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Climate change deniers attack renewable energy in North Carolina

Climate-warming opponents join forces against NC renewable-energy program Xpress, By Jeff Fobes on 12/11/2011  Progressive think-tank and news outlet Facing South reports:
Climate-science deniers with ties to the fossil-fuel industry have joined forces in an assault on North Carolina’s renewable energy program and particularly wind power, which has been making big gains in the U.S. in recent years.

Representatives of the American Legislative Exchange Council, American Tradition Institute and the John Locke Foundation held forums this week in the N.C. coastal communities of Wilmington and Morehead City titled “The Truth About Wind Power on the Coasts of North Carolina.” Facing South attended the Wilmington presentation, which was heavy on emotion and shaky on the facts.

“The picking and choosing of information and the way it was presented was misleading and troublesome,” said N.C. Sierra Club communications chief Dustin Chicurel-Bayard, who also attended the Wilmington event. The Sierra Club has taken a nuanced position on wind power in North Carolina; it has generally supported the industry’s development but joined other environmental groups in fighting one commercial wind farm proposed for the northeastern corner of the state over concerns about wildlife impacts. ..Read the full article

December 12, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster