Environmental Law

Noisy Wind Turbines Attract Complaints - NYTimes.com

By STEPHEN HOLZER

Like nearly all of the residents on this island in Penobscot Bay, Art Lindgren and his wife, Cheryl, celebrated the arrival of three giant wind turbines late last year. That was before they were turned on.

In the first 10 minutes, our jaws dropped to the ground,? Mr. Lindgren said. ?Nobody in the area could believe it. They were so loud.?

Now, the Lindgrens, along with a dozen or so neighbors living less than a mile from the $15 million wind facility here, say the industrial whoosh-and-whoop of the 123-foot blades is making life in this otherwise tranquil corner of the island unbearable.

via www.nytimes.com

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