Frequent Grist contributor Bill McKibben has a column in today’s NYT saying that environmentalists should get behind wind energy. He is sympathetic to some enviros’ objections and rather gentle toward them.

I fully agree with McKibben, but I can’t say I share his sympathy.

Oil and gas exploration is ravaging the American West. The nuclear industry is resurgent. And oh yeah, the globe is frying.

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If environmentalists take global warming seriously, and expect others to take it seriously, maybe they shouldn’t become bitchy provincialists the minute you want to build a wind turbine that impedes the scenic view off the back porches of their vacation homes.

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So Ted Kennedy? Shut up.

(Speaking of wind, there’s breaking news on the hotly contested Cape Cod wind farm. Looks like the NIMBYs may win after all.)