Negotiating the Wind: A Framework to Engage Citizens in Siting Wind Turbines
By Sean F. Nolon, February 8, 2012
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The author examines the tension between the global concern of developing more environmentally friendly and sustainable forms of energy production and the more local concern of determining where to place new forms of energy infrastructure – wind turbines, in particular. To assist in resolving this tension, a framework is proposed to negotiate the positioning of these wind turbines by involving citizens and federal-state-local partnerships at various stages of the process.
