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larry sherman commented on Long Islander's blog post Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakening"I think the pendulum is clearly swinging back in our favor. Lets hope it swings back quick enough to avoid the 50 five-hundred foot tall wind turbines already approved (but not yet built) for the Island Falls area that overlooks 2 pristine…"
Martha thacker commented on Long Islander's blog post Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakening"I cried when I read Naomi schalit and John Christie's article. They have been excellent journalists who care about the state of Maine , people and the environment. Always patient and willing to accept information ...not just trasncribe…"
Long Islander commented on Long Islander's blog post Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakening"From another article on wind power:
"During the webinar, Justin Rolfe-Redding, a doctoral student from the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, discussed ways for wind-energy proponents to get their message out…"
Long Islander posted a blog postWind power’s grip on Augusta weakening
Updated: 11:32 AM Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakeningRural Maine communities protest turbines, which they say deface 'God's country,' but wind developers say they've invested too much money to be shut out now.By NAOMI SCHALIT and JOHN CHRISTIE The Maine Center for Public Interest ReportingThe Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting is a nonpartisan, non-profit news service based in Hallowell.…See More
Martha thacker commented on Long Islander's blog post BDN Clifton Wind: "It’s a real victory said ” Peter Beckford, who opposes the project""Nice link because of this comment....encouraging.
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“It isunclear from the record how the Department and Board intend to enforce soundlevel limits for wind projects.”…"
Martha thacker commented on Long Islander's blog post Letting George Smith Run Wild by Al Diamon"Interesting..stealing other people's work does not bode well for a newspaper's credibility.
" When I’ve brought this to the attention of Bangor Daily editors, I’ve been told these postings are “an…"
Long Islander commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"Mike - these are the most irresponsible nauseating humans I've ever personally dealt with. There is a special place for these lying thieves. And the so called enviro groups who endorse them for pay are worse."
Mike DiCenso commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"Long Islander...I think the Rollins project had plans to remove the cement 1 foot below the surface, if it ever was decommissioned. They never intended to remove all the concrete. I suppose they would just dump 1 foot of gravel on top instead of…"
Martha thacker commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"Penny
16,000 sounds low. First Wind, at first anyway, used to be required to have the money to remove the turbines before the wind farms could be built. I am surprised , or maybe not that towns have to pay for them. But in reality , every…"
Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"Why not sell one of the Falmouth turbines at half price to TransCanada to replace the turbine that burned up at Kibby this winter? And didn't one of the Maine wind developers (was it First Wind?) budget sixteen thousand per turbine as their…"
Allen Barrette commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"It does not cost 14 million to remove two turbines.They are marking the job up just like the thieves they are. My bid on this is 3 sticks of dynamite to implode each tower everything from that point gets recycled even the rotors can be reused.…"
Martha thacker commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"And, another problem with wind farms, the turbines aren't lasting 20 years. From Cohocton wind watch.
"Mr. Sullivan used the wind industry’s 20-year life expectancy claim when equating that these giant, property-value-trashing, bird…"
Long Islander commented on Long Islander's blog post Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick"I wonder if wind companies generally remove the concrete or whether they just cover it up.
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Wind power’s grip on Augusta weakening
Posted by Long Islander on May 21, 2013 at 12:09pm — 4 Comments
BDN Clifton Wind: "It’s a real victory said ” Peter Beckford, who opposes the project"
Posted by Long Islander on May 19, 2013 at 9:21am — 1 Comment
Letting George Smith Run Wild by Al Diamon
Posted by Long Islander on May 19, 2013 at 9:10am — 1 Comment
Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick
Posted by Long Islander on May 17, 2013 at 12:00pm — 12 Comments
EAGLES DEATHS AND WIND FARMS reported by ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted by monique aniel on May 14, 2013 at 2:03pm — 3 Comments
BDN: "Time for a comprehensive review and update of Maine’s wind energy policy"
Posted by Long Islander on May 14, 2013 at 12:40am — 1 Comment
Landscape architect Walter Cudhohufsky blasts wind turbines on New England's ridges in the VT Digger
Posted by Steve Thurston on May 13, 2013 at 5:42pm
Good BDN Article...Except for Baldacci's War on The Night Sky
Posted by Long Islander on May 12, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
Like father like Son
Posted by Ellin Beltz on May 12, 2013 at 2:04am
NRCM, Maine Audubon, and the Sierra Club "live more in a bubble" (Portland Phoenix article)
Posted by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
U.S. Senate Energy Committee Passes Hydroelectric Power Bills to Full Senate for Voting
Posted by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 6:17pm — 1 Comment
Right on, Gov.
Posted by Harrison Roper on May 10, 2013 at 8:39am — 1 Comment
BDN - Governor LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law
Posted by Long Islander on May 9, 2013 at 9:39pm — 2 Comments
Tune In RIGHT NOW - Energy & Utilities Committee Hearing
Posted by Long Islander on May 9, 2013 at 1:40pm
WHAT YOU CAN DO AT THE LEGISLATURE THURSDAY MAY 9 TH
Posted by monique aniel on May 7, 2013 at 11:30pm
NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View (PDF) The PDF document at the following link attempts to put NRCM's own published CO2 information into proper perspective. We think it does just that. Isn't it time to change course and stop so many Mainers' anguish?
NRCM_CO2_From_a_Different_Point_of_View.pdf
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT (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 http://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?" http://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.” http://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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