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Winds of Change Newsletter, September 2008 See sidebar for table of contents
Wind Power Facts
Author Jeff Biggers writes that the Coal River Mountain
Wind Project would:
Create
200 local employment opportunities during construction and 50 permanent
jobs. It takes only 35 years for a wind farm to provide a greater number
of one-year jobs than the proposed four surface mines combined.
Allow for concurrent uses of the mountain,
including harvesting of wild ginseng and valuable forest plants,
sustainable forestry and mountain tourism, as Coal River Mountain is one
of West Virginias finest mountains.
Preserve Coal River Mountains heritage, and protect the communities
from blasting, dusting, poisonous drinking water, increased flooding,
damaged homes and personal property, and devastating wildlife habitat.
The realities of global warming and climate change, and
the brutal process of extracting coal, should remind us that it is not
too late (for all of us) to be a part of this exciting new energy future
for Appalachia, and the entire country.
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