{"id":2021848,"date":"2023-09-05T00:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/locals-fed-up-as-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-up-in-their-small-town-a-hazard-all-the-way-around\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T00:38:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:38:07","slug":"locals-fed-up-as-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-up-in-their-small-town-a-hazard-all-the-way-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/locals-fed-up-as-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-up-in-their-small-town-a-hazard-all-the-way-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals frustrated as unused wind turbines accumulate in their town: &#8216;A dangerous situation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flocals-fed-up-as-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-up-in-their-small-town-a-hazard-all-the-way-around%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Locals Fed-Up \u200bas Decommissioned Wind Turbines Pile Up in Their Small Town: &#8216;A Hazard All the Way Around&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Residents in small towns in\u2064 Texas and Iowa are facing \u2064a growing problem with wind farm waste, according to \u2063Texas\u200d Monthly. The massive turbines used in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/locals-fed-up-as-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-up-in-their-small-town-a-hazard-all-the-way-around\/\" title=\"Locals frustrated as unused wind turbines accumulate in their town: 'A dangerous situation'\">onshore wind developments<\/a> can reach up to 200 feet in length and are made of\u2063 rigid\u200d materials, making them difficult to remove or recycle once they are decommissioned. This has resulted in mounting \u2064piles of turbines in communities like Sweetwater, Texas, causing frustration and concern among locals.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a hazard all the way around,\u201d \u200csaid Sweetwater resident Pamala Meyer. \u201cIt\u2019s just\u2063 a big rattlesnake farm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, around 30 acres of land in Sweetwater are occupied by discarded\u2062 turbines, posing potential dangers such as rattlesnake dens and mosquito \u200bbreeding grounds. While the company responsible for the waste \u2064claims to have made arrangements for its disposal, \u200dmost of the waste remains in plots of land around Sweetwater, leaving the community \u2063to deal with the\u200c consequences.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThey have, in my view, abandoned them there,\u201d said \u200bSamantha\u200d Morrow, the Nolan County attorney. \u201cThe \u2062county doesn\u2019t \u200bhave and \u2063cannot find millions of dollars to clean this up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sweetwater is not the only town grappling with\u2064 wind turbine waste. \u200bIn Newton, Iowa, approximately 1,300 blades have accumulated, leading state officials to conclude that there is no recycling plan in place and that\u200d the company responsible for handling the waste is effectively dumping it illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Liebl, executive\u2063 director of the Newton Development Corporation, has repeatedly asked the company about their recycling plans but has received vague responses. Despite \u200dreports that General Electric purchased the material for recycling, \u2063little progress has been made in removing\u200d the waste. Although a \u200ddeal was reached to have the waste removed by the end\u200b of 2023, no turbines had been \u200ctaken away as of mid-August.<\/p>\n<p>The increasing production of wind turbines and the resulting waste\u2063 could\u2062 pose a significant problem. Wind power\u200c is a crucial element \u200dof the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-is-wrong-americans-should-be-first-in-line-for-american-made-vaccines\/\" title=\"Greta Thunberg Is Wrong. Americans Should Be First In Line For American-Made Vaccines.\">long-term goals<\/a> to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. power sector by\u200d 2035 and for the wider American \u2064economy to reach net-zero by 2050.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan\u200c newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s \u200bbyline, and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines \u200dor partnering \u200dwith us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/locals-fed-decommissioned-wind-turbines-pile-small-town-hazard-way-around\/\">Locals Fed-Up as Decommissioned Wind Turbines Pile Up in Their Small Town: &#8216;A Hazard\u2062 All the Way Around&#8217;<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in small towns in Texas and Iowa are growing increasingly frustrated with the accumulation of wind farm waste. 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