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BDN:Court tells DEP to lower nighttime noise levels on Saddleback wind farm

Court tells DEP to lower nighttime noise levels on Saddleback wind farm

By Judy Harrison, BDN Staff
Posted March 05, 2013, at 1:16 p.m.

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Added by Long Islander on March 5, 2013 at 9:35pm — No Comments

Mike DiCenso BDN Letter: Legislature needs to correct the flawed wind law

Wind turbine folly

The Land for Maine’s Future program represents much money spent and untold hours of hard work to preserve areas for future generations.

The threat of such unique places being surrounded by ugly, blinking industrial wind turbines threatens to make the entire program an exercise in futility, with no climate improvements and minimal energy produced.

The Legislature needs to be more careful when passing “emergency bills” written by…

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Added by Long Islander on March 4, 2013 at 4:34pm — 5 Comments

George Smith Gives First Wind Free Ad in Bangor Daily News

Why is there no disclosure in the Bangor Daily News that First Wind is a "Premium Level Supporter" of George Smith's blog, meaning it would seem they are contributing at least $5,000 a year to his blog. …

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Added by Long Islander on March 1, 2013 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

National Renewable Energy Laboratory: Wind Benefits Overstated

March 1, 2013

Rethinking Wind’s Impact on Emissions and Cycling Costs

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Recent reports by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and others suggest that the emissions-reducing benefits of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar may have been overstated and the cost of cycling fossil-fueled plants underestimated. These findings may change how utilities and policymakers weigh the…

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Added by Long Islander on March 1, 2013 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

Three Maine towns inch closer to natural-gas pipeline

Three Maine towns inch closer to natural-gas pipeline

Added by Long Islander on February 28, 2013 at 8:41am — No Comments

Developer, landowner appealing Passadumkeag Windpark decision

Developer, landowner appealing Passadumkeag Windpark decision

By Nick Sambides Jr., BDN Staff
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Added by Long Islander on February 27, 2013 at 11:57pm — 1 Comment

BDN - Clifton wind farm developer, construction firm embroiled in breach of contract dispute

Clifton wind farm developer, construction firm embroiled in breach of contract dispute

Paul Fuller

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Added by Long Islander on February 26, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Bald eagle warning signs up along I-95 as strikes becoming more common (Bangor Daily News)

What about the wind turbine eagle kills? Where's that story?

Bald eagle warning signs up along I-95 as strikes becoming more common…

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Added by Long Islander on February 23, 2013 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

2009 Maine Wind Energy Act Approach for Natural Gas

How LePage plans to fast-track natural gas expansion

By Robert Long, Special to the BDN
Posted Feb. 15, 2013, at 3:49 p.m.

Last modified Feb. 15, 2013, at 5:10 p.m.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — In his …
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Added by Long Islander on February 16, 2013 at 4:58am — 2 Comments

BDN - LePage wants energy price cuts in exchange for Maine agreement on lower emissions cap

LePage wants energy price cuts in exchange for Maine agreement on lower emissions cap

By Matthew Stone, BDN Staff
Posted Feb. 08, 2013, at 3:49 p.m.

Last modified Feb. 08, 2013, at 5:18 p.m.

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Added by Long Islander on February 9, 2013 at 9:23am — No Comments

Former director of Maine PUC's Consumer Division Rails Against Wind Deal

MAINE COMPASS: PUC approval of offshore wind contract unfair to ratepayers

Maine experienced years of controversy about long-term energy contracts at high prices before the state's electricity system was revamped and a "competitive" market for the sale of electricity was created in the late 1990s.…

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Added by Long Islander on February 4, 2013 at 5:00pm — 6 Comments

Hey Wind Industry - Where's The Beef?

The chart below shows how useless is all the scarring of Maine and torment to Mainers resulting from the  force feeding by government mandate of wind industrialization so that a small handful of insiders can rob us blind.

So much for wind making an appreciable contribution. So much for the so called environmental groups' claims that wind will get us off oil. Note that oil is already less than 1% of…

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Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2013 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

MST - Patrick Woodcock: LePage administration right to oppose offshore wind project

Another View: LePage administration right to oppose offshore wind project

Far from applying pressure, the governor is speaking out about what is best for Maine.

By Patrick Woodcock

The vision from the LePage administration to lower energy costs is not only critical for businesses, it is central to hardworking Maine…

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Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2013 at 12:38am — No Comments

So Called Wind Farms Dominate List of Bangor Hydro's Top Electricity CONSUMERS

Please see the following letter to FERC, which makes this very clear.

20130124-5017%20-%20Bangor%20Hydro%20Letter%20to%20FERC.pdf

While dominating the Top Ten is somewhat surprising, we have heard before that wind plants are large users of electricity from the outside grid. That alone renders inaccurate that wind turbines do not put carbon in the air. If they are…

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Added by Long Islander on January 31, 2013 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Report Covering Kurt Adams' Jump From MPUC to First Wind Spawns Ethics Bill

Legislator’s ethics bill would slam state’s ‘revolving door’

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Added by Long Islander on January 30, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

First Wind - Itemized Subsidies, etc.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

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The First Wind plan was to secure taxpayer money and then go public. Now they achieved their first objective from the Bank of Obama –– since he took office (and as of 7/18/12), First Wind's projects have received over $452 million in …

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Added by Long Islander on January 28, 2013 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Full brief submitted by Fox Islands Wind Neighbors to Maine Superior Court

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Full brief submitted by Fox Islands Wind Neighbors to Maine Superior Court

January 28, 2013

Last week, attorney Rufus Brown filed a brief on behalf of aggrieved neighbors of the Vinalhaven (ME) wind turbines with Maine Superior Court. The filing represents a summation of the case related to noise from the turbines that has turned the lives…

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Added by Long Islander on January 28, 2013 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Governor LePage Responds to Maine Public Utilities Decision to Raise Electricity Rates on Mainers

Governor LePage Responds to Maine Public Utilities Decision to Raise Electricity Rates on Mainers



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Added by Long Islander on January 24, 2013 at 8:00pm — 3 Comments

PUC approves $120M offshore wind project

PUC approves $120M offshore wind project

http://www.pressherald.com/news/PUC-approves-maine-statoil-wind-turbine-offshore-deepwater.html

A complete failure to serve…

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Added by Long Islander on January 24, 2013 at 1:31pm — 1 Comment

Two "Smart" meter opponents arrested

2 meter opponents arrested: 'A society of violating one another'

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Added by Long Islander on January 24, 2013 at 11:23am — 1 Comment

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THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

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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