Monthly Archives: November 2009

Maryland to open new Bald Eagle meat processing facility in Garrett County.

Some folks say today is a sad day for the environment.  I’m an optimist, always looking for the bright side. Today’s news is great news for hunter-gatherers!  The Maryland Public Service Commission just approved a twenty turbine industrial wind installation … Continue reading

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The Windpower Industry’s “top ten” false and misleading claims … Number 7 – Industrial wind developers are interested only in providing a public service

From StopIllWind – Drop by for a huge library of facts about Industrial Wind Energy. #7. Industrial wind developers are interested only in providing a public service. All the false and misleading claims which this industry makes for itself work … Continue reading

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Hey, there’s this PSC hearing on a wind farm in my district. How about dropping by and slamming the folks I represent and, oh … would you drop off this note for me?

First I have to acknowledge I don’t know exactly how political stuff works in Charleston or other parts of West Virginia, but I know how it should work in Mineral County.  If my interpretation of a certain activity at the … Continue reading

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Email to Governor Joe Manchin questioning the decision by the WV Division of Culture and History to allow wind installations to negatively impact historic sites.

  In an earlier post I committed to ask Governor Joe Manchin his position of the “sale of landmarks” issue discussed in this post: “A question for the WV Division of Culture and History – What’s a Historic Civil War … Continue reading

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A Conversation with Jon Boone – Industrial Wind and the Environment

We again welcome to our forum Jon Boone, an environmentalist with much knowledge about the wind industry. A few weeks ago, he spoke about wind technology as a problematic supplier of energy in A Conversation with Jon Boone – Toward … Continue reading

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“I get confused sometimes. There’s an Edison Mission Group and Edison Mission Energy, and there’s a little bit of synonymous use of the two names.”

I’m very confused too, Mr. Friend.  In fact, what you said in the quote I used for this title is pretty much how I feel after reading an article by Richard Kerns in the (Keyser, WV) Mineral Daily News-Tribune last … Continue reading

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I’d love to kick in a little more Congressman … but, as you know, I only get a 77% subsidy to build my wind farms.

The Boston Herald has an article titled, “Ex-partner of Boston wind exec charged,” about the business ties between the Massachusetts native who helped found controversial wind-energy developers Cape Wind and First Wind, Brian Caffyn, and the arrest in Italy of … Continue reading

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A question for the WV Division of Culture and History – What’s a Historic Civil War Site go for these days?

Funny thing about these industrial wind deals.  The more questions you think you answer, the more questions that pop up. A couple of days ago, we had a piece on the fire sale of 18 historic landmarks negatively impacted by … Continue reading

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WV State Historic Preservation Officer thinks adverse effects of wind turbines on historic sites worth around $17.39/turbine/year. Wait! You can’t be serious?

The West Virginia Division of Culture and History, not wanting to be accused of “close enough for government work,” calculated that each turbine would require an amount $434.7826086956521739130434… each, to mitigate the negative impact on the 18 historical sites in … Continue reading

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Yeah, but that was in Minnesota! The wind plant tax deal we have here is rock solid!

From The Worthington Daily Globe via The Industrial Wind Action Group, “Counties deal with tax issues on turbines” by Julie Buntjer. November 11, 2009 by Julie Buntjer in Worthington Daily Globe WORTHINGTON – A couple of years ago, Murray County … Continue reading

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