fight wind farm plans #eng: A campaign group has been formed to oppose plans for a major wind farm on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. If approved, 20 turbines standing about 200m (656ft) high would be built near Stang Forest between […]

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December 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
(archive: 2009) Public Health Impacts of Wind Turbines: Thorough overview by the Environmental Health Division of the Minnesota Department of Health of noise and flicker problems from industrial wind turbines: Conclusions Wind turbines generate a broad spectrum […]

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December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
(archive: 2007) Influence of large-scale wind power on global climate: Abstract – Large-scale use of wind power can alter local and global climate by extracting kinetic energy and altering turbulent transport in the atmospheric boundary layer. We report […]

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December 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
(archive: 2010) Analysis of the Epidemiology and Related Evidence on the Health Effects of Wind Turbines on Local Residents #wi: A summary of the main conclusions of my expert opinion, based on my knowledge of epidemiology and scientific methods, and my reading […]

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December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wind Prospect: 18 members of the Ngunnawal, Indigenous community slam wind farm in explosive letter #AUS: The Ngunnawal people and wider Aboriginal community of Yass have accused a green energy company of being ‘no different to a mining company’ and ‘destroying […]

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December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Proposed County Limerick wind farms causing ‘unbelievable problems’ #irl: Proposed wind farms in Bruff and Dromin-Athlacca and Coolcappa are causing “unbelievable problems” for local communities. That’s according to Sinn Féin senator Joanne Collins, who told the […]

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December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
December 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
(archive: 2017) Senators Back and Leyonhjelm on government response to wind turbine inquiry #AUS: Thursday, 9 February 2017. Senator BACK (Western Australia): … During the time since we had the inquiry, we have seen the wheels come off the wagon of the renewable […]

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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Characteristic noise of offshore wind turbine impacts the behavior and muscle physiology of sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus #chn: Abstract: Sea cucumbers play a crucial role in maintaining ecological balance through their unique behaviors and physiological […]

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December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
(archive: 2025) Health Relevance of Aerodynamic Emissions from Wind Turbines #deu: The aerodynamic emissions of wind turbines – particularly wind pressure pulses, periodic pressure waves from energy-laden air displacement, vortex formation, and tower […]

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December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Trump administration requests remand of federal approval for another offshore wind farm #ma #ri #USA: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has asked a federal court to remand the federal approval of the New England Wind offshore wind project to the Bureau of Ocean […]

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December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sea surface warming and ocean-to-atmosphere feedback driven by large-scale offshore wind farms under seasonally stratified conditions #USA: Abstract: Offshore wind farms may induce changes in the upper ocean and near-surface atmosphere through coupled […]

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December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM