Wind energy enjoys widespread support from organizations and individuals.

Individual Support
Wind energy consistently ranks highly in polls as an energy source that deserves to be supported. A recent poll conducted by Yale University in June 2005 found that 87% of Americans support expanded wind energy development (http://www.yale.edu/envirocenter/environmentalpoll.htm).

Organizational Support
A diverse array of national, regional and local environmental, agricultural, economic development, faith-based and wind and renewable energy advocacy groups has come together to form the Wind Energy Works! coalition (www.windenergyworks.org).

In addition, a number of environmental and conservation organizations have created positions or statements of support for wind energy, some of which are listed below.

American Bird Conservancy
www.abcbirds.org/policy/windenergy.htm

Environmental Defense
www.environmentaldefense.org/program_descriptions.cfm?subnav=3

Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming

Natural Resources Defense Council
www.nrdc.org/air/energy/default.asp

Clear the Air (Joint project of the Clean Air Task Force, National Environmental Trust and the U.S. PIRG Education Fund)
www.cleartheair.org

Greenpeace
www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro?campaign_id=3937

World Wildlife Fund
www.worldwildlife.org/climate/index.cfm

National Wildlife Federation
www.nwf.org/climate

Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_warming/index.cfm

World Wildlife Fund
www.worldwildlife.org/climate/pubs.cfm