Overcoming Recalcitrance: Resources to Address and Rebut Adversarial Claims While Maintaining Positive Relationships - (PPT)

摘要

Adversarial Claims against Wind Projects 1. Growing trend to encounter localized opposition that uses selective science to make claims and spread misinformation 2. Appears to be tied to loose coalitions of individuals and 'grass-roots' groups with websites, self-certifying they're the authoritative sources for information and 'scientific' studies 3. Accentuated by advent of social-media and Internet 4. Categories of claims include: (1) Sound /Noise (2) Medical Issues (3) Physical Danger / Safety Risks (4) Property Values Impacts (5) Environmental Issues.