Slideshow: Wound Up Over Windmills

credit Photo: Amy EmersenA group of Hartsville residents approach a wind turbine in Fenner, New York, during a recent research trip. credit Photo: Bryan J. BallSome of the most heated arguments over the wind-farm issue have occurred here in Hartsville’s modest town hall. credit Photo: Amy EmersenTom DeWall from Hartsville discusses his town’s wind farm […]


credit Photo: Amy Emersen
A group of Hartsville residents approach a wind turbine in Fenner, New York, during a recent research trip.

credit Photo: Bryan J. Ball

Some of the most heated arguments over the wind-farm issue have occurred here in Hartsville’s modest town hall.

credit Photo: Amy Emersen

Tom DeWall from Hartsville discusses his town’s wind farm project with an unnamed Airtricity employee near the company’s Fenner, New York, facility.

credit Image: Courtesy of Airtricity

Airtricity’s wind farms dot this U.K. map.

credit Photo: Amy Emersen
Hartsville officials and residents pose in front of an Airtricity wind turbine blade at the Fenner, New York, wind farm.

credit Photo: Bryan J. Ball
Finger Lakes residents who oppose the prospective energy farm show their displeasure with yard signs.

credit Photo: Bryan J. Ball
Airtricity and other wind-turbine companies distribute pro-wind-power literature and yard signs to residents of Steuben and the surrounding counties.