Wind farms may not lower air pollution

May 4, 2007 by Matthew L. Wald in New York Times

Wind farms may not lower air pollution, study suggests

Reprint, Courtesy of Industrial Wind Action Group

Wind power could also reduce coal-plant carbon dioxide, which is thought to cause climate change, but the impact may be small, the report said. By 2025, wind turbines could cut carbon dioxide output by 4.5 percent compared with what it would otherwise have been, but this "would only slow the increase," said Dr. Risser. "It wouldn't result in a decrease in the amount of CO2."

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