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…

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…

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

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

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:…

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." …

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

... and don't we know that.

Recently, LD 616, a bill allowing citizens in Unorganized Territories to have a voice in zoning wind towers, which the Baldacci administration stripped from the public through the 2008 Wind Energy Act, was pulled from the omnibus energy bill. Senate Democratic Leader Seth Goodall of Richmond said the reason he was pulling the bill was, “These are…

Developers see fertile land for wind turbines in Jonesport

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Northern Pass unveils plan to run underground wires at additional $200 million

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20130627/NEWS/130629281

Just really a press release. Not as much underground as the…

This article is being posted on behalf of Lynne Williams. The place described is over a 3,000 mile drive from Maine. But it feels like Maine or maybe Maine feels like Tehuantepec.

To All, Many of the struggles are hidden, like the one described below.  Lynne

Fighting for ancestral rights

In Mexico, indigenous communities living in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca state - a…

This is worth noting given how the wind industry and their sock puppets at the so called and on-the-take environmental groups in Maine like to cite Denmark as a shining role model of wind power. DONG is 76% owned by the Danish government. ""Every time we were building onshore, the public reacts in a …