While I don’t discount the possibility of some negative effects associated with wind turbines (“Wind energy’s ripple effects,” Dr. Gary Carlson, Star Tribune, November 9, 2010), there’s no such thing as a free lunch. I’d rather see locally owned wind turbines surrounding many rural communities in Minnesota, providing clean energy and local economic benefits without [...]
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Eat lower on the food chain. Reducing consumption of meat from grain-fed livestock, and eating more unprocessed or minimally processed whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables can both improve personal health and reduce the environmental impact of food production. (See here, for example.) -
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