Items of interest:

1:This is post number 700 at the Allegheny Treasures blog, which started nearly 30 months ago.  I thought it might be fun to provide the link to the very first post, dated 9/28/2009 – Mountain Breezes – Green Energy’s New Coal?

Did we stay the course?

2:Massachusetts DEP Study Findings Whitewash Health Impacts – WindWise

These WindWise folks are really doing their homework  Visit their site to show your support.

3:Opinion: Gov. Chris Christie wisely vetoed allowing wind farms on preserved farmland – NJ.com

Here’s the best part: “But good intentions for solving one problem should not result in another type of harm.“

But, trashing the Appalachian Mountain range with thousands of these 747 size energy impostors is somehow perfectly acceptable?

Industrial wind doesn’t belong anywhere.

4:Oregon wind farm first to ask for permission to harm birds – Sustainable Business Oregon

The key word here is “first.”  The rest have just ignored the US Fish and Wildlife folks and, for the most part, the requirement placed on them by the Endangered Species Act.

5:Subsidies for Green Energy Do Not Help American Consumers – US News

Just ask the Vinalhaven and North Haven folks?