claim: Renew­ables such as wind turbines are environmentally disastrous because they pollute a huge land area, slice and dice birds and bats, kill insects that are bird food, create health problems for humans who live within kilometres of them, leave toxins around the turbine site and despoil the landscape.
evidences.evidence_id: Environmental impact of wind power:105
evidences.article: Environmental impact of wind power
evidences.evidence: Fossil-fueled power plants, which wind turbines generally require to make up for their weather dependent intermittency, kill almost 20 times as many birds per gigawatt hour (GWh) of electricity according to Sovacool.
evidences.votes: REFUTES NOT_ENOUGH_INFO REFUTES SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Human impact on the environment:138
evidences.article: Human impact on the environment
evidences.evidence: These insects accumulate toxins in their exoskeletons and pass them on to insectivorous birds and bats.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Raptor conservation:4
evidences.article: Raptor conservation
evidences.evidence: Because they are opportunistic carnivores, birds of prey are at high risk of secondary poisoning by eating organisms that have been killed or debilitated by pesticides.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Wind turbine:233
evidences.article: Wind turbine
evidences.evidence: Thousands of birds, including rare species, have been killed by the blades of wind turbines, though wind turbines contribute relatively insignificantly to anthropogenic avian mortality.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS REFUTES REFUTES SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Wind turbine:238
evidences.article: Wind turbine
evidences.evidence: damaging Australia's Great Barrier Reef) and by water acidification from combustion monoxides.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO