RUMFORD — By a 4-1 vote Thursday night, selectmen extended the moratorium on wind development projects by 60…
May 2011 Blog Posts (38)
Everything you've heard about fossil fuels may be wrong (Salon.com)
http://www.salon.com/news/env/energy/?story=/politics/war_room/2011/05/31/linbd_fossil_fuels
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011 07:01 ET
Everything…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 31, 2011 at 9:52am — No Comments
Sumner citizens to decide on wind farm moratorium - June 6
http://www.advertiserdemocrat.com/news/story/02-21-news-sumnerwind-21-0
SUMNER — A June 6 date has been set for the people of Sumner to decide whether to institute a temporary ban on wind farms.
The selectmen unanimously accepted a recommendation from the Planning Board on Tuesday that a special town meeting be held to vote on a six-month moratorium for wind farms.
Members of…
ContinueAdded by Denise Hall on May 31, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
Norman Kalloch: The coming chronicle of industrial wind in Maine
Highland Wind a challege to 'environmental' groups (Portland Press-Herald)
I suspect that in the future some ambitious person will write a history of industrial wind power in Maine and in that book will be a chapter on the Highland Wind project in Highland Plantation.
The cast of characters, the plot and the long winding road to resolution will make for an interesting read.
Angus King, past Maine…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 29, 2011 at 11:52am — No Comments
Linda Miller: Wind industry is not what Maine needs going forward
Wind power won't get us off our dependence on oil
When Gov. Paul LePage was running for office, his biggest selling point to me was his concern for Maine's economy and lack of good-paying, long-lasting jobs.
Next was his ability to turn…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 29, 2011 at 11:30am — No Comments
Rumford board extends wind development moratorium
Added by Long Islander on May 28, 2011 at 11:32pm — No Comments
Kevin Gurall: Arrogant Boston Company Defiling World Class Pristine Lakes With 43 Story Turbines
May 28
Updated: Today at 10:44 PM
Updated: Today at 10:44 PM
Maine Voices: Downeast Lakes watershed needs protection
A forest of wind turbines would forever change the pristine woodland into an industrial site.
SPRINGFIELD - It's not hunting season, but there's plenty of "shots" being fired in the ongoing battle to save one of the state's most historic and significant…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 28, 2011 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
Steve Bennett: Money, not people, has the deciding influence in Augusta
MAINE COMPASS: Freedom wind site neighbors 'not entitled to equal protection'
Steve Bennett
Beaver Ridge Wind in Freedom is the only non-regulated industrial wind site in the state of Maine and the only one not approved by the…
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A Petition to Preserve Downeast Maine from Wind Industrialization
Hi and Thank you for reading our post. We are a group of folks who love the pristine natural resources and unspoiled wilderness of Downeast Maine. We are alarmed and scared of what will become of Downeast Maine after big wind moves in.
The state of Maine allows industrial wind turbines to be placed 500 ft from our homes. The Bull Hill project will be visible from Acadia National Park, every mountain in and adjacent to the…
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Hope’s Wind Moratorium Makes Good Sense
Hope’s Wind Moratorium Makes Good Sense
On Tuesday, June 14 the citizens of Hope will have the opportunity to vote on Article # 6, the proposed 180-day Wind Moratorium. This will allow the Town time to draft a specific Wind Ordinance to protect the health, safety and welfare for Hope residents “whereas, the Town’s current ordinances do not adequately address the concerns listed (below).”
Those concerns include, but are not limited to the compatibility…
ContinueAdded by Friends of Ragged Mountain on May 27, 2011 at 7:34am — 1 Comment
Frankfort approves six-month wind energy moratorium
Frankfort approves six-month wind energy moratorium
Wind developer remains optimistic about Mount Waldo proposalBy Ethan Andrews | May 24, 2011…
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Added by Long Islander on May 24, 2011 at 11:01pm — 1 Comment
Vinalhaven: Wind Power Noise Dispute On Tranquil Maine Island Intensifies
Added by Long Islander on May 24, 2011 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment
MDIF&W: Bat Disease, White-Nose Syndrome, Confirmed in Maine
Now that White-nose syndrome has shown up in Maine, do we really need to further unduly stress these important insectivores with wind turbines which may first attract the bats and then burst their lungs due to air pressure changes, i.e., barotrauma, otherwise known as mid-air drowning?
MDIF&W: Bat Disease, White-Nose Syndrome, Confirmed in Maine; Not Harmful to Humans, But Deadly to Bats
May 24,…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 24, 2011 at 1:08pm — 2 Comments
I did something? PPH does not allow gempaint to post.
okay guys. no postings with PPH for me for awhile. I tried over and over.
Wood products does displace foreign oil..jobs jobs jobs.
The RECs sold based on nameplate capacity. Does the turbine need to be hooked to grid to sell the RECs?
Added by alice mckay barnett on May 24, 2011 at 10:01am — 1 Comment
Gallup Poll on Effects of High Gas Prices
The nannies and schemers who have decided for us that we will all drive electric vehicles seem to have forgotten one important thing - us.
May 23, 2011
In U.S., High Gas Prices May Make Many Get Fuel-Efficient Cars
Roughly 7 in 10 Americans would not move or change jobs, no matter how high prices go
Added by Long Islander on May 24, 2011 at 7:30am — No Comments
Wind Forum Article by Dan Fayen??
Did anyone who attended the Dirigo HS Wind Forum meeting see any article in the Sun Journal by Dan Fayen?? All I found was (1) photo.
Added by Hart Daley on May 23, 2011 at 6:49am — 3 Comments
Jonathan Carter: The great green wind scam
May 22, 2011
The great green wind scam
Not only will large-scale wind power blight Maine, but it won't lower emissions or reduce our oil dependence.
By JONATHAN CARTER
Mountaintop industrial wind development in Maine is both an ecological disaster and economic boondoggle. The mountaintop wind developers, or as I like to call them, "the…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 22, 2011 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments
Here Comes the Sun - Governor LePage's Weekly Radio Address (on WIND POWER)
At the end of his address, the Governor tells us to pray for sun. I for one will. In the meantime, in the speech below we have more sunlight on the wind industry in Maine than we have ever seen.
"It feels like years since it's been here"
Weekly radio address…
Added by Long Islander on May 21, 2011 at 9:57am — 2 Comments
Why the LinkedIn IPO Is Bad for Cleantech
Why the LinkedIn IPO Is Bad for Cleantech
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 20, 2011 at 10:00pm — No Comments
Symposium on East Asia and Maine’s Renewable Energy Future
http://www.e2tech.org/index.php?module=EventManager&func=display&eid=215
E2tech works with East Asia. Maine needs China?
Added by alice mckay barnett on May 19, 2011 at 9:17am — No Comments
Public hearings set for Clifton referendum questions
Added by Long Islander on May 18, 2011 at 10:50pm — No Comments
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Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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