Regional News
Environmentalists conflicted over St. Lawrence wind farm
May 23, 2008 — An 86-tower wind farm will soon go up on Wolfe Island in the St Lawrence River. Each tower will be more than 240-feet tall, with turbine blades stretching beyond 175 feet. They'll be a prominent feature of the landscape, visible from Cape Vincent, New York and Kingston, Ontario. Canadian Hydro is developing the wind farm. The company says it will generate enough electricity to power a city the size of Kingston, or 75,000 homes, for a year. Jonathan Brown has more.


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