Another View: Adding more large-scale hydro would lower bills in Maine

The Press Herald's July 23 editorial, "Our View: Maine can have both hydro and wind power," criticizes the…

Restore mountaintops

It is interesting that after more than a century of damming our rivers for hydropower, we are now restoring these rivers. The removal of the Veazie dam is just one example of the efforts now being made so fish can once again swim upstream to spawn.

More than a century ago, when these dams were…

Will  the BEP approve  the Passadumkeag wind  project , and  if  they  do how  will they  justify such abhorrent decision  to generations of Mainers and nature lovers of the world ????

FROM THE BEP WEBSITE :

This is a reminder that the Board of Environmental Protection is meeting on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 9:00 am to consider and vote on an order that would grant a permit for the Passadumkeag Windpark…

Mike Bond is a Maine native whose family arrived here in 1698. Although he now lives out of state, he returns to Maine regularly. He has done considerable environmental work in Maine and beyond and would be happy to help us out in keeping these horrible wind projects out of his and our beloved state.

Please read the following document from Mr. Bond entitled "Ten Ways to Kill Big Wind" and heed it well. It is made available in both Word and PDF:…

UPDATE on 7/26/13 - from the UMS website, it would appear that Governor LePage has just extended the terms of two of the three UMS Trustees whose terms expired back in May, when we last reported on this. They are Michelle Hood and Kenin McCarty. (See bios below).

There is still one person whose term expired 5/26/13 who has not yet been replaced, Eleanor M. Baker.

As a result of the two…

http://www.wgme.com/news/top-stories/stories/wgme_vid_17983.shtml

For those who were not on the interested parties list and did not  receive DEP's Bowers announcement, here's a link to the draft of the decision document:



http://www.ppdlw.org/articles/ChamplainWindL25800ANBN%20draft.pdf



Also, the following links to a word…

DEP staff recommends rejecting Carroll Plantation wind farm…

This afternoon DEP released the draft of its decision on First Wind's Bowers Mountain Wind Project. The Department concluded that "The proposed activity would significantly compromise views from a SRSNS and would have an unreasonable adverse effect on the scenic character and existing uses related to scenic character of the resource."

The decision specifically states that even if the radar-activated lighting were to be retrofitted to the project, it would still have an unreasonable…

Maine residents divided on wind turbines

The biggest wind farm in the state could bring significant cash, but it could also mar the rural scene in northern Somerset County.

By RACHEL OHM Morning Sentinel

http://www.pressherald.com/news/residents-divided-on-wind-turbines_2013-07-23.html

Bingham Wind Project meeting brings out supporters, opponents

State solicits comments on wind project

A Boston developer plans to build a 62-turbine wind farm near Moscow.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/state-solicits-comments-on-wind-project_2013-07-21.html

July 17, 2013  

To: Interested Persons  

RE: Canton Mountain Wind Project Draft Staff Analysis, #L-25558-24-A-N & L-25558-TB-B-N  

Dear Interested Person:  

Attached you will find a draft staff analysis for the Canton Mountain Wind project.  This represents the Department’s current analysis of the statutory requirements in the Site Location of Development Act, the Natural Resources Protection Act, and the Wind Energy Act as they pertain to this project.  The…

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/