Welcome to National Wind Watch!
National Wind Watch® (NWW) is a coalition of groups and individuals working to save rural and wild places from heedless industrial wind energy development. Through this web site, NWW promotes awareness of and documents the negative impacts of industrial-scale wind turbines on the environment, economy, and quality of life.
Energy security and the need to reduce pollutants and other emissions are serious issues. Therefore, people should not be distracted by symbolic or "feel-good" gestures that fail to meaningfully address these issues and in fact do substantial harm. NWW advocates an intellectually honest assessment of the benefits and costs of industrial wind development. The objective is to be a resource of information and assistance for individuals and local groups seeking the facts about industrial wind power.
National Wind Watch provides a means for diverse groups to share information and strengthen each other. All of the work for NWW is by unpaid volunteers with many other demands on their time and resources but who consider this effort an important contribution to protecting our world.
NWW receives no support from any industry or political interests. Funding comes only from concerned individuals, representing a broad range of perspectives.
See the FAQ about NWW for more information.
History
In May 2005, citizens from ten states representing several regions of the U.S. met to share their concerns about the risks and related impacts of industrial wind power. National Wind Watch emerged from that conference with the goal of providing a central resource of information and helping to increase communication among "wind warriors". It is a 501(c)(3) organization registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The original web site appeared in December 2005 at www.windwatch.org, but in May 2006 it was hijacked by parties who did not want NWW's efforts to succeed. The new, and better, web site appeared at www.wind-watch.org (with a hyphen) in July 2006.
Board of Directors
Eric Rosenbloom (Vt.), president; David Roberson (Mass.), vice president; Lloyd Crawford (Mass.), treasurer & secretary; Colette McLean (Ont.); and Tom Stacy (Ohio).
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark of National Wind Watch, Inc.
