A LONG BUT VERY INFORMATIVE REPORT OF WHAT THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE  PARIS CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE LAST DECEMBER HAVE PRODUCED .

DOUBLING RENEWABLE  WORLDWIDE BY 2030.

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SunEdison Holdings Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SunEdison, Inc. (“SunEdison”) designated Peter Blackmore Chairman of the Board of TerraForm Power, Inc., following the resignation of Chairman of the Board, Mr. Ahmad R. Chatila. 

As President and Chief…

The company has also partnered with Emera Maine and Central Maine Power Co. on projects to connect new wind turbines to the grid to help southern New England states meet renewable power purchasing goals........

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/03/16/business/sunedison-terraform-delay-filing-reports-again/

also…

SunEdison (SUNE) is, "in the eye of the hurricane”, with $571,800,000 in energy bond payments due by 4/15/16, and deemed, "Most Likely To Default In The Next Six Months" 

ZERO HEDGE

These Are The Energy Bonds Most Likely To Default In The Next Six Months…

Renewables advocates constantly imply that wind and solar are becoming “competitive” but they fail to include the cornucopia of subsidies, which add up to much more than the value of the electricity produced. When challenged they talk about the “social cost” of fossil fuels, as if fossil fuels provide no benefit to society, and imply that these social costs justify the high cost, human suffering, visual blight, habitat destruction, environmental degradation, loss of local control,…

As many of us fought the despicable LD 1513, it is important to realize how long ago the close relationship between John Baldacci and Iberdrola started and how Iberdrola slowly and patiently laid its plans to attempt to conquer the lion share of the electric system in Maine, both transmission and eventually generation.…

Is the U.S. Department of Energy somehow advocating the dissolution of home rule? (Note the reference to home rule). Be sure to register in advance - it's free.

Be sure to watch Eric Tuttle's video. The camera brings sunlight, the great sanitizer.

Can we get a statue of Eric right up next to Paul Bunyan?

Bless you Eric Tuttle.

And thank you to all who fought so hard to defeat this nightmarish bill from Rep. Mark Dion, the wind industry  and the utilities including ex-Gov John Baldacci's new employer, Iberdrola, where in December 2015 Mr. Baldacci was made Vice Chair of their wind division,…

The Ellsworth American is the only newspaper in Maine that has had a cogent consistent and correct view about wind power in this state! Thank you Dudley Gray for this letter to the editor!

http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/time-to-show-wind-developers-the-door

Karen, thanks for the years of dedicated hard work you and others put into the endless fight so Mainers can still have a say in saving our state.

On Wednesday, March 9^th, the Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) convened its monthly Commissioners’ meeting at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer. One Agenda item of particular interest to several Maine communities was the Chapter 10 Rulemaking pertaining to Maine’s Expedited Permitting Area for wind development.

In June of 2015, the 127^th Maine…