Birdwatching is such a big deal along Ohio’s Lake Erie shore, 100,000 fans flock to a springtime festival in Ottawa County called The Biggest Week in American Birding.
That’s one reason why a proposal to build a wind-turbine farm, with whirring blades that kill birds, has been so hotly debated in nearby Erie and Huron counties.
Despite the opposition, a state board gave Firelands Wind LLC the go-ahead, citing few negative effects on residents and positive benefits for the economy and electrical power system. Not satisfied with that decision, 19 residents appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court, which is now weighing the fate of the project….
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