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		<title>Ecological vulnerability index to assess impacts of offshore wind facilities on migratory songbirds</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/ecological-vulnerability-index-to-assess-impacts-of-offshore-wind-facilities-on-migratory-songbirds/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Green-Tkacenko, Leon; Allen, Michael; and Lockwood, Julie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6232</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Abstract As offshore wind (OSW) energy expands globally, migratory songbirds are at risk of mortality from collisions with turbine blades, though the magnitude of this threat and which species are most vulnerable, remains poorly understood. Ecological vulnerability indices are commonly used to assess species&#8217; susceptibility to harmful factors, with results used to direct scarce research and monitoring resources to species showing relatively high vulnerability. These indices are based on the traits that elevate a species risk to adverse impacts (sensitivity),&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Life-cycle impact assessment of offshore wind energy development on migrating bird diversity in the North Sea</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/life-cycle-impact-assessment-of-offshore-wind-energy-development-on-migrating-bird-diversity-in-the-north-sea/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Critchley, Emma Jane; et al.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6230</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Abstract As offshore wind energy development increases, it is vital to rapidly assess the cumulative impacts to biodiversity, particularly for migratory species that could be impacted across multiple sites. Life-cycle assessments (LCAs) are a useful tool for assessing and comparing cumulative effects over a large scale and are frequently used for decision-making in industry. We have adapted the LCA methodology to assess collision, disturbance and barrier impacts of offshore wind energy developments in the North Sea on migrating birds from&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shattered Green Dreams: The environmental costs of wind and solar</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Montalbano, Sarah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6228</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines, solar panels, battery storage, and other “green energy” technologies are too often hailed as unqualified goods for the environment. However, there are no solutions, only tradeoffs, and the same is true for energy production and its environmental impact. All human activities have an impact on the environment. Debates about the U.S.’ energy mix almost entirely overlook or minimize the negative environmental impacts of wind, solar, and batteries while diminishing the positive impacts of oil and gas, coal, and&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Possible ecotoxicological effects of wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/possible-ecotoxicological-effects-of-wind-turbines/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sturve, Joachim; et al.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6225</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[There is a growing concern that wind farms may contribute to an increased pollution due to leakage of particles eroding from the blades. In addition, it has been shown that the turbines also leak different kind of oils such as hydraulic and gear oils. The aim of this study was to investigate possible ecotoxicological effects of wind turbines. Particles were collected from moss, water and sediment from lakes adjacent to wind turbine areas as well as from control lakes for&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Acoustic Profiling of Infrasound and Audible Emissions from Wind Turbines: Field Measurements in Northern Sweden</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/acoustic-profiling-of-infrasound-and-audible-emissions-from-wind-turbines-field-measurements-in-northern-sweden/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ängskog, Per; Tatar, Kourash; and Chilo, José]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6222</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines produce both audible noise and low-frequency infrasound (below 20 Hz), which, though often inaudible, may have physiological and psychological effects that require further investigation. Previous studies confirm that wind turbines are significant sources of both audible and infrasonic noise. Infrasound is primarily generated by blade-tower interactions and atmospheric turbulence. Sugimoto et al. demonstrated a strong correlation between infrasound levels and rotor speed, highlighting the need for sensitive measurement systems capable of detecting frequencies below 1 Hz. Pierzga and&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Do Residents Experience Wind Turbine Noise? The Results of a Two-Year Study</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Koppen, Erik; Ekelschot-Smink, Madelon; and Boon, Jaap]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6216</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Noise from wind turbines is often a significant concern for nearby residents. To better understand the actual impact of wind turbine noise, an interactive app was utilized across several wind projects, allowing residents to easily report their real-time experiences with turbine noise. One such project involves 26 wind turbines in the Netherlands, grouped into three geographically separated clusters, spread over a 26-kilometre stretch along a busy motorway. For two years, starting from the turbines&#8217; initial operation, residents could report noise-related&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Perceived Noise Impact of Transitioning Towards Larger Wind Turbines Using Auralisations</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/perceived-noise-impact-of-transitioning-towards-larger-wind-turbines-using-auralisations/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pockelé, Josephine Siebert; and Merino-Martinez, Roberto]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 13:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6213</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The human perception of two wind turbines of different sizes, a small NTK turbine and a larger NREL model, was evaluated through their synthetically auralised sound. A wide range of wind speed conditions and observer locations was considered. The simulated sounds were analyzed using equivalent sound pressure levels and psychoacoustic sound quality metrics. Moreover, listening experiments were conducted to evaluate the human response to the same sounds. The least-squares models fitted to the results provided scaling laws for the different&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wind turbine infrasound propagation over long distance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crozier, Steven]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 13:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Infrasound with large peak to trough blade pass harmonics in two houses between three large wind turbine farms (WTFs) on the northwest coast of Norway, two single health cases, and a health survey near the WTF in Tysvær, Norway. In late 2019 I was contacted by concerned citizens on the neighbouring island of Hitra, where Norway’s first full scale WTF Hitra 1 with 24 Siemens SWT 2.3 CS turbines with 5.800m² sweep areas had been in commission since 2004. It&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Benefits and Risks of an Offshore Wind Project – The Atlantic Shores South Project off the New Jersey Coast Save Long Beach Island</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/benefits-and-risks-of-an-offshore-wind-project-the-atlantic-shores-south-project-off-the-new-jersey-coast-save-long-beach-island/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Save Long Beach Island]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6207</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Myth and Fact Regarding the Atlantic Shores South Project off Long Beach Island (LBI) and Brigantine, NJ There has been and continues to be much misinformation about the benefits and damage from offshore wind projects. Based on Save LBI’s professional-level research over the past four years regarding the Atlantic Shores project, we provide below what we believe represents both the unfounded and well founded information regarding that project. Many of the issues for that project are found in others. We&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Community Council Convention of the Highland Council Area on the Impact of Major Energy Infrastructure</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/community-council-convention-of-the-highland-council-area-on-the-impact-of-major-energy-infrastructure/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Community Councils of the Highland Council Area]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/?p=6204</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[14th June 2025 – Beauly Hosted by the Community Councils of Kirkhill &#038; Bunchrew, Kiltarlity, Sleat, Muir of Ord, Strathnairn, Kilmorack and Strathglass Unified Statement of the Convention of Community Councils This Convention supported by over FIFTY COMMUNITY COUNCILS, collectively representing over 72,000 residents within The Highland Council area: RECOGNISES the impact of climate change on our planet but OPPOSES an unjust and unnecessary industrialisation of The Highlands. CALLS for our elected members to URGENTLY support and protect our communities&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		
		
		
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