December 2015 Blog Posts (85)

YOU'VE GOTTA ASK YOURSELF WHY!

So 2 years ago the Maine legislature voted to increase the spend limit on the Maine Turnpike to  70 MPH - The result - a 3% increase in carbon emissions from our transportation sector!  What are we doin' here folks?

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/12/10/recent-data-show-uptick-maines-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

Added by Pineo Girl on December 23, 2015 at 3:12pm — 2 Comments

Grid-scale solar array eyed for Monroe scores long-term power deal

Yet another threat on the horizon…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 23, 2015 at 10:31am — 5 Comments

BDN: Governor LePage Nominates Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner

To lead the Department of Environmental Protection, LePage has nominated Paul Mercer, who has been an associate professor, among other posts, at Maine Maritime Academy since 2006. Those posts have included engineering department chairman, member of the senior leadership team and assistant to the president for sustainability. He also has extensive background in environmental issues including renewable energy development, solid fuels, biomass energy systems and emissions reductions…

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Added by Long Islander on December 22, 2015 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Do Maine Citizens Get the Government They Deserve.Along with the Wind Turbines..??.

Do you think the title here is true?

Indeed, for 8 long years,citizens have been trying to get their rights back after the passage of the "Heinous" Wind Law (PL-661) of 2008. It seems like little or next to nothing   has been achieved at times, does  it not.?

..SEE WHY!!!!!!!!!

Maine gets F grade in 2015 State Integrity Investigation…

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Added by arthur qwenk on December 22, 2015 at 4:00pm — No Comments

US poised for renewables boom following tax credit extension



"US poised for renewables boom following tax…

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 22, 2015 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Farmer Has Regrets

Wisconsin Farmer Has Regrets

 
A Fond Du Lac Farmer has regrets about agreeing to host a wind turbine--

Why can't he speak openly about it?



When you sign a 20 to 30 year contract to host a wind turbine on your property you may be signing away many rights you're unaware of. A confidentiality agreement in the contract may mean legal action can be…
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Added by Long Islander on December 22, 2015 at 1:41pm — 2 Comments

In the USA - Putting people in jail for holding the wrong views on global warming

Their allies on the left have now voted in the United States Senate to repeal the First Amendment.  Not in a blanket basis. It came up in a specific sense.  But there was a vote on repealing the First Amendment.  It's all about climate change.…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on December 22, 2015 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

A few weeks ago this CEO said he would be just as happy if the PTC went away. They didn't NEED it.

Ahmad R. Chatila, the CEO of Sun Edison, said a few weeks ago he didn't need the PTC to develop wind farms in the USA.  Now it seems he can't live without them.  This extension is criminal and just proves that it doesn't make any difference which party is in power, they are both interested in their own pockets, not ours.  I'm truly sick.…

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Added by Eskutassis on December 21, 2015 at 8:29pm — 1 Comment

THE WIND INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO CROW

With the boost from Congress and 5 more years of propped up support, the wind industry continues to spread their myths.  I for one wish they would start telling the truth...forget about capacity- tell the truth about production!

http://news.mpbn.net/post/wind-power-continues-steady-growth-across-us

Added by Pineo Girl on December 21, 2015 at 11:23am — No Comments

Lurking Within That Ominous, Omnibus Spending Bill

The bipartisan budget compromise is a holiday giveaway to the wealthy.

Wall Street wolves prowled the Hill seeking obliging politicians who would insert into the spending bill a rollback of reforms enacted after the financial crash of 2008.…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on December 19, 2015 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Congress kills US oil export ban, boosts solar, wind power


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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 19, 2015 at 9:57am — No Comments

M.D. Harmon:Thankfully, the COP21 farce doesn't have the whole wide world in its hands.

What do you get when 40,000 people fly to a luxurious destination on carbon-spewing jets to save the planet from, well, carbon-spewing jets (and everything else powered by oil or natural gas).

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/12/18/m-d-harmon-only-on-paper-has-the-global-thermometer-been-tuned-down/

Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on December 19, 2015 at 9:06am — 1 Comment

I saw the latest wind industry tax extension coming

We all know about Obama and his involvement with the green Nazi Movement or what others might consider the corporate tyranny sweeping our world.                                                                                                                                 

We all know about Obama and his involvement with the green Nazi Movement or what others might consider the corporate tyranny sweeping our world.

 

In order to understand Paul Ryan's role in the 5 year…

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Added by Jim Wiegand on December 18, 2015 at 7:24pm — 3 Comments

There are some wonderful parks in South Portland that are just right for a Solar Farm!

For the reasons of climate change and  the lowering  of CO2 levels (and  the prevention of  Portland  sinking into the bay which is imminent) this must be done. Who cares how much land is used!

Ex. Rep. Jon Hinck and his enviro-lawyer wife Juliot ( "Windmill" Hinck) Browne may even  support it (if there is money to be made) so it must be a wonderful thing indeed. 

Who cares if all the power leaves the area and increase S.Portland's electrical…

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Added by arthur qwenk on December 18, 2015 at 7:00pm — No Comments

South Portland rejects 2 proposals for solar energy farms

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Added by Eric A. Tuttle on December 18, 2015 at 11:00am — No Comments

IT'S OFFICIAL!

Well it looks like wind tax subsidies are here for another five years!

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/12/17/gop-budget-oks-billions-wind-solar-power-subsidies/

Added by Pineo Girl on December 17, 2015 at 3:00pm — 10 Comments

The taxpayer and ratepayer lose again to the deep pockets in DC.

Looks like we are going to be able to ship oil overseas when we have finally gotten to the point we do not have to rely on Arab Oil.  If we could build the pipeline and frack for gas and oil we would have enough for the next 1,000 years.  But these clowns in Washington are so used to big money, they really don't understand that the money has to come from somewhere and that is from the small ratepayers and taxpayers like us.  They are going to push oil back up, and electricity rates up…

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Added by Eskutassis on December 17, 2015 at 1:41pm — 1 Comment

Kingsbury wind 12/17/15

Added by Richard Harris on December 17, 2015 at 11:30am — 13 Comments

Donald Trump loses Scotland wind farm battle at Supreme Court - will continue the fight

A spokesman for the Trump Organisation promised to continue the fight and claimed the outcome demonstrated the “foolish, small minded and parochial mentality which dominates the current Scottish Government’s dangerous experiment with wind energy”......

......"A decision to this effect will be a relief for the Scottish Government, but Mr Trump may still not give up just yet. He has one last avenue open to him, the option of taking his case to the European Court - which he has…

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Added by Long Islander on December 16, 2015 at 4:39pm — 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

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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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