May 1, 2012

No, Wind Farms Aren't Causing Global Warming

Brad Plumer, Washington Post


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Scientific studies are misrepresented all the time. But now and again the distortions get particularly bad. That was the case Monday, when Fox News ran the headline, “New Research Shows Wind Farms Cause Global Warming.” A number of other media outlets did the same thing. And it’s... not true at all.

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