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A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry.

CANUDOS, BRAZIL (AFP) – A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear’s macaw. Home to more than 90 per cent of Brazil’s booming wind-power industry, the northeast is known for strong, steady winds […]

The wind farm is 'very risky,' said Marlene Reis, of the Lear's Macaw Gardens Project, an organization trying to save the species.

CANUDOS, Brazil: A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear's macaw.

Brazil faces dilemma: endangered macaw vs. wind farm

CANUDOS, Brazil: A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear's macaw.

A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental

A wind farm in northeastern Brazil sounds like a welcome climate-friendly energy solution, but it is causing controversy over another kind of environmental worry: the impact on the endangered Lear's macaw. Home to more than 90 percent of Brazil's booming wind-power industry, the northeast is known for strong, steady winds that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wants to harness to power a green-energy revolution, said AFP.

The construction of a wind farm in Brazil has sparked controversy due to concerns about its impact on the endangered Lear's macaw.