$8 million jobs blowin' in the wind0

• Archive, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Legal
• October 18, 2011

A new study of enterprise zones in Illinois reveals that each “wind job cost taxpayers $8 million” according to a press release from Illinois Wind Watch. A review of reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show: that wind farms create very few local jobs.  Of the 15 wind farms reported on the IWEA website,