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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Industrial wind health issues in Australia – “but not everyone can talk about it. Those with turbines on their properties have signed agreements not to speak publicly.”
Courtesy of the Industrial Wind Action Group: Claims of wind farm illness: Waubra Disease Text of video here for your convenience: Victoria’s largest wind farm operation is attracting attention as the residents of Waubra, north-west of Ballarat, claim the turbines … Continue reading
More industrial wind shenanigans – Holland (Holland, Wisconsin that is!)
From the Daily Reporter article: “Holland backs hollow wind farm moratorium” Joining the list of states telling residents to “BUTT OUT!” on industrial wind projects there’s this from Wisconsin. Plus, I think we have a front runner for the industrial … Continue reading
Maine State Representative co-chair of Utilities and Energy Committee with Attorney wife representing wind developers. C’mon … do you really have to ask?
Another one from the “fox meet hen-house” file! From the Bangor (Maine) Daily News: Wind conflict? Another item on the Ethics Commission’s agenda this Thursday stems from the controversy — at least among some Mainers — over industrial wind power. … Continue reading
Upstate New York community “finally taking a hard look at the destruction” caused by industrial wind.
From upstate New York’s Daily News Online: Opinion from Steven Moultrup – (Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:27 AM EST) Local town boards seem to be finally taking a hard look at the destruction wind-turbines are creating in upstate New York. The … Continue reading
Minnesota state government has a message for “locals” concerned about 70,000 acre industrial wind plant: “BUTT OUT!”
Yeah! Go ahead and have your little meetings, write some letters. Heck, you can even call and leave a message if you want! But here’s the message for you private citizen pipsqueaks and local yokel politicians, “the state of Minnesota … Continue reading
Maine Industrial Wind: Citizens Task Force on Wind Power calls for moratorium.
From Mainebiz Online: Wind foes call for statewide moratorium A group opposed to wind power development is asking the governor to temporarily halt all wind farm construction in Maine. Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power held a press conference this … Continue reading
Greek conservation groups dismay with industrial wind intrusion, mirrors The Charter of Palermo
In a recent post here at Allegheny Treasures we spoke of Mr. Jon Boone’s 2009 participation in the development of The Charter of Palermo. Readers may recall that, at the invitation of the Sicilian government, Mr. Boone, an intervenor in … Continue reading
Oh, darn … another legislator can’t seem to find the jobs industrial wind promised!
From the West Salem, Wisconsin Coulee News: Published – Thursday, February 18, 2010 PLAIN SPEAKING: Green jobs deal yields zero jobs By MIKE HUEBSCH In 2008, the wind energy industry employed 85,000 American workers. After collecting nearly $2 billion of … Continue reading
Baltimore Sun: Maine residents turning against industrial wind they once welcomed.
From the Baltimore Sun’s B’more Green Blog: Bad vibes over wind energy in Maine Wind energy is generating some bad vibes in Maine, it seems, where some residents of an offshore village have turned against the industrial-sized turbines they originally … Continue reading
CBC News: “Northern New Brunswick’s cold, icy weather is causing wind turbines to freeze and stop producing power.”
And they planned for this? From CBC News: Ice halts northern N.B. wind farm “We have budgeted allowances for every year for possible generation interruptions like this caused by something like severe weather,” (Dani Sabota, a spokesperson for GDF Suez … Continue reading
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