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Wind farm fear mongering: It’s enough to make you sick

Wind farm fear mongering: It’s enough to make you sick

New report reaffirms anti-wind propaganda such as that spread by Sarah Laurie might cause greater health impacts than wind farms themselves.

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Wind turbine syndrome likely caused by scare campaigns – research

Wind turbine syndrome likely caused by scare campaigns – research

Two new studies suggest cause of health complaints by people living near wind farms could be caused by scare campaigns of anti-wind groups.

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Wind farm infrasound not a health risk: report

Wind farm infrasound not a health risk: report

Victorian Dept of Health report finds no evidence to support claims inaudible low-frequency infrasound produced by wind farms causes illness.

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Infrasound report: Wind turbine syndrome is everywhere and nowhere

Infrasound report: Wind turbine syndrome is everywhere and nowhere

After baying for research into health effects of wind turbines, the anti-wind lobby got its wish – but not the outcome it was hoping for.

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Macarthur wind farm operating ‘well within’ noise limits

Macarthur wind farm operating ‘well within’ noise limits

Independent assessment of Australia’s biggest wind farm finds it is operating well within the state’s strict limitations on noise.

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Video of the Week: Why wind farms will kill us all

Video of the Week: Why wind farms will kill us all

Is President Barack Obama really trying to kill us all with clean energy? US comedian Stephen Colbert delivers his take on wind turbine syndrome.

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Wind turbine infrasound: What’s all the noise about?

Wind turbine infrasound: What’s all the noise about?

Those concerned about wind turbine impacts should perhaps focus on audible noise, with the evidence now in that infrasound is unlikely to cause problems.

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Tilting at windmills: Senate committee rejects wind restrictions

Tilting at windmills: Senate committee rejects wind restrictions

A Senate committee has rejected calls for arbitrary noise standards to be imposed on wind farms. But as the industry negotiates another hurdle thrown up by the anti-wind lobby, it may be entitled to ask if it really has bipartisan support.

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Wind farms and health: The case of the absentee victims

Wind farms and health: The case of the absentee victims

The committee investigating the impact of wind farms on local communities has released its report. The findings on health make fascinating reading.

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Bad day in court for anti-wind campaigner Sarah Laurie

Bad day in court for anti-wind campaigner Sarah Laurie

A look at the 2011 court testimony of the Waubra Foundation’s medical director shows why few anti-wind ‘experts’ appear under oath.

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Insight: Australia’s wind energy setback – tracing origins of 2km rule

Insight: Australia’s wind energy setback – tracing origins of 2km rule

The 2km setback rule for wind farm development has crippled Victoria’s wind industry and threatens the same in NSW. So what’s the reasoning behind it?

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Vampires and wind farms: mass hysteria can be a pain in the neck

Vampires and wind farms: mass hysteria can be a pain in the neck

Australians may not believe in vampires – unlike certain Serbian villagers – but we do have our own bogeymen, like wind turbine syndrome.

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Wind turbine syndrome? Not in Europe

Wind turbine syndrome? Not in Europe

Wind power is forging ahead in Europe, its people seemingly 
unaffected by any 
health 
effects. So what’s really going on with Australia’s wind industry?


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Reports debunk wind turbine syndrome

Reports debunk wind turbine syndrome

New studies in the US and Australia question links between wind turbines and physical symptoms.