September 2014 Blog Posts (33)

it says .00772 on my Roxbury tax bill. I am not sure if all properties are the same.

Biodiversity Research Institute will use the federal money to help develop high-tech cameras.

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/10/maine-group-gets-grant-to-detect-bats-birds-near-wind-turbines/

Does anyone know the current 2014 mil rate for the Town of Roxbury. I can't find it online and I can't get anyone to answer at the Roxbury town office or the State Tax Division??

Selling out:

Meanwhile, three environmental advocacy groups — the Sierra Club, Conservation Law Foundation and Environment Maine — announced their support for the project Tuesday in a joint news release. 

In February, the Appalachian Mountain Club, the Maine Appalachian Trail Club and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy …

Meet the latest wealthy political powerhouse, California liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, who has emerged as an environmental hero and major source of cash for Democrats.  



This is not just any Big-Bucks liberal. He's the extremely successful …

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Dagher stressed that UMaine is still in the running for a significantly larger federal award. If more funding becomes available * through the budgeting process or another recipient fails to meet the terms of their agreement with the Department of Energy, the department could dole out that money to any candidates that didn’t receive the full amount, according to Danielson.

Friday’s event drew Rep. Mike Michaud and Sen. Susan Collins, who were credited for their…

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The moratorium applies to new towers more than 40 feet tall that generate wind power or provide radio or television transmission, commercial mobile wireless services, unlicensed wireless services, cellular telephone services, specialized mobile radio communications, common carrier wireless exchange access services, personal communications service or pager services.…

We frequently see the wind industry's line about all the jobs they create.  I responded to someone tonight and before I knew it, I had written the following essay.

Sir, you have been listening way too much to the wind power industry's propaganda. They count every possible job related to planning and constructing these projects, however remote that connection may be.  Yes, it takes some consultants to draft the application materials, some engineers to plan and lay out the project. …

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This time around, Eolian officials have been seeking comment from residents about the $100,000 the company is guaranteeing to pay every year in a community benefits package.

Frankfort’s current wind ordinance, passed by a 244-222 vote, in the fall of 2011, became the first land-use regulation to be enacted in the Waldo County community. It creates a setback of 1 mile from the turbines to each property line of a landowner who is not…

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The parties fighting BEP approval of the Passadumkeag development argue that the board was wrong for not deferring to the DEP’s factual finding that the project would have an adverse impact on the area. 

Part of the confusion for justices Thursday was that the BEP approved the project based on largely the same record upon which the DEP had denied it.…

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Policies like Renewable Portfolio Standards, the Renewable Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Net Metering and others have favored expensive, intermittent renewable power at the expense of more affordable and reliable base load options.

Marc Brown is the executive director of the New England Ratepayers Association, a non-profit dedicated to protecting ratepayers in New England…

Frankfort, ME Residents Discuss Proposed Wind Project

Representatives from Eolian Renewable Energy met with locals at the town’s municipal building Wednesday.

Posted Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 at 11:38 pm.

The three are scheduled to speak at the E2Tech event on Sept. 12 at University of Southern Maine’s Hannaford Hall in Portland.

http://www.pressherald.com/2014/09/02/maine-candidates-for-governor-to-speak-at-energy-forum/

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