[CPEO-BIF] Wind turbines at Bethlehem Steel site, Lackawanna, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Tainted Land Not Natural Stage for Wind Power Projects

Daniel Robison
WNED-AM 970 NEWS
October 6, 2010

LACKAWANNA - There's plenty of land in Western New York that's good for 
almost nothing. These parcels, called brownfields, were once home to 
heavy industry. Now they're so soaked with chemicals and dotted with 
rusting infrastructure that redevelopment is nearly out of the question. 
But some of this land is finding a new life as a home for wind energy.

Driving through the sprawling former site of Bethlehem Steel, it's easy 
to see how it was once the largest plant of its kind in the country. 
Employing more than 30,000 people. Now it's a ghost town. There are 
hundreds of acres of trash, abandoned buildings, and tangly growth. A 
coyote trots ahead on the road.

But when you get out of the car, suddenly you're at the base of wind 
turbines as tall as small skyscrapers. These are known as "Norm's 
Windmills." They're the pet project of Lackawanna Mayor Norman Polanski. 
He once worked at Bethlehem Steel, like his dad. But when the jobs left 
30 years ago, they never came back.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1709667/WNED-AM.970.NEWS/Tainted.Land.Not.Natural.Stage.for.Wind.Power.Projects

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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