Traces of asbestos have been found in brake and clutch pads used inside service lifts of wind turbines, prompting safety recalls, quarantines, and renewed ...

Workers at a prominent Australian port may have been exposed to asbestos after the banned substance was allegedly discovered ...

Asbestos has been found in foreign-built turbines of two more wind farm companies as concerns grow about worker and community ...

A cargo ship containing asbestos products intended for a Victorian wind farm is docked in the port of Geelong. Renewable ...

An urgent safety alert has been issued at wind farms across Australia after asbestos was discovered in Chinese-made wind turbines. The deadly material was first found in brake pads used in wind ...

Queensland has ordered an audit of all operational wind turbines after asbestos was found at three sites across the country, with at least a dozen more projects on alert for contamination.

Taller than the Golden Gate Bridge, new offshore wind turbines are drawing warnings from the federal government and experts over reliability. When the Interior Department in late August approved ...

As swimmers enjoy the beach this summer, massive chunks of debris, including sharp fiberglass shards, have been washing ashore on the once-pristine coast of Nantucket island, Massachusetts. The ...

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For millennia, humans have harnessed the power of wind. Wind fueled the boats of the Egyptians, the irrigation of the Babylonians, and the grain-grinding windmills of the Persians. Today, modern wind ...