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NIMBYs vs. Greens

It’s not easy being NIMBY
With members of Congress stuffing the economic stimulus with green energy projects, they may be overlooking one of the biggest obstacles to getting them in line: the NIMBY crowd.

A recent Zogby poll found that 85 percent of Americans favored government incentives to encourage the growth of renewable energy. But the “not in my backyard” folks — those who support clean energy but, for instance, don’t want any wind turbines within eyesight — could pose serious delays to wind farms and new renewable energy transmission lines included in the stimulus. Read the rest of this entry »

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