[Greens-Media] Another report shows wind turbines are safe. Can't say the same for coal.

[Elizabeth.Ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au]

Victorian Greens leader Greg Barber says a new South Australian EPA report 
released this week that shows wind farms have little impact on low 
frequency noise levels* is just another reason to remove Victoria's 
restrictive planning laws against wind farms. 

"The EPA compared noise levels at houses near wind farms then measured 
again when the wind farm was switched off and took comparison measurements 
in other rural and urban areas. They found low frequency noise levels near 
wind farms in the study were no greater than levels in similar rural 
households," said Greg Barber MLC

"The report is a companion to the South Australian EPA's recent report on 
infrasound and used measurements taken at the same time. Ironically, in 
both cases the EPA found that wind is the cause of the noise the anti-wind 
lobby group complains about - not wind turbines. But it's mostly caused by 
people and their household appliances."

"The Napthine government should get rid of the 2km veto on wind turbines 
and put it on coal mines and coal-fired power stations instead. Those 
things are deadly," said Mr Barber

* http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/environmental_info/noise/wind_farms

For comment: Greg Barber - 03 9348 2622


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Liz Ingham
Office of Greg Barber MLC
Northern Metropolitan Region
Victorian Greens Leader

P: 9348 2622
M: 0409 333 595
E: elizabeth.ingham at parliament.vic.gov.au
W: http://mps.vic.greens.org.au

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