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BOWERS PROJECT DEFEATED!!

AN EPIC FAIL FOR FIRST WIND

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision denying Champlain Wind LLC's appeal concerning a permit for its Bowers Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp. Champlain Wind is a subsidiary of Maine's largest wind developer, First Wind. The decision marks the end of a six year process of hearings and appeals which pitted the wind developer against local residents, professional guides, traditional sporting camp owners and loyal visitors to Maine's famed Downeast Lakes Region. Spearheading the opposition was the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed (PPDLW).

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https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/bowers-wind-project-defeated

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Willem Post commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post SouthCoast Wind - Rhode Island Deadline Approaching
"EXPENSIVE FLOATING OFFSHORE WINDMILLS IN IMPOVERISHED STATE OF MAINE https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/floating-offshore-wind-systems-in-the-impoverished-state-of-maine . Despite the meager floating offshore MW in the world, pro-wind…"
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Willem Post commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post SouthCoast Wind - Rhode Island Deadline Approaching
"THE IMPOVERISHED, DYSFUNCTIONAL STATE OF MAINE https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/the-dysfunctional-state-of-maine . The over-taxed, over-regulated, already-impoverished Maine people are super-screwed, trying to make ends meet in a…"
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Willem Post commented on Brad Blake's blog post Oakfield Ruined by First Wind (SunEdison, Whatever!) Turbines: Latest Photos
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post SouthCoast Wind - Rhode Island Deadline Approaching
"Fetterman is a Psyop - Don't fall for it. Where have we seen this before? https://www.cypher-news.com/2025/10/fetterman-is-a-psyop/"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Willem Post's blog post Global Shipping Net-Zero by 2050 CO2 Tax Vote Deferred Until Next Year
"Fetterman is a Psyop - Don't fall for it. Where have we seen this before? https://www.cypher-news.com/2025/10/fetterman-is-a-psyop/"
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SouthCoast Wind - Rhode Island Deadline Approaching

SouthCoast Wind - Rhode Island Energy PPA due November 1, 2025. On June 30, 2025, Rhode Island Energy and SouthCoast Wind extended the PPA, Power Purchase Agreement, for the fourth time.. Generally, a signed power purchase agreement with a utility is necessary for offshore contractors to finance a wind project. This includes financial risks and a completed permitting…See More
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"Outraged" Trump Refuses to Adhere to Global Carbon Tax on Shipping

"Outraged" Trump Refuses to Adhere to Global Carbon Tax on Shippinghttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/outraged-trump-refuses-to-adhere-to-global-carbon-tax-on ;BY TYLER DURDEN.The United States will vote “no” to a global carbon tax proposed by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Oct. 17, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social.“I am outraged that…See More
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Willem Post commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post SouthCoast Wind Dumps Falmouth Project To Late 2026
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This Chart Should Make You Feel "Warm and Fuzzy"

Posted by Dan McKay on October 2, 2025 at 7:50am — 7 Comments

WIND, SOLAR, TRADE, SANCTIONS, H-1B

Posted by Willem Post on September 28, 2025 at 10:00am

Offshore Wind Towers & National Defense

Posted by Frank Haggerty on September 25, 2025 at 12:03pm — 1 Comment

Who is EDPR?

EDPR, hoping to build Maine's largest wind factory in The County, likes to say they're from Texas. Click on the box above and you'll see their parent, Energias de Portugal is owned by China Three Gorges which is owned by the People's Republic of China. Protect the United States Treasury from foreign subsidy feeders and protect The County - just say NO.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Three_Gorges_Corporation

Maine Governor's Energy Office's Patrick Woodcock letter seemingly endorsing EDPR's Number Nine wind project.

Number%20Nine%20-%2010-22-15%20-%20Copy.pdf

NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View The PDF document at the following link put NRCM's own published CO2 information into the perspective of the Maine woods and shows the terrible tradeoff that is industrial wind in Maine.  

Putting Maine's Wind Power Goals into Proper Perspective

 

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Has anyone got any research data or articles or studies on infrasound and wind turbines ?  Is it a coincidence wind developers compare turbine sound with refrigerators ? ...................................…Continue

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    CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

     

    Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

    Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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    (excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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    Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

    Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

    "Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

    https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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