Wind farm hearings cover emotional and economic factors #IL

World News: 12:46 GMT Friday 12th January 2018. [National Wind Watch News via SPi World News]

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Emotional testimony swept through nights three and four of the McLean County Zoning Board hearings on a proposed wind farm project. Invenergy is seeking a special use permit to put up about 100 turbine towers in northeastern McLean County near Gridley, Chenoa, and Lexington. Union members spoke Wednesday evening of the jobs the $300 million project would bring to local laborers. “A construction worker moves from job to job. But when a wind farm comes to town, that often means . . .

Read More: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2018/01/12/wind-farm-hearings-cover-emotional-and-economic-factors/

Published: 2018-01-12T12:46:15.

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