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Monthly Archives: August 2011
AFA comments to USFWS on Eastern Small-Footed Bat and the Northern Long-Eared Bat
The Allegheny Front Alliance submitted the following letter to the US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the plight of the Eastern Small-Footed Bat and the Northern Long-Eared Bat. It should be noted that the AFA has great concern about the … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 24, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Very interesting analysis of Evergreen Solar’s demise at MasterResource: Part I: Evergreen Solar Inc.: Anatomy of a ‘Green’ Bankruptcy Part II: Sustainability Lessons from Evergreen Solar’s Bankruptcy 2-“Electricity has to be generated exactly in the same time … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 23, 2011
Items of interest: 1-“As for the windfall in green jobs, that has always been a con job.” – Jonah Goldberg (LA Times) 2-“Britain’s Wind Farm Scam Threatens Economic Recovery” – Watts Up With That? 3-Former Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas “has … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking Wind
Tagged Britian wind farm scam, green job con job, National Wind Watch, Vermont wind
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 22, 2011
Items of interest: 1-James Hansen Smacks Renewable Energy (“The Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy”–and Lovins as dreamer)– Robert Bradley Jr. (MasterResource) 2-Groups Claim Wind Energy Detrimental to W.Va. – Andrea Lannom (WOWK) 3-“The (UK) Ministry of Defence (MoD) is blocking … Continue reading
Sing it with me! “The Green Rolling … oops, wait … The Pinwheel Topped Hills of West Virginia”
(Courtesy of our great friends at Windtoons) I guess maybe they’ll just have to change the lyrics:
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 19, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Today will be fun – “We’re off to see the turbines, the wonderful turbines of OZ (WV)” 2-Jack Brooks speak on the ruin of Industrial wind for Lowell and all of Vermont: Visit the Save the Lowell … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 18, 2011
Items of interest: 1-SCHNARE: Campaign advice for ‘all of the abovers’ – Washington Times (h/t – Larry Thomas – Allegheny Highlands Alliance) 2-Exactly when did it become the role of the Secretary of the Interior to market a commercial product? … Continue reading
Open letter: Pinnacle wind farm benefits
Dear State and Local Official representing Mineral County, West Virginia, Subject: Pinnacle Wind project – focus on jobs, economic development and tax revenue. After a grand skirmish on both sides, the rising towers make it clear the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading
Posted in Concerned citizen letters, Decommission, Industrial Wind and Local Governments, Industrial wind jobs, Industrial Wind Taxes, Pinnacle Wind Farm, West Virginia Wind, Wind tax rebates, WV State Government
Tagged Mineral County WV wind energy, Pinnacle Wind Farm, wind energy economic benefits, wind jobs, wind property taxes
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 17, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Cumulative impact of industrial wind turbines. Energy in America: Dead Birds Unintended Consequence of Wind Power Development – Fox News Gee … seems to me we’ve heard this before? Is the world finally catching up? 2-Pennsylvania Governor having second thoughts on … Continue reading
