As Europe looks to the Arctic for energy, the Indigenous Sami people say they don’t want the massive wind farms that are planned on their shrinking lands. They say the wind turbines interfere with their reindeer herds and livelihoods. Reporter Katie Toth of the podcast “Things That Go Boom” reports on the struggle between the Sami and the global demand for energy.
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