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Energy Sprawl: Comparing biodiversity impacts oil, gas and wind production
2015-05-08 17:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Energy has become a contentious and politicized topic, spurring activism, whether it be the fossil fuel divestment campaign, Keystone pipeline protests, or concern over wind turbine harm to birds. But whatever energy future we choose, two things are clear: an expanding human population will need more energy, and no matter what energy source we pick, it will have landscape-scale impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services. In a recent extensive literature review, scientists Nathan F. Jones,...
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