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BOWERS PROJECT DEFEATED!!

AN EPIC FAIL FOR FIRST WIND

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision denying Champlain Wind LLC's appeal concerning a permit for its Bowers Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp. Champlain Wind is a subsidiary of Maine's largest wind developer, First Wind. The decision marks the end of a six year process of hearings and appeals which pitted the wind developer against local residents, professional guides, traditional sporting camp owners and loyal visitors to Maine's famed Downeast Lakes Region. Spearheading the opposition was the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed (PPDLW).

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https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/bowers-wind-project-defeated

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Phillips exits FERC, leaving a seat for Trump to fill

FERC commissioner and former chair Willie Phillips has resigned from the five-member agency—leaving open the possibility of a Republican-controlled Commission.Without Phillips, a Democrat who often focused on issues of reliability, transmission expansion, and environmental justice and equity, President Trump now has a seat to fill. Currently, FERC is made up of two Democrats and two Republicans.See More
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"As federal subsidies for EVs and charging stations disappear, the EVs, etc., disappear as well. Net zero to reduce CO2 by 2050 is a suicide pact, invented by subsidy hucksters to keep the federal gravy train going for decades."
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Future of Maine’s electric vehicle charging network in limbo as federal changes loom
"Give the EV and NEVI to the private market to advance or retreat as the profitability will dictate. This Government action to make all pay for an elite market to exist is as unconstitutional as making all pay to send people on ocean cruises."
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Environmental Groups That Took Wind Industry Money
"Look into the environmental NGO's. Peter Thiel Calls for Prosecution of Corrupt NGOs https://rumble.com/v6sbowr-peter-thiel-calls-for-prosecution-of-corrupt-ngos.html"
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post The Poor Babies - Massachusetts communities that bet big on wind face uncertainty
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Illegal Rates Charged to Maine Electric Customers

Posted by Dan McKay on April 17, 2025 at 10:34am — 1 Comment

Who is EDPR?

EDPR, hoping to build Maine's largest wind factory in The County, likes to say they're from Texas. Click on the box above and you'll see their parent, Energias de Portugal is owned by China Three Gorges which is owned by the People's Republic of China. Protect the United States Treasury from foreign subsidy feeders and protect The County - just say NO.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Three_Gorges_Corporation

Maine Governor's Energy Office's Patrick Woodcock letter seemingly endorsing EDPR's Number Nine wind project.

Number%20Nine%20-%2010-22-15%20-%20Copy.pdf

NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View The PDF document at the following link put NRCM's own published CO2 information into the perspective of the Maine woods and shows the terrible tradeoff that is industrial wind in Maine.  

Putting Maine's Wind Power Goals into Proper Perspective

 

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2 Dead From Wind Turbine Blade Detachment

Wind Turbine Blade Slices Through Entire Car, Kills 2 in Grisly Accident…Continue

Started by arthur qwenk Jul 7, 2024.

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Has anyone got any research data or articles or studies on infrasound and wind turbines ?  Is it a coincidence wind developers compare turbine sound with refrigerators ? ...................................…Continue

Started by Dan McKay. Last reply by Frank Haggerty Nov 5, 2023.

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    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."

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