Comments - Update on the CTFWP leadership - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T14:09:27Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A44220&xn_auth=noThanks to Steve, Monique and…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-23:4401701:Comment:443442012-12-23T03:46:33.591ZMike DiCensohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/MikeDiCenso
<p>Thanks to Steve, Monique and Brad. All I have to do is look out my window at night and see the red blinking lights to get recharged. What an annoyance. It is distracting and hard to stay balanced when ice skating. I could go on, but Happy Holidays !!!</p>
<p>Thanks to Steve, Monique and Brad. All I have to do is look out my window at night and see the red blinking lights to get recharged. What an annoyance. It is distracting and hard to stay balanced when ice skating. I could go on, but Happy Holidays !!!</p> Truly, CTFWP is legendary in…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-22:4401701:Comment:442332012-12-22T07:39:48.862ZPenny Melkohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PennyMelko
<p>Truly, CTFWP is legendary in their battle to keep Maine from becoming a wasteland. Monique, you're the most tenacious person I've ever encountered and an inspiration when I get so frustrated. Thanks so much for giving so much of yourself.</p>
<p>Penny, Tehachapi Pass.</p>
<p>Truly, CTFWP is legendary in their battle to keep Maine from becoming a wasteland. Monique, you're the most tenacious person I've ever encountered and an inspiration when I get so frustrated. Thanks so much for giving so much of yourself.</p>
<p>Penny, Tehachapi Pass.</p> Hi Monique and all. The new m…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-19:4401701:Comment:440412012-12-19T18:26:20.179ZPenny Melkohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PennyMelko
<p>Hi Monique and all. The new mantra of the wind industry is that wind generated energy AUGMENTS coal, oil and natural gas. For all the subsidies, PTC and tax breaks, wind and solar has to be augmented by fossil fuels to boost the efficiency above18-23%. Americans should be outraged about being duped into believing through mass media and plain lies that commercia wind and solar could stand on their own. </p>
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<p>Hi Monique and all. The new mantra of the wind industry is that wind generated energy AUGMENTS coal, oil and natural gas. For all the subsidies, PTC and tax breaks, wind and solar has to be augmented by fossil fuels to boost the efficiency above18-23%. Americans should be outraged about being duped into believing through mass media and plain lies that commercia wind and solar could stand on their own. </p>
<p></p> Monique & Steve, I thank…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-19:4401701:Comment:441172012-12-19T16:06:58.068ZHart Daleyhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/HartDaley
<p>Monique & Steve, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing me with knowledge and tools to fight against the sprawl of industrial wind projects. I live in Dixfield where Patriot Renewables LLC has proposed a sight along the Colonel Holman Ridgeline. My parents and grandparents grew up at the base of this ridge. My great-grandparents built the home I reside in. I raised my children and am helping to raise my grandchildren here as well. I will continue to fight for my RIGHT to…</p>
<p>Monique & Steve, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for providing me with knowledge and tools to fight against the sprawl of industrial wind projects. I live in Dixfield where Patriot Renewables LLC has proposed a sight along the Colonel Holman Ridgeline. My parents and grandparents grew up at the base of this ridge. My great-grandparents built the home I reside in. I raised my children and am helping to raise my grandchildren here as well. I will continue to fight for my RIGHT to enjoy my family, my quality of life and my property. Without your help I would not have known where to begin. I will continue to educate people and write letters to the legislators, papers etc in my efforts.</p>
<p>I only know Brad through my online conversations and brief encounter in Greenbush at the DEP public hearing but I read and I acknowledge how much effort, research and knowledge he has surrounding this major issue. I am confident he will continue the fight and lead us all in the direction to save our beautiful State of Maine. Thank you again Monique and Steve and thank you Brad for taking on this momentous responsibility.</p> Dear Monique: Though the batt…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-19:4401701:Comment:440392012-12-19T13:33:12.204ZDonna Amrita Davidgehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/DonnaAmritaDavidge
<p>Dear Monique: Though the battle is far from over you have taken us where we are today- in our fight for Oakfield Monique was a constant counsel to me..and no matter the outcome, as we know how it is played out by the State, we much got forward in our fight..with Mr Katahdin on the front of the current Down East Magazine and Angus King quoted (in 2003) in it as saying Maine will not change much in the next ten years we must continue to see if we can bring to light the lies and deceptions that…</p>
<p>Dear Monique: Though the battle is far from over you have taken us where we are today- in our fight for Oakfield Monique was a constant counsel to me..and no matter the outcome, as we know how it is played out by the State, we much got forward in our fight..with Mr Katahdin on the front of the current Down East Magazine and Angus King quoted (in 2003) in it as saying Maine will not change much in the next ten years we must continue to see if we can bring to light the lies and deceptions that are ruining western/northern Maine..thank you Steve and Monique for all the energy you have thrown into this. Yes, as Penny write, the disaster for our birds and other wildlife, as well as our trees, is beyond believable.</p> https://www.facebook.com/Ocot…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-19:4401701:Comment:443282012-12-19T08:27:20.504ZPenny Melkohttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PennyMelko
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/OcotilloWindTurbineDestruction/photos_stream" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/OcotilloWindTurbineDestruction/photos_stream</a></p>
<p>This is the wind development destruction taking place in Ocotillo. This is happening in the desert in the County of Imperial in southern California. Never has the destruction been captured close up and right in all of our faces as has been documented here. </p>
<p>Please take the time to make a call to as many…</p>
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<p>This is the wind development destruction taking place in Ocotillo. This is happening in the desert in the County of Imperial in southern California. Never has the destruction been captured close up and right in all of our faces as has been documented here. </p>
<p>Please take the time to make a call to as many senators and house representatives as you can to tell them plainly to stop destroying our environment for electricity. </p>
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<p>I live in the Tehachapi Pass and have included a photo of a juvenile Coopers hawk spotted on my fence. This hawk will probably not live to adulthood and will be slaughter by one of the 8000 turbines here. By the way, in 8 years, this is only the 4th raptor I've ever seen in the sky. There have been turbines here for over 30 years and most of the birds are dead as a result. </p>
<p>Keep fighting against open bladed turbines in the U.S. and let's work to ban them in 2013.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1494006183?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1494006183?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></p> Back in 2009, when we were fi…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-19:4401701:Comment:440372012-12-19T02:18:51.215ZBrad Blakehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/BradBlake
<p>Back in 2009, when we were fighting First Wind with Friends of Lincoln Lakes, I stumbled across a website: Concerned Citizens to Save Roxbury. This group was organized to battle Angus King's Record Hill wind project. I knew Roxbury Pond from when I lived in Oxford County back in the mid 70's. So I posted a comment. Someone I never knew named Steve Thurston replied. We both had been in touch with folks from Mars Hill, trying to learn more about these wind projects. That nexus is…</p>
<p>Back in 2009, when we were fighting First Wind with Friends of Lincoln Lakes, I stumbled across a website: Concerned Citizens to Save Roxbury. This group was organized to battle Angus King's Record Hill wind project. I knew Roxbury Pond from when I lived in Oxford County back in the mid 70's. So I posted a comment. Someone I never knew named Steve Thurston replied. We both had been in touch with folks from Mars Hill, trying to learn more about these wind projects. That nexus is arguably the beginning of CTFWP. Through this connection I soon met Dr. Monique Aniel. We have engaged together in this passionate fight against this scourge of industrial wind power in Maine. Along the way, we have become dear friends. I have been honored to work with Steve and Monique. I know they are stepping down from being co-chairs, but their depth of knowledge, their contacts, their wise counsel, are still available. </p>
<p>The best way to thank Steve and Monique for all they have done is to step forward and help with the on-going agenda, such as defeating the Production Tax Credit, educating our Legislators so we can change the "Wind Law", keeping letters to the editor and public discussions going to educate people who don't understand this issue, doubling our efforts to influence DEP and local officials to scrutinize wind site applications fairly, helping more communities adopt protective wind ordinances, building coalitions with environmental groups that should be on our side, and working to repeal renewable mandates.</p>
<p>As I mentioned, Steve and Monique and I are friends. On September 13, I spent a lovely afternoon and evening with them at the historic Thurston camp on Roxbury Pond. Steve took me out on his pontoon boat and he trolled for fish while I did photography of this wonderful lake in its splendid mountain setting--and the Record Hill Wind project hideously looming above the lake, sprawling across Flathead Mt. and Partridge Peak. The photos from that day are here: <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/101554457531034815464/RoxburyPond">https://picasaweb.google.com/101554457531034815464/RoxburyPond</a># Steve and I had a very soulful talk that afternoon while out on the pontoon boat. Before we headed in, Steve took me over to his favorite spot on the pond. He mentioned that this large rock with Record Hill in the background is his photo avatar when he posts, seen here. He asked me to take a photo of it now, with the wind turbines. Angus King never did put turbines on Record Hill itself, as originally planned, but just to the south starts the line of 22 turbines. In honor of Steve and Monique and to remind us how much industrial wind blight is destroying the "quality of place" of Maine, I share the photo of Steve's favorite spot.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1494005559?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1494005559?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750"/></a></p> Thank you, Monique and Steve,…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2012-12-18:4401701:Comment:440342012-12-18T22:48:45.478ZPenny Grayhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PennyGray
<p>Thank you, Monique and Steve, for everything you've done. The amount of time and energy you have both devoted to this fight has been heroic. You have made a big difference by exposing the "green" myths and the serious health concerns associated with industrial wind power in this beautiful state. Thank you!</p>
<p>Thank you, Monique and Steve, for everything you've done. The amount of time and energy you have both devoted to this fight has been heroic. You have made a big difference by exposing the "green" myths and the serious health concerns associated with industrial wind power in this beautiful state. Thank you!</p>