May 2013 Blog Posts (37)

NRCM, Maine Audubon, and the Sierra Club "live more in a bubble" (Portland Phoenix article)

Maine’s environmental movement reinvents itself for a new era of challenges

Blooming Activists

By LANCE TAPLEY  |  May 10, 2013



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It's a class thing, Jim Freeman…

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Added by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

U.S. Senate Energy Committee Passes Hydroelectric Power Bills to Full Senate for Voting

Senate Energy Committee Passes Hydroelectric Power Bills to Full Senate for Voting

By Michael Harris, Online Editor, HydroWorld.com 

May 8, 2013   |   2 Comments…
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Added by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 6:17pm — 1 Comment

Right on, Gov.

The Governor is right, and Brad Blake is right.  Maine does not need wind power, and never did. Kudos to our Governor for recognizing this. The existing wind farms' 2013 power production was a mere 24.72% of capacity. It's not worth it.

Harrison Roper  Houlton/Danforth       

Added by Harrison Roper on May 10, 2013 at 8:39am — 1 Comment

BDN - Governor LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law

LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law

Posted May 09, 2013, at 5:53 p.m.…
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Added by Long Islander on May 9, 2013 at 9:39pm — 2 Comments

Tune In RIGHT NOW - Energy & Utilities Committee Hearing

The meeting has just started. It is a packed room. There is an overflow room also.

The link is http://www.maine.gov/legis/audio/Utilities_cmte.html and note there is more than one media player…
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Added by Long Islander on May 9, 2013 at 1:40pm — No Comments

WHAT YOU CAN DO AT THE LEGISLATURE THURSDAY MAY 9 TH

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 7, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

BDN - Proposed sale of Maine’s largest power plant a sign of region’s changing energy market

Proposed sale of Maine’s largest power plant a sign of region’s changing energy market…



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Added by Long Islander on May 5, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Wind Energy Sputtering Everywhere

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Meanwhile, renewable energy​​—​​wind, solar, and biofuels​​—​​is sputtering everywhere, as one would expect of any product wholly dependent on subsidies in a time of budgetary constraints. Tax credits and subsidies for wind and solar power survived the fiscal cliff deal on January 1, the result of some fancy footwork by renewable lobbyists months before, but aren’t likely to survive much longer. In Europe, subsidies for renewable energy are being cut just about…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on May 4, 2013 at 10:46am — 1 Comment

Clean technology investors shift focus to drilling

Clean technology investors shift focus to drilling

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/personal_finance/20130502_ap_cleantechnologyinvestorsshiftfocustodrilling.html

So Much For "Peak Oil"

Oil companies big and small have used technology to find a bounty of oil and natural…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on May 3, 2013 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

CTFWP Statement and Testimony Regarding Bowers Mt. Wind Project, May 1, 2013

May 1, 2013

Good evening, my name is Brad Blake and I am a resident of Scarborough, Maine and I am the chairman of the Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power, a state-wide coalition of local groups and individuals who believe PL 661 is bad public policy and who oppose the resultant proliferation of grid scale wind power projects in Maine. The Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power fervently opposes the application that is before you in this hearing. Nothing has changed from two years ago. …

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Added by Brad Blake on May 2, 2013 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

Connecticut Moving Towards Large Hydro as a Renewable?

State energy bill passes Senate, moves to House

Updated 10:53 pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2013…
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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Greenwood ponders future wind policy

Greenwood ponders future wind policy

    Greenwood selectmen and Planning Board officials recently discussed ideas for a proposed wind power ordinance to be crafted for a vote next year.

    Plans originally called for an ordinance proposal from the Planning Board for next month’s annual town meeting, but selectmen earlier…

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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 3:15pm — 1 Comment

It is appeallable!!! Saddleback Ridge Wind does not have a permit.

BEP and DEP and Saddleback Ridge remand.   Saddleback Ridge Wind  does not have a permit.

 

Wind law states DEP Commissioner AHo, alone,  approves permits.  BEP will work with DEP but they do not want it appealable at DEP level. BEP law advisor states that whomever does the review of noise modelings; the public will have a chance for comment and “due process”.  It is appealable!!!!!

Patriot Renewables is buying easements and they present a case of NO…

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Added by alice mckay barnett on May 2, 2013 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Timothy Schneider Approved by Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee to Serve as Public Advocate

Maine Government News

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Timothy Schneider Approved by Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee to Serve as Public Advocate

May 1, 2013

Governor's Office

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 1

Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary (207) 287-2531

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today congratulated Timothy Schneider of Portland to serve as the…

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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 11:11am — 2 Comments

BDN - Opponents of Bowers Mountain wind site complain about effect on views

Opponents of Bowers Mountain wind site complain about effect on views…

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Earth Day postmark stirs up wind opponents

Earth Day postmark stirs up wind opponents

By   /   April 30, 2013  /   4 Comments…

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2013 at 11:10am — 2 Comments

After Three Fires, First Wind Fends Off Safety Concerns - Fox Guarding Hen House?

After Fire, Kahuku Wind Farm Fends Off Safety Concerns

 

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2013 at 7:00am — 2 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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We have the facts on our side. We have the truth on our side. All we need now is YOU.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

 -- Mahatma Gandhi

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Vince Lombardi 

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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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