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HEALTH

Effects of insufficient sleep on circadian rhythmicity and expression amplitude of the human blood transcriptome
http://docs.wind-watch.org/PNAS-2013-Moller-Levet-sleep-genes.pdf

Affidavit of Dr. F. Owen Black. M.D. re: Wind Turbine Syndrome
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Owen-Black-affidavit-to-State-of-Illinois-re-WTS.pdf

Reply of Dr. Michael A. Nissenbaum to Senate Inquiry
http://doc.wind-watch.org/Nissenbaum-Nocebo-response-to-senate-inquiry-11-22-2012.pdf

Sleep disturbances and suicide risk: A review of the literature
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656315/

See Table 1: Selected list of reports examining sleep and suicidality: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2656315/table/t1-ndt-3-735/ 

Risk of Harm and Industrial Wind Energy Facilities
Physicians as Health Advocates

http://docs.wind-watch.org/Risk-of-harm_wind-turbines_physician-advocacy_January-2013.pdf 

Infrasound From Wind Turbines Could Affect Humans
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Salt-Kaltenbach-BSTS-2011.pdf

Cooperative Wisconsin turbine noise study breaks new ground
http://aeinews.org/archives/2254

Motion Sickness Symptoms and Postural Changes Following Flights in Motion-Based Flight Trainers
http://www.lsarc.ca/1987-Motion-Sickness-Flight-trainers.pdf

Encounter with turbine
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/09/26/encounter-with-turbine/

Wind Turbines Noise and Health
http://www.flat-group.co.uk/pdf/wtnoise_health_2007_a_barry.pdf

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK WORKING GROUP, MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT, ECOSYSTEMS AND HUMAN WELLBEING: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT http://pdf.wri.org/ecosystems_human_wellbeing.pdf

Wind Turbine Noise and Health in the New Zealand
http://www.acousticecology.org/wind/winddocs/health/Shepherd_NoiseNewZealand_2010%20copy.pdf

A recently released report claims children suffering from autism will be caused distress by windfarm turbines
http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2010/05/13/a-recently-released-report-claims-children-suffering-from-autism-will-be-caused-distress-by-windfarm-turbines-59067-26434168/

Lincolnshire windfarm rejected to help autistic boys
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/humber/8646326.stm

The Wind Turbine Health Impact Study is Junk Science*
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Wind-Impact-Study_Hartman.pdf

Low frequency noise and annoyance
HG Leventhall Noise and Vibration Consultant, Ashtead, Surrey, United Kingdom

http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2004;volume=6;issue=23;spage=59;epage=72;aulast=Leventhall

The Bruce McPherson Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise Study
Adverse Health Effects Produced By Large Industrial Wind Turbines Confirmed
http://randacoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/The-Bruce-McPherson-ILFN-Study.pdf

Wind turbines may have hidden hazards–New Report from UCLA http://www.library.ucla.edu/pdf/Chen.Paper.pdf

Vibroacoustic disease: Biological effects of infrasound and low-frequency noise explained by mechanotransduction cellular signalling
http://docs.wind-watch.org/VAD-ProgBiophysicsMolBiol-2007.pdf

Infrasound: Your ears “hear” it but they don't tell your brain
http://docs.wind-watch.org/WTPicton_salt_final.pdf

Brief Overview of References Noise including Industrial Wind Turbines and Adverse Health Effects
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Krogh-brief_overview_noise_wind_turbines-March_2011.pdf

Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society:

Wind Turbine Noise 
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Bull-Sci-Technol-Soc-2011-Harrison-256-61.pdf
The Noise From Wind Turbines: Potential Adverse Impacts on Children's Well-Being
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Bull-Sci-Technol-Soc-2011-Bronzaft-291-5.pdf
Infrasound From Wind Turbines Could Affect Humans
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Bull-Sci-Technol-Soc-2011-Salt-296-302.pdf
The Problems With ''Noise Numbers'' for Wind Farm Noise Assessment
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Bull-Sci-Technol-Soc-2011-Thorne-262-90.pdf
Public Health Ethics, Legitimacy, and the Challenges of Industrial Wind Turbines: The Case of Ontario, Canada
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Bull-Sci-Technol-Soc-2011-Shain-346-53.pdf

Evaluating the impact of wind turbine noise on health related quality of life
http://docs.wind-watch.org/NAH_2011.pdf

Low-frequency noise from large wind turbines
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Moller-Pedersen-Low-frequence-noise-large-wind-turbines.pdf

WIND TURBINE ACOUSTIC POLLUTION ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
http://docs.wind-watch.org/Wind-Turbine-Acoustic-Pollution-Assessment-Requirements.pdf

Evaluating the impact of wind turbine noise on health-related quality of life http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2011;volume=13;issue=54;spage=333;epage=339;aulast=Shepherd 

Impact of wind turbine noise in The Netherlands
http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2011;volume=13;issue=55;spage=459;epage=463;aulast=Verheijen

WHO Regional Office for Europe
Burden of disease from environmental noise

http://www.goodhuewindtruth.com/uploads/WHO_Burden_of_disease_from_environmental_noise_2011.pdf


WIND TURBINE NOISE, SLEEP AND HEALTH
Dr Christopher Hanning. BSc, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, FRCA, MD

http://www.goodhuewindtruth.com/uploads/Wind_turbine_noise_sleep_and_health_November_2010.pdf


Low Frequency Noise, Infrasound and Wind Turbines
http://www.windvigilance.com/about-adverse-health-effects/low-frequency-noise-infrasound-and-wind-turbines


The inaudible noise of wind turbines
Lars Ceranna, Gernot Hartmann, and Manfred Henger

http://www.kselected.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/The_inaudible_noise_of_Wind_Turbines-infrasound.pdf

Wind Turbines can be Hazardous to Human Health
http://oto2.wustl.edu/cochlea/wind.html

A Summary of new evidence: Adverse health effects and industrial wind turbines
Carmen M.E. Krogh, BScPharm Brett S. Horner, BA, CMA
http://www.epaw.org/documents/Summary%20of%20new%20evidence%20August%202011%20FINAL.pdf

Epidemiologic Evidence for Health Effects from Wind Turbines
Carl V. Phillips, PhD
http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Phillips-1.pdf

Keynote address before the “First International Symposium on the GlobalWind Industry and Adverse Health Effects: Loss of Social Justice?” in Picton, Ontario, Canada, October 30, 2010.
Nina Pierpont, MD, PhD
http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/img/WTSbrain-color.pdf


Dr. Nina Pierpont interviews
http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/dr-nina-pierpont-interviews/

Your Guide to Wind Turbine Syndrome Calvin Luther Martin, PhD 
http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/img/WTSguide.pdf

A Primer on Adverse Health Effects and Industrial Wind Turbines

http://46640c50-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/windvigilancecom/A_Primer_on_Adverse_Health_Effects.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7coHXveHdaKgQevIHHignAqGL3pEU-Tah1viitAswzY5p6QntR28Ih1W3PThfD7CbDnfXm27v_i_NP8n7zLgypZsT2diIXgrzQLQN4Ne8CxrqleYcPs7RCeJDWN91VNaNzUnoZqga-McAWhsP_4xUBZ1rAioooNUq4p-QwvCH8dZQ5CxWbOAIWXGeg0Fyk9Ennb99Dg2maZP-yZ_ieSxl2R0xRM5rbMSFIhbihX6pZ2zshnQAm0MehdIOMTMsrHkd68q2M_W&attredirects=0

Industrial Wind Turbines, Infrasound and VibroAcoustic Disease (VAD)
Professor Mariana Alves-Pereira

http://eastcountymagazine.org/sites/default/files/WindHealth-VAD%20disease_0.pdf

WIND TURBINE ACOUSTIC POLLUTION ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS

http://www.epaw.org/documents/Wind_turbine_acoustic_pollution_assessment_requirements.pdf

Wind-Turbine Noise: What Audiologists Should Know
http://docs.wind-watch.org/AudiologyToday-WindTurbineNoise.pdf 


On Wind Turbine Noise and Air Pressure Pulses
http://theenergycollective.com/willem-post/84293/wind-turbine-noise-and-air-pressure-pulses

Brown County Board of Health Resolution Requesting Emergency State Aid
for Families Suffering Around Industrial Wind Turbines
http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/wpcontent/uploads/2012/03/BCResolutions.pdf

 AESTHETICS

NTSB wants wind-test towers marked, registered
http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2013/May/30/NTSB-wants-wind-test-towers-marked-registered.aspx

Trick of the eye distorting turbine application photos
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/08/25/trick-of-the-eye-distorting-turbine-application-photos/

The Landscape and Human Health Laboratory (LHHL) is a multidisciplinary research laboratory dedicated to studying the connection between greenery and human health. http://lhhl.illinois.edu/index.htm

The International Community for Ecopsychology
http://www.ecopsychology.org/map.html

The European Journal of Ecopsychology
http://eje.wyrdwise.com/

The Restorative Benefits of Nature
http://www.ideal.forestry.ubc.ca/frst524/09_kaplan.pdf

Out of the consulting room and into the woods?
Experiences of natureconnectedness and self-healing http://eje.wyrdwise.com/ojs/index.php/EJE/article/viewFile/11/7


SAFETY

Wind turbines Fire protection guideline http://www.imia.com/downloads/external_papers/EP43_2009.pdf

EDITORIAL: RESIDENTS COUNTYWIDE SHOULD URGE SUPERVISORS TO BAN WIND TURBINES IN FIRE-PRONE REGIONS
http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/10805

Low-Level Aviators Face Challenges with Tower Obstacles
http://www.agaviation.org/content/lets-be-fair-about-sharing-air

MET Tower Kills Pilot!
http://saveourseashore.org/?p=1647

3 wind-turbine failures firefighters must know
Wind-turbine farms are springing up across the country and they pose unique threats to fire and rescue agencies

http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-attack/articles/1306390-3-wind-turbine-failures-firefighters-must-know/

Forest fires and wind turbines: The danger no one is talking about
http://bangordailynews.com/2011/06/29/opinion/forest-fires-and-wind-turbines-the-
danger-no-one-is-talking-about/

Forest and turbine fire questions
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/07/30/opinion/forest-and-turbine-fire-questions/

Risk of Forest Fire
http://www.ppdlw.org/bwrs_fire.htm


Catastrophic turbine failure at Vermont wind farm raises doubt about turbine safety, longevity
http://www.windaction.org/releases/18394 


ENVIRONMENTAL

Evaluating Bird and Bat Post-Construction Impacts at the Sheffield Wind Facility, Vermont
http://www.windaction.org/documents/37994

Canada lynx caught on video at Vermont refuge
http://usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com/2013/04/04/canada-lynx-caught-on-video-at-vermont-refuge/

An interview with Kevin Anderson: “Rapid and deep emissions reductions may not be easy, but 4°C to 6°C will be much worse”
http://transitionculture.org/2012/11/02/an-interview-with-kevin-anderson-rapid-and-deep-emissions-reductions-may-not-be-easy-but-4c-to-6c-will-be-much-worse/

Endangered Indiana Bats Battered By Bat-killing Disease http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/9/28/235361/Endangered-Indiana-Bats-Battered-By.aspx

Nature groups warn turbines kill birds
http://www.qnetnews.ca/?p=22979

Save the Whales director warns seismic testing link to deaths is ‘very possible’  http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/National/article/25016/save-the-whales-director-warns-seismic-testing-link-to-deaths-is-very-possible.html

Troubling study indicates wind turbines may cause harm to bat populations http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/09/20/troubling-study-indicates-wind-turbines-may-cause-harm-to-bat-populations/

Environmentalists link whale beachings to offshore windfarm sonar http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9550229/Environmentalists-link-whale-beachings-to-offshore-windfarm-sonar.html

An Estimate of Avian Mortality at Communication Towers in the United States and Canada
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0034025

The costs of chronic noise exposure for terrestrial organisms
ftp://sci.sdsu.edu/pub/IEMM/Recreation/3rdTierLiterature/Barberetal2009noise.pdf

The Effects of Noise on Wildlife
http://www.fws.gov/windenergy/docs/Noise.pdf

Noise kills dolphins
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/noise_kills_dolphins_1_1516382

On radar, Spruce Mountain a storm magnet
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/oxford-hills/2012/09/13/radar-spruce-mountain-stormmagnet/1250558

Vermont Natural Resources Council Citizen Action Guide
http://www.vnrc.org/filemanager/fileview/14264/

Impacts of wind farms on land surface temperature
http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/zhou/tmp/nclimate1505-aop.pdf


Government Lab Finds Wind Energy Not Meeting Carbon Emission Goals
http://www.nature.com/news/the-trouble-with-turbines-an-ill-wind-1.10849

Proposal for eagle-kill permits creates stir 
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/07/10/proposal-for-eagle-kill-permits-creates-stir/

WIND TURBINES AS LANDSCAPE IMPEDIMENTS TO THE MIGRATORY CONNECTIVITY OF BATS
https://www.lclark.edu/live/files/8520-412cryan

The trouble with turbines: An ill wind
With turbines threatening some bird and bat populations, researchers are seeking ways to keep the skies safe for wildlife.

http://www.nature.com/news/the-trouble-with-turbines-an-ill-wind-1.10849

Birds and Wind Development
http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/collisions/wind_farms.html

Bats and Wind Energy—A Literature Synthesis and Annotated Bibliography
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1110/OF12-1110.pdf

Foraging bats avoid noise
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/211/19/3174.full

The mysterious link between bats and wind turbines 
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/the-mysterious-link-between-bats-and-wind-turbines/

Pennsylvania wind turbines killed 10,000 bats last year  
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/20/pennsylvania-wind-turbines-killed-10000-bats-last-year/

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN ACTIVITY AND FATALITY OF MIGRATORY BATS AT WIND ENERGY FACILITIES
http://www2.allenpress.com/pdf/mamm-90-06-1341-1349.pdf

Disease and wind turbines killing off bats, experts say  
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/01/disease-and-wind-turbines-killing-off-bats-experts-say/

Saving bats could prevent huge U.S. farming losses 
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/04/01/saving-bats-could-prevent-huge-u-s-farming-losses/

As bats die off, Vermont panel seeks endangered status  
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/02/as-bats-die-off-vermont-panel-seeks-endangered-status/

Bats considered for endangered list
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/16/bats-considered-for-endangered-list/

A Study of Bird and Bat Fatalities http://www.wvhighlands.org/Birds/MountaineerFinalAvianRpt-%203-15-04PKJK.pdf

A study published in Science estimated that bat deaths could lead to annual agricultural losses in North America of more than US $3.7 billion.
Bats Worth Billions to Agriculture: Pest-control Services at Risk
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=2743#.T-nTE3B5nG0

POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF WIND FARM ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
ON UPLAND GAME BIRDS: QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS
http://www.partnersinflight.org/pubs/McAllenProc/articles/PIF09_Anthropogenic%20Impacts/Brennan_1_PIF09.pdf

Local environmental group prevails in Tomales met tower lawsuit
http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/08/local-environmental-group-prevails-in-tomales-met-tower-lawsuit/

Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines: Investigating the Causes and Consequences
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/BatsWindmills/

German Wind Farms Can Kill Bats from Near and Far, Research Suggests http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120702133529.htm

What are rare earth metals?
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/translating-uncle-sam/stories/what-are-rare-earth-metals

Earth-Friendly Elements, Mined Destructively
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/26/business/global/26rare.html?_r=2&hp=&pagewanted=all

Rare Earths Leave Toxic Trail to Toyota Prius, Vestas Turbines
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-05/china-rare-earths-leave-toxic-trail-to-toyota-prius-vestas-wind-turbines.html

Rare Earths: Elemental Needs of the Clean-Energy Economy
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=rare-earths-elemental-needs-of-the-clean-energy-economy


PROPERTY VALUES

Studies Show Land-Based Wind Turbines Cause Property Values to Plummet;
Health, Economic, and Environmental Factors are Cited as Major Issues http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/studies-show-land-based-wind-turbines-cause-property-values-to-plummet-health-economic-and-environmental-factors-are-cited-as-major-issues-195537791.html

Wind farms do bring down property values
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/windpower/9418617/Wind-farms-do-bring-down-property-values.html

Wind Turbine Impact Study
http://docs.wind-watch.org/AGO-WIND-TURBINE-IMPACT-STUDY.pdf

PROPERTY VALUE LOSSES NEAR WIND TURBINES GREATER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT, APPRAISERS SAY
http://eastcountymagazine.org/node/9182

Zoning Evaluation & Property Value Impact Study
http://docs.windwatch.org/McCann_Jan_31_2012_ACK_zoning_evaluation_and_value_impact_study_FINAL-1.pdf

MISC 

A comment from David Hallquist, CEO Vermont Electric Cooperative, 29 Jun 2012:
  
“I would state that the future of industrial wind on ridgelines in Vermont is tied directly to the legislature. If the legislature passes more renewable portfolio requirements, we will probably have to look at industrial wind. At this point, however, VEC fully complies with the renewable requirements and we have no additional need for wind generated power. With the market prices for power below 5 cents per kilowatt-hour, I do not believe any renewable power source can get close in terms of low price. It appears that natural gas supplies are adequate well into the future so I am highly skeptical they will be able to sell their output to any Vermont utility, unless the legislature increases the renewable portfolio requirement. If you don’t like industrial wind I would urge you and everyone you know to pay close attention to what the legislature is considering. That said, the developers may have an eye to sell the power to other states, such as Connecticut and Massachusetts, who have renewable requirements. However it seems like it would be hard to permit a site if no Vermont utilities are involved.”

VEC’s Concerns – Unintended Consequences, 16 Feb 2012:



1. Higher electric rates without a cost-effective energy storage solution.
 
        
Retail electric Rate per kwh               Scenario                       Typical monthly cost

16 cents             Average residential rate based on current portfolio          $80
23 cents             Projected rate for full portfolio if biomass and industrial wind
                          are optimized                                                                    $120
31 cents             Projected rate for full portfolio if biomass and solar
                          are optimized                                                                    $155

Other VEC concerns:

*Comprehensive energy plan will drive high levels of wind and solar.
*The electric grid cannot be run effectively with significant amounts of
  intermittent generation without a storage solution.
*Cost-effective storage solution needed.
*Moving too fast (before storage solution developed), could be costly.
*Aggressive goals could drive higher electric rates and excessive
  ridgeline wind development.


Wind Power Facts Toolkit of Information
http://www.windpowerfacts.info

Wind turbines as yet unsuitable as electricity providers
http://www.wind-watch.org/documents/wind-turbines-as-yet-unsuitable-as-electricity-providers/

Lisa Linowes of windaction.org testimony before the:
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Impact of Tax Policies on the Commercial Application of Renewable Energy Technology

http://democrats.science.house.gov/sites/democrats.science.house.gov/files/documents/2012%2004%2017%20Linowes%20testimony.pdf

A Problem With Wind Power
Eric Rosenbloom

http://docs.wind-watch.org/ProblemWithWind.pdf

Learning from Others’ Mistakes:
What Europe’s Experience with Renewable Mandates and Subsidies can Teach Texas
http://api.ning.com/files/giEKoS7pGXseQKkNdrqiFdnouw*UK2Zc65Lutja3JYPSeBcIigOYzGmIAoFLpeixaiSC47c3uRUb2YA2W8dYISWDp7TIzfwK/201202PP03LearningFromOthersMistakesACEEJosiahNeeley.pdf

The Truth from Europe
http://www.windtaskforce.org/page/the-truth-about-europe

Wind turbines: the whole truth.
http://www.windenergy-the-truth.com/

Electricity Costs: The folly of wind-power
http://www.civitas.org.uk/economy/electricitycosts2012.pdf

The hidden fuel costs of wind generated electricity
http://www.epaw.org/documents/The_hidden_fuel_costs_of_wind_generated_electricity.pdf


How Less Became More: Wind, Power and Unintended Consequences in the Colorado Energy Market
http://www.bentekenergy.com/documents/bentek_how_less_became_more_100420-319.pdf


Dirty Electricity
http://www.goodhuewindtruth.com/uploads/Dirty_Electricity.pdf

Why Wind Won't Work
http://www.goodhuewindtruth.com/uploads/WhyWindWon_tWork-August_2009.pdf

Artist's impression of tower height based on project
http://eoliennes-infos.com/indexa.html

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