NYTimes - Debate over Wind Power Causes Environmental Rift

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NYTimes - Debate over Wind Power Causes Environmental Rift

By MB-BigB | June 6, 2006

From the June 6th edition of the NY TImes comes a report of a split in the environmentalists ranks.

“Wind projects are in the midst of a huge growth spurt in many parts of the country, driven by government incentives to promote alternatives to fossil fuels. But Mr. Boone, who wields a botanist’s trowel and a debater’s knife with equal ease, wants to slow them down with community activism, regulatory action and legal challenges.

His crusade harks back to the campaigns against nuclear power plants, toxic-waste dumps and dams on scenic rivers that were building blocks of the modern environmental movement. But the times, and the climate, are changing. With fears of global warming growing more acute, Mr. Boone and many other local activists are finding themselves increasingly out of step with the priorities of the broader movement.”

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