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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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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Dan McKay's blog post The fallacious arguments from Heather Sanborn, Philip Bartlett and Jack Shapiro
"No Wonder U.S. Rep.Chellie Pingree, D-Secret-InsideTrader, Skipped The State Of The Union https://www.themainewire.com/2026/02/no-wonder-u-s-rep-chellie-pingree-d-secret-insidetrader-skipped-the-state-of-the-union/"
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"No Wonder U.S. Rep.Chellie Pingree, D-Secret-InsideTrader, Skipped The State Of The Union https://www.themainewire.com/2026/02/no-wonder-u-s-rep-chellie-pingree-d-secret-insidetrader-skipped-the-state-of-the-union/"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine must counter ‘regulatory malpractice’ on Aroostook Wind | Douglas Rooks
"I will help you out, Mr. Rooks. Maine ratepayers want a half of billion dollars for payments made to the Renewable Portfolio Progam Maine ratepayers want 300 million for payments made to RGGI Maine ratepayers want 3/4 of a billion dollars for…"
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"No Wonder U.S. Rep.Chellie Pingree, D-Secret-InsideTrader, Skipped The State Of The Union https://www.themainewire.com/2026/02/no-wonder-u-s-rep-chellie-pingree-d-secret-insidetrader-skipped-the-state-of-the-union/"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine must counter ‘regulatory malpractice’ on Aroostook Wind | Douglas Rooks
"You want to talk MALPRACTICE, Well consider the costs of RECs   The total cost of compliance with the RPS for 2023 was about $83.2 million or 0.696 cents per kilowatt-hour.  Of the total cost, the approximate cost of RECs in each category…"
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Greenpeace Says It Can’t Afford The $345M Penalty Related To Dakota Pipeline Protest

ER Velasco Thursday, February 26, 2026A North Dakota court has moved to order Greenpeace to pay roughly $345 million to Energy Transfer in connection with the 2016–2017 pipeline protests, a sum Greenpeace says it cannot afford.With the move, the Greenpeace-Dakota Access case from symbolic liability to enforceable financial pressure, with Judge James Gion saying he will sign an order requiring Greenpeace entities to pay roughly $345 million to Energy Transfer in connection with the 2016–2017…See More
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"Every wind and solar project in Maine should be paying for every battery installed in Maine as they are the only reason for the need of battery backup. Sudden flucuations in solar and wind outputs along with the sudden drop in solar output upon the…"
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"The LNG New England uses in winter is brought with French-owned LNG ships, that have icebreaker hulls. The ships get the LNG from Russian Siberia, and offload it at three times the price of pipeline gas in a special terminal near Boston. There the…"
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LD 2174 Rewrite Sparks Home Rule Alarm as Caruso Warns Augusta Could Void Local Energy Ordinances

AUGUSTA, Maine – A late-session rewrite of LD 2174 is drawing fresh scrutiny at the State House after Rep. Liz Caruso (R–Caratunk) warned the bill could override local ordinances and weaken town authority over major energy developments.During a radio discussion Monday on the Ric Tyler/George Hill Show on WVOM, Caruso described LD 2174 as a textbook “strike and replace” maneuver, where a bill’s contents are swapped out while keeping the original number.…See More
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Willem Post commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Offshore Wind National Defense Masking Radar Cruise Missiles - Drones
"The UK, Denmark, Norway, etc., have known about radar interference of tall offshore wind turbines for many years It was hushed up, because of green policies and eagerness to sell, make money on wind turbines It is totally astounding the US Dept of…"
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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.

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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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    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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