We have reported extensively here on both humans and animals suffering from ‘wind turbine syndrome‘ — a court recognized term to describe the health impacts of living in proximity to industrial wind turbines. Whether it’s in Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, the U.S., or Ontario, the stories are the same…
By Ben Angarone for Honolulu Civil Beat
When a shipment of 568-foot tall wind turbines headed to Kahuku in 2019, it was met by hundreds of protesters opposed to the turbines’ placement close to homes and a school.
Police eventually arrested over a hundred of the protesters who were blocking the roadway, and the turbines went in — a small victory for the state’s goal of weaning its energy grid entirely off fossil fuels by 2045.
But the opposition didn’t go away. For years, residents have complained of headaches, disrupted sleep and seizures, which they suspected are caused by the turbines’ proximity. They consistently advocated for bigger buffer zones that would force the turbines to be moved farther away from the community.
Now, the Honolulu City Council has complied with their demands with new land use rules that mean many of the turbines might come down at the end of their current power contracts.
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Wind Concerns is a collaboration of citizens of the Lakeland Alberta region against proposed wind turbine projects.