June 2015 Blog Posts (50)

Check out: Time to make a few comments to the LTE in the PPH.

This writer talks about seeing both sides of the argument from Gov. LePage but only can see his side.  This is complete hypocrisy.  Lets have some counter arguments. 

https://www.centralmaine.com/2015/06/17/climate-change-not-a-fraud-perpetated-by-liberals/

Added by Eskutassis on June 17, 2015 at 12:42pm — 1 Comment

"The Maine Woods" Latest Edition Features Major Wind Power Articles

The Forest Ecology Network (FEN) has been fighting the scourge of industrial wind power development since the first wind projects started.  FEN is a stalwart ally in our fight against wind power in addition to their focus on other threats to Maine's vast woodlands.

The Spring 2015 edition of their periodic publication "The Maine Woods" has just been published on-line.  It includes a major critique of Maine's wind law by activists Don & Paula "Maine's Contentious Wind Energy Act". …

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Added by Brad Blake on June 17, 2015 at 1:43am — No Comments

Renewables as a moral obligation ..and a bonus for investors.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden told a group of investors at the White House Tuesday that clean energy is a moral and national security issue -- but also makes economic sense.

In his first public remarks since the funeral of his son Beau Biden, the vice president addressed the White House Clean Energy Investment Summit, rallying charitable groups and large investors to commit $4 billion toward clean energy technologies...

Please read rest of the article in link…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 16, 2015 at 6:03pm — 6 Comments

Cape Wind Project: A Tale of Crony Environmentalism (Part 2) Did Mass Audubon Sell its Soul to the Wind Industry?

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Cape Wind Project: A Tale of Crony Environmentalism (Part 2) Did Mass Audubon Sell its Soul to the Wind Industry?

By Christine Morabito – June 2015

As an environmentalist and bird lover, it gives me no pleasure to criticize the largest…

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Added by Barbara Durkin on June 15, 2015 at 12:40pm — No Comments

Comments Made to A Portland Newspaper Reporter

Yesterday & today, I attempted to contact a reporter for a Portland area newspaper who had emailed me earlier in the week to set up a phone interview.  Since the phone interview didn't happen, I quickly pounded out these comments, the message I want to send to southern Maine people.  The reporter emailed back and said he would see what he can use (typical!).  Anyone who reads this who wishes to do a letter to the editor, any segment of this can be used as the basis of an…

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Added by Brad Blake on June 13, 2015 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

Over reaching again: Looks like wind will not be the only push this administration is going for!

Another Executive Order pushing the Envelope.  I hope we only have another year and a half to put up with this!!…

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Added by Eskutassis on June 13, 2015 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Check Out: Maine House OKs bill giving residents of unorganized territories more say in wind projects

A step forward and a step back.  What is seemingly good news will depend on how well informed the residents of these Unorganized Territories really are.

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/06/11/maine-house-narrowly-approves-bill-allowing-residents-in-unorganized-territories-more-say-in-wind-projects/

Added by Eskutassis on June 13, 2015 at 1:18pm — No Comments

ISO-NE Says Wind Power Drives Up Capacity Costs

And the Deception just keeps coming!  While Wind is supposed to be "free" for the taking, the enormous costs of building capacity in wind and solar will actually drive the price of conventional power up.  Right now we only have 1% of our needs fulfilled by wind and look where the prices are!  We are at the TOP OF THE LIST!

Read about this from ISO itself at: …

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Added by Eskutassis on June 13, 2015 at 11:31am — No Comments

More blather and how the people of Maine lose - Diane Russell supporting wind

We were fortunate to have Diane Russell removed from the EUT Committee but she is still out there shilling for wind - with any possible rationale!

http://news.mpbn.net/post/bill-aims-restore-public-hearings-siting-wind-projects

Added by Pineo Girl on June 13, 2015 at 10:46am — No Comments

UNCENSORED comments from Arthur Qwenk RE: LD 828

Although certainly better than what was there before, l see more potential problems with LURC being involved .Whose f...ing state and constitution is it anyway?

That depends on the voice of citizens,too weak and disconnected as of late.

LURC will  merely become wind's graft target and whore,and become financially beholden to their scam. That is why the bastards , in the final moments ,tried and succeeded in amending it in…

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Added by arthur qwenk on June 12, 2015 at 6:30pm — No Comments

MAINE'S WIND FUTURE

ISO-NE prepared a forecast in 2011 which outlined several scenarios for wind development in Maine.  This picture taken from slides from that report shows what may happen if nothing is done to prevent it.  Wind developers will continue to build wind projects, and ratepayers will share the costs of transmission, as long as there are mountains or fields on which to build turbines.  The upper left shows potential wind project locations, the upper right shows the transmission needed to support…

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Added by Steve Thurston on June 12, 2015 at 5:32pm — 2 Comments

weaverwind DEP public meet June 22

 

Jun 11 at 11:44 AM…


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Added by alice mckay barnett on June 12, 2015 at 9:01am — No Comments

Bill to Restore Citizens' Rights in Unorganized Territories Gains House Approval

By the narrowest of margins, LD 828 gained approval in Maine's House of Representatives.  The bill would restore the rights of citizens in the Unorqanized Territories (UTs) to have a say regarding wind power projects.  This right was stripped away when the "Wind Law" placed the UTs in the Expedited Permitting Zone classification.  Organized towns that are similarly in the expedited zone have the right to withdraw, something denied to citizens in the UTs.  It is very clear that the wind…

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Added by Brad Blake on June 12, 2015 at 8:56am — 3 Comments

Restrictive Wind Ordinance Wins in Dixfield!

Score another wind ordinance victory!  On Tuesday, June 9, the voters of Dixfield approved a restrictive wind ordinance for their scenic town in Maine's western mountains.  The close vote is a culmination of years long local debate and the new ordinance replaces a weaker version.  A bad day for Patriot Renewables, which has had its sights on Col. Holman Mt. in Dixfield to add to its Saddleback/Carthage project that is currently under construction and its approved project for Canton Mt. …

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Added by Brad Blake on June 10, 2015 at 11:00pm — No Comments

EEI 2015: 5 major utility CEOs on the transformation of the energy system

Chiefs of SCE, AEP, Exelon and Southern hold revealing panel discussion

...."wind production tax credit has driven overdevelopment, distorted power markets, and “skews” investment choices in favor of wind."


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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on June 10, 2015 at 12:36pm — No Comments

Economist Dr. Bruce Williamson Confirmed by Maine Senate for PUC

Every now & then there is good news from Augusta and yesterday was a great day for opponents of wind power in Maine.  The Maine Senate, in spite of heavy lobbying by the Wind Industry that fears economic scrutiny, did the right thing and affirmed the nomination of dr. Bruce Williamson as the newest member of the Maine Public Utilities Committee.  See the story here:…

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Added by Brad Blake on June 10, 2015 at 8:58am — 7 Comments

Will It Come to This??? Shooting Up Wind Turbines???

First, let me say I believe we are a nation of laws and I believe it is against the law and morally wrong to destroy someone's property.  But the "Wind Law" foisted upon us by Baldacci in 2008 and protected from any change whatsoever by the Democrats who sold out to the Wind Industry is one of the worst pieces of special interest legislation ever enacted.  It results in the proliferation of sprawling industrial wind turbines and ruination of Maine's natural and scenic resources.

I am…

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Added by Brad Blake on June 8, 2015 at 11:53pm — No Comments

The debate on impact of wind turbines on birds continues because of rigged studies

The Debate on impact of wind turbines on birds continues because of rigged studies

On June 7th the AP story "Debate on impact of wind turbines on birds continues"was published.  Back in April I interviewed with the author of this article Jeremy Thomas for about 3 hours over the phone. This was supposed to be a story that would expose Altamont. It was not and critical…

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Added by Jim Wiegand on June 8, 2015 at 2:21pm — 1 Comment

WHY THE MAINE LEGISLATURE HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT AND DUTY TO ASK FOR A MORATORIUM ON WIND PROJECTS.

On page 15 of the " Report of The Governor's Task force on wind power development" one can read the following paragraph;

  

Confusion over the benefits of wind power development. Wind power displaces

electricity generated from fossil fuels and reduces emissions of atmospheric greenhouse

gases and a variety of other pollutants (SOx, NOx, mercury,…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 8, 2015 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments

Japan says wind is too unstable and costly and lowers its future use at G7 Meeting

"Solar and wind power generation are too unstable and costly to provide more than marginal power generation capacity, especially given the need to extend power grids from major cities like Tokyo to more remote areas considered most suitable for wind power, he says."

http://news.yahoo.com/g-7-japans-energy-plan-not-green-060316016--finance.html

Added by arthur qwenk on June 7, 2015 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

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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

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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."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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