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2012) (suggesting that the “use of coloured turbines (such as greens, browns or
ochres) in an attempt to disguise wind turbines against a landscape backcloth
is usually unsuccessful”).
13 Siting and Designing Windfarms in the Landscape 9 (2009).
14 Id.
15 Avi Brisman, The Aesthetics of Wind Energy Systems , 13 N.Y.U. Envtl. L.J.
1, 46 (2005).
16 Id. at 46.
17 Id. at 8 (arguing that aesthetic objections to wind farms are “inconsistent with
the aesthetic sensibility we bring to our appreciation of fine art”).
18 Id. at 8-9.
19 This is somewhat a generalization, and obviously the common law of nuisance
varies by jurisdiction. For more details on the nuances of nuisance law, see
generally Restatement (Second) of Torts §§§ 821D, 821F, & 822 (1979) (cited
in Stephen Harland Butler, Headwinds to a Clean Energy Future: Nuisance
Suits against Wind Energy Projects in the United States , 97 Cal. L. Rev. 1337
(2009)).
20 Butler (2009) at 1350 (citing Mathewson, 395 P.2d 183, 189 (Wash. 1964));
see also Rankin v. FPL Energy, LLC , 266 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. App. 2008).
21 See Burch v. NedPower Mount Storm, LLC , 647 S.E.2d 879, 893-94 (W. Va.
2007) (cited in Butler (2009) at 1360.
22 Stefanie Huber & Robert Horbaty, IEA Wind Task 28: Social Acceptance of
Wind Energy Projects (May 2012), available at www.ieawind.org/index_page_
postings/June%207%20posts/task%2028%20inal%20report%202012.pdf
(last visited June 18, 2012).
23 IEA Wind Task 28: Social Acceptance of Wind Energy Projects (May 2012) at 4.
24 Id. at 27.
25 Id. at 26.
26 Wind Power and the Environment - Benefits and Challenges , Wind Directions
at 31 (2006), Available at www.ewea.org/ileadmin/ewea_documents/
documents/publications/WD/wd25-5-focus.pdf (last visited June 12, 2012).
27 See Kenneth Kimmell & Dawn Stolfi Stalenhoef , The Cape Wind Offshore
Wind Energy Project: A Case Study of the Difficult Transition to Renewable
Energy , 5 Golden Gate U. Envtl. L.J. 197, 200 (2011).
28 See Dominic Spinelli, Historic Preservation and Offshore Wind Energy:
Lessons Learned from the Cape Wind Saga , 46 Gonz. L. Rev. 741, 748
(2010-11).
29 See Katharine Q. Seelye, Koch Brother Wages 12-Year Fight Over Wind Farm ,
New York Times (Oct. 22, 2013).
30 See Heidi Willers, Grounding the Cape Wind Project: How the FAA Played
into the Hands of Wind Farm Opponents and What We Can Learn From It ,
77 J. Air L. & Com. 605, 615 (2012); Erica Schroeder, Turning Offshore Wind
On , 98 Cal. L. Rev. 1631, 1650 (2010).
31 Schroeder, supra note 30 at 1650.
32 See Timothy H. Powell, Revisiting Federalism Concerns in the Offshore Wind
Energy Industry in Light of Continued Local Opposition to the Cape Wind
Project , 92 B.U. L. Rev. 2023, 2034 (2012).
33 See Willers, supra note 30 at 618.
34 See Schroeder, supra note 30 at 1651.
35 See Dave Levitan, Will Offshore Wind Finally Take Off on the U.S. East
Coast? , Yale Environment 360 (Sept. 23, 2013), available at http://e360.
yale.edu/feature/will_ofshore_wind_inally_take_of_on_us_east_coast/2693/
(last visited Oct. 16, 2013).