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Wide strong roads, clearance for transmission lines, electrical substations, huge buried foundations of concrete and steel rebar, staging around each turbine for maintenance as well as initial construction, hundreds of gallons of coolant and lubricating oil in each machine, the noise and direct physical toll of the turning blades ... wind energy facilities are sprawling industrial installations with obvious environmental impacts: destruction and fragmentation of habitat, alteration of groundwater and runoff, disturbance and deaths of animals ... | Wide strong roads, clearance for transmission lines, electrical substations, huge buried foundations of concrete and steel rebar, staging around each turbine for maintenance as well as initial construction, hundreds of gallons of coolant and lubricating oil in each machine, the noise and direct physical toll of the turning blades ... wind energy facilities are sprawling industrial installations with obvious environmental impacts: destruction and fragmentation of habitat, alteration of [[https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/wind-farms-and-groundwater-impacts-a-practice-guide-to-eia-and-planning-considerations/ groundwater and runoff]], disturbance and deaths of animals (see “[[#Wildlife|Wildlife]]” below)... | ||
:''See also:'' [https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/category/environment/?titles=on Wind Watch documents concerning environment] | :''See also:'' [https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/category/environment/?titles=on Wind Watch documents concerning environment] | ||