Monique Aniel Thurston's Blog – July 2013 Archive (4)

Passadumkeag : proposed changes to the BEP draft order and vote on permit !

Will  the BEP approve  the Passadumkeag wind  project , and  if  they  do how  will they  justify such abhorrent decision  to generations of Mainers and nature lovers of the world ????

 

 

FROM THE BEP WEBSITE :

This is a reminder that the Board of Environmental Protection is meeting on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 9:00 am to consider and vote on an order that would grant a permit for the Passadumkeag Windpark…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on July 26, 2013 at 4:40pm — 1 Comment

BEP will decide on Passadumkeag Wind project on July 18th !!!! PLEASE BE THERE IF YOU CAN !

THE  CASE :

1 . DEP  position:

In  an unprecedented move , Passadumkeag   Windpark  permit application for 14  turbines on Passadumkeag  Mountain was  denied by  DEP in  November 2012 on scenic  grounds.

DEP  argued  that  the  project  will  have unreasonable adverse  effects  on  Saponac  Pond's  scenic  qualities where  the  14 turbines would  be  seen from 97 percent  of  the lake.

2.BEP  position

In  an  equally  unprecedented  move , in March 2013,…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on July 15, 2013 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

PPH ATTACKS GOVERNOR LEPAGE ON WIND

http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/governor-is-driving-away-statoils-investment_2013-07-04.html

A bill that was sold as a way to help UMaine is really a plan to hurt offshore wind development.

We all know what Gov. LePage thinks about wind power. He hates it.…

Hywind on location
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on July 4, 2013 at 12:02pm — 1 Comment

Rare white- throated needletail killed by wind turbine

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horrified-birdwatchers-see-rare-white-throated-2003724

Horrified birdwatchers see rare white-throated needletail fly into wind  turbine

28 Jun 2013 08:22

About 200 wildlife lovers gathered on Wednesday to see the…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on July 1, 2013 at 12:58pm — 3 Comments

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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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