Tilting at turbines: Why The Burlington Free Press loathes wind power
By Shay Totten | Vermont Guardian
Posted May 19, 2006
For more than two years, The Burlington Free Press has, like clockwork, poked, prodded, cajoled, and generally lambasted plans to construct wind turbines on select Vermont ridgelines.
The editorial voice of the state’s largest daily newspaper has been loud and clear in terms of wind farms: Not here, not now, not ever.
That view is at odds with public opinion in Vermont, which remains heavily in favor of wind power — even if people can see turbines from their homes, according to the latest poll by WCAX-TV.
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