Much-debated limits on turbine noise get lawmakers’ OK

Margaret Cheney, a member of the Vermont Public Utility Commission. File photo by Erin Mansfield/VTDiggerStrict new noise limits will apply to future wind development in Vermont, after a legislative committee gave the controversial rules the go-ahead Thursday.The approval marks a major victory for opponents of large-scale wind energy, whose ranks include Gov. Phil Scott.Environmental advocates have decried the limits as a guarantee that wind energy has no future in Vermont.
Yet the sound limits