Leon Mangasarian

Nimbys and Greens are teaming up to block German wind farms

A wind turbine stands in front of a coal-fired power plant in Niederaussem, western Germany (Credit: Getty images)
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Leon Mangasarian

Leon Mangasarian worked as a news agency reporter and editor in Germany from 1989 with Bloomberg News, Deutsche-Presse Agentur and United Press International. He is now a freelance writer and tree farmer in Brandenburg, eastern Germany

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