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The True Cost of Wind Turbines and Wind Industry

The town of Forest, WI has concerns over the end results of the Highland Wind Farm. Forest has spent more than half-a-million dollars fighting the

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Testimonial: Not a positive project for our community

“I am not from Douglas County, but I do live in the Kansas Reading Wind Farm. Not far from the windfarm office. At first, I

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