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Saddle Mountain – An Allegheny Treasure
Until today, the image used to represent Allegheny Treasures was a personal photograph of Green Mountain, above Keyser, West Virginia, as seen from my home. When taken a year ago, the 23 massive wind turbines of the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Environment, industrial wind failure, Pinnacle Wind Farm, Wildlife Resources
Tagged Allegheny Mountain destruction, Green Mountain WV, industrial wind environmental impact, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle wind, Saddle Mountain WV, wind turbine noise, wv migratory flyway, WV wind
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The noise from these windmills is so great that it is impossible to live near them.
Mr. Richard Braithwaite, of Keyser, WV, is one of several families negatively impacted by the Pinnacle industrial wind project. The project, owned by Edison Mission Energy, is located along a ridgeline on Green Mountain, above Keyser,WV. The project is scheduled … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Concerned citizen letters, Friends and Citizens Groups, Industrial Wind and Local Governments, Industrial Wind Health Issues, US WindForce, wind turbine noise
Tagged Edison Mission Energy, Mineral County Commissioners, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle Wind Farm, WHAG, wind energy quality of life, wind turbine noise
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More slick wind marketing.
Here’s a perfect example of a slick marketing tool utilized by the wind industry: According to the latest data from the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), 1400 megawatts of wind power capacity was installed in 2011, more than doubling 2010’s … Continue reading
Section 1603 renewable subsidy must expire.
In an article at Master Resource, Lisa Linowes urges readers to contact their congressional representatives to demand that the Section 1603 subsidy be allowed to expire on December 31, 2011. We highly recommend you read the article, which discusses the … Continue reading
Music to my ears!
This is really interesting! It comes from our good friends at EPAW (European Platform Against Windfarms). ———————————————————— Wind Power Horror Serenade Protest concert based on wind turbine sounds Copenhagen- December 9, 2011 This is a true story of an old … Continue reading
“We don’t believe we mislead anyone.” – Chapter Two (or Three or Four)
Remember this post from a few days ago? Wind developer canned response #283: “We don’t believe we mislead anyone.” Well, the “didn’t mislead” comment came from none other than Dave Friend, CEO of US WindForce, the developers of the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Mountains, Environment, Industrial Wind Health Issues, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle Wind Farm, US WindForce, wind turbine noise
Tagged Edison Mission Energy, Green Mountain WV, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle wind, US WindForce, wind turbine health issues, wind turbine noise, Wind Turbine Syndrome, WV PSC
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Dallas is fired up! – UPDATE
UPDATE: Mr. Adams provided us with his extended remarks, which is now published as a letter to the editor in the Mineral Daily News-Tribune. For your convenience, we have replaced the earlier version with the extended letter in the post … Continue reading
Wind developer canned response #283: “We don’t believe we mislead anyone.”
A year ago, almost to the day, I led a post with one of my Dad’s favorite lines: “Write it down on a block of ice!” He’d say that to me when I’d suggest he’d be getting a bill for … Continue reading
Pump storage … the industrial wind side show’s latest prop.
A November 7 article in the State Journal (West Virginia) is titled “Wind Power and Pumped Hydro Storage: A Natural Pair.” What may seem very promising on the surface requires a bit of understanding, so before I comment, I’d like … Continue reading
John Terry on industrial wind: “one wonders what unintended consequence will occur next?”
The Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News recently published a commentary written by Mr. John Terry of Montrose, WV. We thank Mr. Terry for permission to post this enhanced version of the original article. AT Notes: Please use the features of the Scribd embed … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Front Alliance, Allegheny Mountains, Archives, Environment, USFWS Guidelines, West Virginia Wind, Windtoons
Tagged AES Laurel Mountain, Backbone Mountain WV, Cumberland Times-News, John Terry, Pinnacle Wind Farm, Western Maryland Wind, wind turbine bird kills, Windtoons, WV wind
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