Biostitute Alert: wind industry bird consultants set to spew guano in Camden March 18th
Camden Public Library on Thursday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m.
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Comment by janice glover on July 8, 2010 at 11:56pm
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So much for the monitors they claim to put up at each proposed turbine location three times a year.
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"civil disobedience " lockdowns at Maine Audubon's corporate office door inside their Gilsland farm estate's nature center building. before its opened for the day, make then use the windows - like birds. Pronably more effective to lockdown across the entry to their big parking lot next to the HQ bldg, so the officials have to sit in their fossilfuers or walk in. - tothe sound of our chirping whistling and seagull cries.
It all depends on the vote Tuesday. If the legislators see reason and put off neaershore waters licenses, then maybe won't need to. But if LD1810 passes, the Big ENGOs are going to leaping for corporate cash in return for an opportunity to sign off on nearshore bird abusing windmill wannabes's plans. Producing a "compromise" that "helps meet the needs of both Maine's natural community and those of the energy investment community!" or some such rot as that.
Pulling a Podolsky in other words.
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Who will carry out civil disobedience with me? The Eco-yuppies must be confronted on their abjection surrendering of the the principles within their mission statements. Maine Audubon, the Island Institute, Penobscot East Resource Center, the Maine Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, there are more. they all have protection of wild Maine nature as paramount in their reasons for existing. They've been coopted into corporatism, where all must do their duty to keep the engines of Industry racing efficiently over the landscape and seascape.
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Comment by Whetstone_Willy on March 21, 2010 at 5:58pm
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Vinalhaven: "The big issues for development projects are wetlands and wildlife, especially birds and bats. Podolsky found no bats, and Alcorn and Webster’s old quarry offers little foraging habitat for songbirds".
http://www.downeast.com/magazine/2009/december/mighty-wind-vinalhaven
Nope, he couldn't find any bats, clearing the way for these monster turbines. Podolsky did the study with Norm Famous. http://www.foxislandswind.com/faqs.html
Norm Famous is married to Marcia Spencer-Famous who heads up approvals of industrial wind projects across the state for LURC.
That said, others in the scientific community take issue with the findings of no bats on Vinalhaven:
"Vinalhaven (Maps 9/15) An astute group of 5th grade naturalists, Mrs. Radley's class noted bats flying and catching insects over the pond.
http://www.mainenature.org/archive/5-26-98.html
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When asked about their stand on LD1810, a Maine Audubon rep said that they didn't have time for it. Someone should confirm that by contacting the director. But, if this is the official or unofficial stand, I won't be renewing my membership this year....
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Comment by Joanne Moore on March 20, 2010 at 10:47pm
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Environmental organizations that support wind include Maine Audubon, which has Reed & Reed as a corporate sponsor. $$$$$$$$$ The minute money walks in the door, concerns for birds fly out the window. No more donations from me.
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Thanks Scarlett for going to Podolsky's event and letting us know how it went. So the skunk hasn't change his stripes.
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There IS a special place in Hell for Podolsky. It's called the Bird Retribution Room wherein the spirits of birds killed by industrial wind turbines peck incessantly at the eyes of the sinner - forever. That's gotta smart.
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Comment by Long Islander on March 20, 2010 at 9:57am
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There should be a special place in Hell for some people.
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I went to the Podolsky talk in Camden last week and it was, indeed, an event in which he 'spewed guano', essentially 'white-washing' wind energy development and effects on birds. While much of what he said was essentially true, for the most part (review of legislation, current risks of collision, etc.), he trivialized the fact, which he said was his own data, that the 7 or so bald eagles that USED to hang around Vinalhaven have disappeared since the turbines went on line, and he said that that was a good thing because it meant that they wouldn't get struck by the turbines. Of course, he ignores the fact that the eagles may have been hanging out there for a reason - like resting, feeding (he said that they don't feed there - hmmm... seems to me that they feed a lot on ducks and seabirds, as well as fish, all around there! but you'd actually have to record data to know that - and that doesn't seem to be the Podolsky style). But even if the eagles aren't directly affected by the turbines, they clearly don't like them, and need to go elsewhere. But, if you put more turbines up, where do the birds have a place to go? And, of course, maybe people LIKED having eagles around! That's a cost ignored. Wildlife add value to an area. Podolsky basically said, wildlife can go away, and that is not a 'cost'. Podolsky failed to answer many questions (like the gentleman who raised the question about 'landscape scale' effects - regarding adding to Kibby Mt. farm) and rudely talked over people as they talked. He was very patronizing and spent most of the time talking about himself. Finally, someone (one of the UMO researchers) started to give some real facts about birds in the region and the concerns about the risk of increased and uncontrolled wind development. Podolsky tried to cut her off - didn't work - and people began to talk with that person instead. It seems that Podolsky failed to document the thousands of birds that literally flew all around him while he was doing surveys in the Vinalhaven area last year. We need to regulate these 'environmental consultants'! They are not licensed or reviewed. This one is self-serving! He drove away in a MEGA gas-guzzling SUV, too.....paid for by industry.... I was really glad that I got a chance to talk to the UMO scientists there afterward. Podolsky clearly works for industry - UMO works for us, the public.
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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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