Public Health Benefits of Adding Offshore Wind to the Grid

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By The ConversationJun 19, 2018, 10:25 am97 pts
By Jonathan Buonocore New plans to build two commercial offshore wind farms near the Massachusetts and Rhode Island coasts have sparked a lot of discussion about the vast potential of this previously untapped source of electricity. But as an environmental health and climate researcher, I'm intrigued by how this…

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