The Persecution of Wind Power Endangers the Future of All Renewable Energy

But what is concerning for environmentalists and advocates of clean energy is that these attacks are not isolated incidents. Anti- wind farm groups in different parts of Australia are meeting and sharing strategies, and are also communicating with anti-wind groups in Britain. Some anti-wind groups have hired prominent lawyers and orchestrated organized attacks upon wind projects. These anti-wind groups have the potential to develop into an international anti- wind lobby, which could be detrimental to the development of wind power. Some of these groups have ties to the British nuclear energy lobby, and American anti-wind groups have an ally in Senator Stevens of Alaska, who favors oil drilling in the National Wildlife Refuge, so it is conceivable that nuclear and oil interests could help the anti-wind lobby grow into an international, organized special interest opposing every form of renewable energy competing with oil and nuclear power.

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