Big Wind Project in N.Y. Splits Town and Families
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › August 17, 2008
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LOWVILLE, N.Y. -- John Yancey leans against his truck in a field outside his home, his face contorted in anger and pain.
"Listen," he says.See the full content of this document
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Big Wind Project in N.Y. Splits Town and Families
The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of wind turbines echoes through the air. Sleek and white, their long propeller blades rotate in formation, like some otherworldly dance of spindly armed aliens swaying across the land.
Yancey knows the towers are pumping clean electricity into the grid, knows they have been largely embraced by his communityBut Yancey hates them.He hates the sight and he hates the sound. He can't stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day.But what this bra...See the full content of this document
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