Wind farms
By: Amy Francis, book editor
Series: At issue. Environment; At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780737776690; 9780737772036; 9780737772043
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Wind power plants; Juvenile literature; Government policy; Environmental aspects; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable
Description: Provides a wide range of opinions on a specific social issue. Offers a variety of perspectives-eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more-to illuminate the issue. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations point to sources for further research.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ages 15-17.
Table of contents: title: 1. America should continue to invest in wind energy / Jordan Schneider, Tony Dutzik, and Rob Sargent; title: 2. Wind farms should not receive government funding / Mike Bond; title: 3. The government should end wind subsidies and encourage innovation / Geoffrey Styles; title: 4. Wind energy cuts carbon emissions / Chris Goodall and Mark Lynas; title: 5. Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists / Andrew Gilligan; title: 6. Wind energy is reliable / Mark Shwartz; title: 7. Wind energy is not reliable / Alex Fitzsimmons; title: 8. Wind energy is economical / Michael Goggin; title: 9. Wind turbines are wiping out bird populations / Robert Johns; title: 10. Wind energy should not be exempt from the endangered species act / Paul Driessen; title: 11. Outer banks offshore wind farm gets blowback / Scott Harper; title: 12. Offshore wind farms could attract tourists / Christina Albrecht, Andreas Wagner, and Kerstin Wesselmann; title: 13. The future of wind energy is uncertain / Dave Levitan.