If I were the wind industry in Maine, and a bunch of years ago I saw that the birders and environmentalists were going to give me a hard time as I tried to plaster the state with turbines, I’d build as best a plan as I could to subvert those organizations and thwart any real assault they might make against the wind industry.
Probably what I’d do (remember, I’m just putting myself in their shoes at the time) is get a bunch of my wind industry cronies and friends to join the group(s), and start to give money. Then with enough of us in the organization, we could make a move on the executive suite, the board and organization big wigs, including the treasurer, the development staff, and the legal staff. Along the way we give as much money as it takes to hold onto the organization and to exploit its do-gooder reputation and its power to attract private and public money, while keeping in mind this whole plan wouldn’t happen overnight.
At the point in which “we” had enough control over the board and the organization, this non-profit group simply becomes an arm of the for-profit wind industry, with any preservation of birds and wildlife just the cost of doing business. Scratch one opposition group, hello a support group with widespread support of the gullible and the innocent.
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