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Frank J. Heller, MPA Reforestation and Carbon Sequestration

As the initiator of a reforestation effort in the Mid-coast region of Maine, I have researched out the benefits of using living plants to remove various air pollutants, including CO2, and sequester them for as long as 100 years in wood and permanently in peat and coal.

The benefits of reforestation go way beyond CO2 removal; but the addition of oxygen into our air; the improvement of habitat for rare birds, small mammals, and the insects they feed upon; the stabilization of
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Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on March 10, 2010 at 9:09am — 6 Comments

Long Islander Maine’s Wind Goals, CO2 and the Forest

Please click on the file below entitled "Maine’s Wind Goals, CO2 and the Forest." The document is intended to put the Governor's wind goals into perspective.

NRCM has published figures on CO2 emissions avoided by various Maine wind farms. Then, to try and argue that the clearcuts and clearing needed for these complexes, their roads and transmission lines s

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Added by Long Islander on March 9, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Long Islander Congressman Eric Massa Went Up Against Some Very Powerful People

With all the news on Congressman Eric Massa's resignation, I started googling and came across the letter below.

Massa has said on the news in the last 24 hours that some powerful forces in Washington, D.C. set him up and pushed him out.

From our vantage point, we know that he was a true thorn in the side of First Wind. First Wind is essentially half owned by hedge fund D.E. Shaw which paid National Economic Director Larry Summers $5.2 million for

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Added by Long Islander on March 9, 2010 at 1:30am — 1 Comment

Cathy Mattson See Robert Rand's presentation to the Jackson Planning Board

Robert Rand is one of only two acoustical engineers in Maine certified by the Institute of Noise Control Engineering. He spoke to the Jackson Planning Board on August 27, 2009.

As part of h
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Added by Cathy Mattson on March 8, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

Ron Huber Nearshore Wind Rush: What you can do to stop it


IF YOU WANT MAINE FISHERMEN TO KEEP FISHING, AND WINDJAMMERS TO KEEP SAILING, tell your legislators to vote NO on

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Added by Ron Huber on March 8, 2010 at 1:49pm — No Comments

Whetstone_Willy Peaks Island Slated for Misguided Self-Inflicted Wind Turbine Problems?

I just came across the website for Wind Power on Peaks Island.

http://www.greenerpeaks.org/windpower

It looks as though some well intentioned folks are at the point in the painful learning curve where wind power can do no w

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on March 7, 2010 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

Long Islander Wind Turbine Syndrome meets Hollywood

Wind Turbine Syndrome meets Hollywood

“[Movie] sound engineers deliberately include loud noises well below the lowest frequencies that can be detected by our hearing system (20 Hertz) because, although we cannot hear such sounds directly, our body actually feels them. Studios apparently insist that theaters playing big-bang films be equipped with Dolby-type sub-woofers that can generate frequencies well below 20 Hz.

“This

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Added by Long Islander on March 7, 2010 at 5:14pm — 2 Comments

Lisa Lindsay Weld Rejects Six Month Moratorium on Wind Power

For some reason, this article does not allow comments. In any event, I think this was a mistake on the part of Weld's voters, but when there is not a wind proposal on the table, it's my sense that moratoriums are harder to get.

http://www.sunjournal.com/node/809451

WELD — Voters rejected establishing a six-month moratorium on wind development facilities on Saturday. However, they decided informally to set up a c

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Added by Lisa Lindsay on March 7, 2010 at 11:48am — No Comments

Ron Huber Nearshore wind wannabes at Maine Fishermen's Forum face grimly silent lobstermen, scallopers, shrimpers

At the Maine Fishermen's Forum in Rockport Maine on Saturday March 6, 2010,a group of industry reps, academics and ENGOs rolled out a new bill LD 1810 that would open up all of Maine's fishing grounds to windfarms. A skeptical crowd of fishermen listened silently, grimly, as the speakers made their pitches for leasing off Maine's state waters to… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on March 6, 2010 at 9:30pm — 10 Comments

Scarlett UMO bird scientists show danger of wind farms in Maine!

The Penobscot Valley Chapter of Maine Audubon hosted a really cool talk on birds and wind power last week in Bangor given by some scientists at UMO. They showed how tons of birds could be affected by wind farms in different ways at different places around the state. You should get them to talk to your local groups about this.....contact the biology department - I think the head scientist was a Dr. Holberton (spelling?). It was a good talk and will make the wind companies sit up! Continue

Added by Scarlett on March 6, 2010 at 8:41am — 6 Comments

Joanne Moore Friends of the Highlands: What's at stake in Western Maine?

Great piece by Alan Michka in our local paper, the Times Record http://www.timesrecord.com/
I'm having trouble linking to the piece but if you click on opinion and go to the 8th down, there it is. No chance to comment but it can be rated.
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Added by Joanne Moore on March 5, 2010 at 4:33pm — 5 Comments

Dan McKay William Tucker Analyzes Renewable Energy

The following website will surely enlighten you to what is going to happen with the energy plan undertake by Obama. http://spectator.org/people/william-tucker/all Continue

Added by Dan McKay on March 5, 2010 at 4:19am — No Comments

Long Islander Why the Double Standard Olympia, Susan and Habib?

Yesterday, each of our U.S. Senators issued a press release about a bill they have introduced called the Deepwater Offshore Wind Incentive Act which would provide a tax incentive of 3.04 cents per kilowatt production tax credit for the first 6,000 Megawatts of Deepwater Offshore Wind Production in the United States.

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Added by Long Islander on March 4, 2010 at 6:00pm — 8 Comments

Ron Huber Here it is - LD 1810 Bill to open Maine state waters to unbridled wind farming


Can people please take a look at this legislation by clicking on the link above and see what the industry is trying to pull? This is going to fast track..unless it gets bumped. I'll be reviewing it too.
Ron

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Added by Ron Huber on March 4, 2010 at 5:36pm — 1 Comment

Dan McKay Wind Turbine Study From An Engineer's View

http://www.20percentwind.org/report/Chapter2_Wind_Turbine_Technology.pdf This report is one that should be read by anyone interested in investing in wind projects. Continue

Added by Dan McKay on March 4, 2010 at 4:28am — No Comments

Ron Huber Fishy Business: Wind industry plans heavy duty dog & pony show at ME Fishermen's Forum

If you love your Maine ocean, come to Rockport Saturday afternoon and speak for it! From 2:45 pm- 4:30 at the Maine Fishermen's Forum http://www.mainefishermensforum.org Samoset Resort, Rockport Room, Rockport, Maine:
The seminar What Does Ocean Energy and Wind Power Mean for Maine’s Fishermen? will take place, featuring this panel: Bet
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Added by Ron Huber on March 3, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Lisa Lindsay Weld's Annual Town Meeting Saturday

(Blurb from today's dailybulldog.com) WELD - A proposed 180-day wind turbine moratorium and changes to the shoreland zoning ordinance may stir up some health debate among voters attending this year’s annual town meeting set for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 6 at the community center. Incumbent Nancy Stowell and Kelly Hutchinson are running for a seat on the Board of Selectmen, the town’s assessor and overseer of the poor. Carol Cochran wants to continue as town clerk and tax collector and is running… Continue

Added by Lisa Lindsay on March 3, 2010 at 9:54am — No Comments

arthur qwenk Wall Street Journal, The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power

The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power
People living near turbines increasingly report sleep deprivation, headaches and vertigo. The wind lobby says there's no proof.
(Doesn't this sound like the smoking and asbestos issues of years past?)
By ROBERT BRYCE
Imagine this scenario: The oil and gas industry launches an aggressive global drilling program with a new type of well. Thousands of these new wells, once operational, emit a noxious odor so offensive that many of the people li… Continue

Added by arthur qwenk on March 2, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Stacey Scotia The Economics of Transmission NE - http://www.windaction.org/faqs/25906

The economics of transmission in New England(Posted March 2, 2010)
With little fanfare last week, the ISO-New England[1] released its latest report, New England 2030 Power System Study: Report to the New England Governors, summarizing the economic and environmental impacts of developing significant amounts of renewable sources within the region including substantial inland and offshore wind resources.
According to the report, the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE)

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Added by Stacey Scotia on March 2, 2010 at 10:02am — No Comments

Charlie self guided wind farm tours with google earth

Google Earth has collected "street view" imagery for a high percentage of America and Europe's rural areas and most of that work has been done very recently so street view can be used to explore many existing wind farms.

Below are some screen shots of a 250 turbine wind farm near Zeewolde, Netherlands. The wind farm is old enough that GE imagery shows the turbine pads. To explore the wind farm go to Layers in Google Earth and turn on "street view". Then go to Gallery and turn o

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Added by Charlie on February 28, 2010 at 6:50pm — 7 Comments

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