Can’t sort the renewables lies from the Green truth? Some legal eagles sort it out for you.
Are you a social media-phobe? Can’t bring yourself to wade through all wacky chatter criticizing EVs and renewables?
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Well, Columbia University’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law has come up with a handy list of 33 misconceptions and lies. We check out six of the best:
Offshore wind development is harmful to whales and other marine life: The report authors cite the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s finding that no link has been found between offshore wind development and whale deaths, and when human activity causes deaths of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales, vessel strikes are at fault 75% of the time.
Electromagnetic fields from solar farms are harmful to human health: “The electromagnetic fields generated at a solar farm are similar in strength and frequency to those of toaster ovens and other household appliances — and harmless to humans.”
Clearing trees for solar panels negates any climate change benefits: “[A]n acre of solar panels in the United States usually offsets significantly more carbon dioxide emissions than an acre of planted trees can sequester.”
Solar development will destroy U.S. jobs: “Solar development creates significantly more jobs per unit of energy generated than other types of energy production, including natural gas. Moreover, the number of jobs created by the renewable energy industry, including solar, is expected to far exceed the number lost due to a shift away from fossil fuels.”
Electromagnetic radiation from wind turbines poses a threat to human health: “Multiple studies have found that the electromagnetic fields (EMFs) generated by wind turbines are lower than those generated by most common household appliances and that they easily meet rigorous international safety standards.”
Low-frequency noise from wind turbines harms human health and causes ‘wind turbine syndrome’: “Multiple studies have concluded that there is no direct causal correlation between noise from wind turbines and human health. Rather, studies have found that individual cases of headache or malaise in proximity to new wind turbines are most likely the result of personal attitudes toward and annoyance regarding the turbines.”
Take that — and the other 27 false tales.
