Clifton planners hear arguments in remanded wind farm plan; August workshops scheduled

Board delays final vote on Passadumkeag Mountain wind project

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Bold energy bill is game changer for Maine

By Ed Youngblood, Special to the BDN

This breaking BIG WIND news pertains to J.P. Morgan and Team First Wind

We are 3.5 years into our battle vs the Pisgah Mt LLC 5 turbine development behind our farm in Clifton, about 15 miles and clearly visible from Bangor. (You see Clifton's hills and bluffs as you approach Bangor from the south on 95).

Things seem to be turning our way since the Business and Consumer Court has sent our Planning Bd an order to justify their decision to grant a permit (in 2011), a decision that the Judge said he resisted vacating. There are some pretty obvious issues of…

AWED (Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions) is officially announcing its new website

http://www.wiseenergy.org/new-members/

Let's see where all this wind is that supposedly powers all these homes everytime some of the slick wind industry thieves from Massachussetts are persuading legislators and judges to crush Mainers' rights.

Here's how UMPI's turbine has been doing:…

THE  CASE :

1 . DEP  position:

In  an unprecedented move , Passadumkeag   Windpark  permit application for 14  turbines on Passadumkeag  Mountain was  denied by  DEP in  November 2012 on scenic  grounds.

DEP  argued  that  the  project  will  have unreasonable adverse  effects  on  Saponac  Pond's  scenic  qualities where  the  14 turbines would  be  seen from 97 percent  of  the lake.

2.BEP  position

In  an  equally  unprecedented  move , in March 2013,…

If U.S. taxpayer dollars are now funding government propaganda to Americans in America, when do we cross the line where the government starts paying the media to run stories it wants to push its agenda, such as green energy and socialist programs? Have we already crossed that line? For example, is this how our newspapers, suffering from huge circulation and subscription and ad revenue losses, stay in business? Is the government paying them to push the…

We have heard over & over again that we should look at Europe, and especially Denmark and Germany, for the way to a renewable energy/clean energy future centered around wind power.  Well, look we should, at the dire warnings coming from Germany as put forward in this piece.  It is lengthy, but compelling.  Read it through, then think about Maine having wind power thrust upon it to this extent.…

James J. Lutz

23 Jefferson Street

Bangor, Maine 04401-4851

Home/Fax  207-990-2544   Cell  207-949-2887

jjlutz@aol.com

July 12, 2013

Re: Bingham Wind Project

Mr. Daniel Courtemanch

Project…

This November 30, 2010 BBC Europe News source identifies Antonio Birrittella as a defected Mob boss who  is co-operating with the police and other Italian authorities.  Birrittella provides an insiders look at the Mafia's exploitation of wind energy. 

Full article-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11848048

Fears over 'widespread' EU fraud involving the Mafia…

The scam works on multiple levels, using the age-old formula of intimidation of landowners and infiltration of regional agencies that hand out subsidies and award contracts, observers believe.

Italian mafia 'turns to wind farm investment to launder money and benefit from EU subsidies'

• Winds farms, and renewable energy in general, are the most popular…

Please see Mr. Diamon's piece here:

http://thebollard.com/2013/07/01/media-mutt-90/

In addition to disclosure, it would be nice to see some hard edged reporting.

For example, the MPBN article used the wholly deceptive and tired wind industry claim that "...the project would generate 186 megawatts of electrcity - enough to power as many as 87,000 homes." …

http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/governor-is-driving-away-statoils-investment_2013-07-04.html

A bill that was sold as a way to help UMaine is really a plan to hurt offshore wind development.

We all know what Gov. LePage thinks about wind power. He hates it.…

Offshore wind project put on hold after political battle over energy bill

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/horrified-birdwatchers-see-rare-white-throated-2003724