Governor Janet Mills’ energy office has just released its preferred site for a 16-square mile offshore wind farm of up…
The speakers on right now, August 12, 2021 at 1PM Eastern, just compared voting machines to wind turbines.
They pointed out that wind turbines in Texas, which came close to crashing their grid, did not come about because they were good but rather that a constellation of regulations, tax rules, economic incentives, suppression of energy…
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Politicians and politics have brought us the monstrous wind turbines and transmission that are proliferating in Maine at the expense of taxpayers, ratepayers and the state's natural beauty. It is not only the wind developers who have lied to us about the efficacy of wind turbines, but also politicians, regulators, environmental groups, academia and the media. Frankly, wind and the current Twilight Zone state of affairs in America today have…
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According to a new Rasmussen poll, only 32% of likely U.S. voters think the country is headed in the right direction. Given how dismal the state of our Union is, it’s hard to believe nearly one in three inclined to vote think the present track is satisfactory.
Even more incredible is why we’re so seriously off course. After six months of the Biden-Harris administration, its basically an unbroken record of failures in every area which cannot be attributed to sheer…
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I haven't followed Dr. Mercola too closely recently but have read many of his articles about health over the years and always felt he had people's best interests in mind. I hope his site gets widely archived and is soon restored.
August 04, 2021
Today, I have the most important announcement in the quarter of a century history of this newsletter. My goal and passion has always been about supporting you and helping you take…
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by Jessica Piper July 29, 2021
Updated July 30, 2021
AUGUSTA, Maine — A referendum aiming to take down the Central Maine Power corridor will appear as one question on Maine ballots this fall after the state’s high court rejected an attempt to split it into three separate questions.
Opponents of the CMP corridor project, which aims to connect hydropower from Quebec with New England’s electric grid via a transmission line in western…
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by Fred Bever, Maine Public July 29, 2021
The Mills administration is partnering with a commercial wind energy company, New England Aqua Ventus, to seek a lease of 16-square miles of federal waters south of for a wind farm of up to 12 wind turbines tens of miles south of Bremen, with a goal of researching novel “floating platform” technology and its effects on ecosystems and fisheries.
“It’s positive that the Biden Administration is examining these questions, and we…
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We’re still battling the coronavirus tyrants. Now come the climate authoritarians.
More than 200 climate scientists — and that’s “scientists” with an eyeball roll — have gathered to put the final touches on an agreement that will take the lessons learning from the coronavirus, meaning the idea that fear sells and sells well, and apply them to the field of environmental regulation.
The headlines have already started the buzz.…
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Greed Energy Economics:
Are Existing Coal Plants Less Expensive Than New Gas, Wind or Solar?
Americans Finally Waking Up to the Nightmare Cost of Unreliable Wind and Solar
Net zero emissions? That will be $3000 from each of you, every year
Report: Philadelphia’s $24M Electric Bus Fleet in Complete Shambles
Renewable Energy Health and Ecosystem Consequences:
Retired Batteries May Bring ‘Explosive…
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CMP parent Avangrid is locked in a bitter dispute with rival NextEra over the upgrading of equipment at the Seabrook nuclear station, without which the 145-mile corridor can’t connect to the New England grid.
By Colin Woodard Staff Writer
A heated dispute between Central Maine Power’s parent company and rival energy giant NextEra is threatening to delay the completion of CMP’s controversial 145-mile transmission corridor.…
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Excellent story and boy you should read at all the desperate wind shill comments trying to discredit me. Pay close attention to their deflections and insults. You won't be disappointed. …
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“Bezos, please stay up there. Do the world a favor” tweeted Tulsi Gabbard in response to the launch of Blue Origin’s rocket, carrying the Amazon founder and other passengers into space earlier today.
The billionaire space race is accelerating, with Bezos’ trip to space coming in the same month as Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson’s. Both Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin are competing with SpaceX — another rocket company run by another billionaire, Elon Musk.
Billionaires…
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Unrest growing in South Portland as political divide widens
Some frustrated residents say the City Council is unrelenting in its pursuit of costly progressive goals at a time when cash-strapped taxpayers fear they may have to leave the city.
The council is raising hackles with two proposals in particular:…
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The governor calls the performance of Maine's electric utilities 'abysmal' but says the bill to form a consumer-owned utility was 'hastily drafted' could create more problems than it solves.
EXCERPTS:
Supporters already have begun laying the groundwork for a separate, statewide referendum on whether to force Central Maine Power and Versant Power to sell their assets to a new Pine Tree Power Co.
The bill’s chief sponsor, Democratic Rep. Seth Berry of…
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Maine Public | By Fred Bever
Updated July 13, 2021 at 12:42 PM EDT
Governor Janet Mills’ energy office has just released its preferred site for a 16-square mile offshore wind farm of up…
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Small sampling:
Wind energy in crisis as expansion stalls in Germany
Offshore wind support vessel forced to leave after fishermen protest
New Maine law prohibits offshore wind projects in state waters
Two Australian wind projects fined $1+ million for their role in blackout…
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Three miles is nothing. But why is the setback on inland wind turbines only 1.5 times the height of the turbine, i.e., less than 1,000 feet?
Mills signs new law that prohibits offshore wind projects in state waters
Credit: By Fred Bever | Maine Public | July 7, 2021 |
Gov. Mills has signed compromise legislation to permanently bar future development of offshore wind projects in state waters.…
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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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"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."
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