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Falmouth Wind Turbine Experience WGBH Year 2011

PBS News Hour Connect Effects of Wind Turbines-- Falmouth Massachusetts Year 2011 "The Falmouth Experience"

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Quote from Year 2011 :

"Some residents of Falmouth, Mass. say they're suffering headaches, insomnia and depression because of a 400-foot tall town-owned wind turbine that began operating there last year.

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Most scientists say wind turbines don't cause health problems, but the experience of residents has strengthened anti-wind sentiment in the region. "

WGBH's Sean Corcoran and Climatide's Heather Goldstone investigate the science and politics of The Falmouth Experience.

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PBS News Hour Connect Effects of Wind Turbines

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Heather Goldstone and Sean Corcoran of WCAI in Cape Cod, Mass. 2011.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmJRW6i1fss

Hari Sreenivasan interviews Heather Goldstone and Sean Corcoran about their series on the Falmouth wind turbine:

PBS News Hour Connect Effects of Wind Turbines

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Published on Sep 26, 2013
Heather Goldstone and Sean Corcoran of WCAI in Cape Cod, Mass. 2011

WGBH link

http://www.wgbh.org/wcai/turbi...

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Note in addition # By June of 2017 the Massachusetts Superior Courts have shut down the 2 town owned turbines. It has been determined they are a nuisance.

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