Our old friend George Smith has published again.  He is touting the Warming Headlines and the non-scientists.  The people he thinks are great are the financial people who are raking in money hand over fist on the backs of the common citizen and ratepayer.  He is part of the problem why business is deserting Maine and leaving it to the devastating Wind Machines which will eventually drive the tourist trade from our borders.…

What’s at stake in Maine’s power struggle over energy?

The BDN published an op ed today that is worth reading.  I heard the interview with Gov. LePage on the radio and am firmly in his corner over what has to happen in Maine.  Businesses are exiting the state in record numbers because of the high prices of electricity.  As he said at the end of the interview about our legislators, “Many of them will ignore it until the last company [in Maine] turns the lights…

Number Nine is out bribing the County to get the permits through for the biggest industrial wind facility in the New England market.  It will despoil the hills of the County and send all the power to Connecticut, again using Maine when she really does not need the help.  There will be fewer than 10 permanent jobs created and thousands of citizens lives and pocketbooks disrupted.  I hope Aroostook County can see through the ruse.  …

The 2016 budget calls for an end to coal fired electricity and substituting instead Wind and Solar.  This is an extremely expensive way to provide needed capacity and makes electricity extremely expensive for both business and households.  Even the EPA says this will not help the CO2  levels in any way, only cause more jobs to be sent overseas and to states where nuclear and hydro keep the price of electricity down.  Even Gas is a better alternative to renewables.  Read…

Maine's Initial Federal Requirement, 313MWh per 1,138 GWh use

Notice below how Connecticut has managed to stay White in this Progression over time yet they have the highest requirement to produce. Maine Exceeded its Federal obligations in 2011.

Does Connecticut actually Own New England?…

Mild summer helps cut electricity costs

in New England

An abundance of natural gas and more efficient power plants have helped reduce the wholesale price of energy,.......

No mention of how Wind saved us a crapload of money...... Wonder why?

Ahhhhh!

Connecticut regulators approved a nearly 20 percent cut, or an average $31 a month, for residential customers of…

I find this strange, that if wind is so green, that Hawaii emits 1.9lb of CO² per kWh delivered to their customers, with Texas at 1.8lb. The two highest wind producers/users yet they burn a lower percentage of fossil fuels. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yz2BdmzJgFRGsZmPngbMMn6Z-u10B28D3MgjlXL3nE0/pubhtml

Seems these people beat me to it, though I was more kind to the…

The report says three key practices could cut agricultural emissions significantly; eliminating ploughing, to cut emissions from soil disturbance; improved nutrient and water management in rice production; and wider use of agroforestry, involving growing trees on farms. – Climate News Network

http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/mind-the-climate-gap-its-got-wider/

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An erstwhile wind warrior grabbed his camera this week and sent in these sad photos of the Oakfield Wind project, still under construction, but with enough turbines up so the impact is clear.  First Wind bamboozled the Town of Oakfield with a so-called collaboration with a poor town that was eager for tax revenues and landowners eager to get leasing income.  Again, First Wind laughs all the way to the bank, having taken over the town at a cheap, rock-bottom price.  Then DEP Commissioner Aho…

Wind power critic and author Mike Bond, a Maine native, will be discussing his book "Killing Maine" on Friday, August 8 at Sherman's Books at 49 Exchange St in Portland, ME.   The event starts at 7 PM.  Please come if you can to support Mike and to speak to the others about the scourge of industrial wind power.…

Here is a news release from NREL regarding replacement of coal fired electrical energy - Someone is smokin' something at NREL!! Or the Obama administration has resorted to ordering agency heads to support his climate agenda. And of course they will do it - because once he is gone they will never ever ever have a position like the one they have today! And once they are gone the fraud will be exposed!…

One of the facts about wind production here in Maine is that it is inconsistent and not suitable for inclusion in a grid that is perfectly designed for gas, hydro or biofuel production.  We have known this and have spoken out about it for years.  FERC is just now making a case for the problem.…

You have heard "Bigger is Better" and that is just what the wind industry is planning.But what are the costs and ramifications of "bigger."

Read below:    http://globalnews.ca/news/2157956/wind-turbines-reach-for-new-heights/

For those of you who don't have to look through flashing lights and rotating blades, if we have a clear sky go outside starting tonight for the next week and see the Perseid Meteor Shower.  Here are some tips that might make it more fun.…

One of the foremost wind power activists in the Northeast is Mary Kay Barton of upstate New York, the only area in the eastern USA with more industrial wind turbines than Maine.  She has published a scathing analysis of wind power in Master Resource. …

Emera and CMP are scheming to build more lines to beef up their grid for wind, which will in turn raise our rates again.  Our rates go up so citizens of NY and Connecticut can get power from our windmills.  Maine already has the highests rates in the nation for power, why not make it more!…

In the surreal world of battling wind power, lawsuits are numerous, long, costly and too often favoring the industry.  Not in this case!

In July 2014, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued their first eagle take permit to EDF Renewable Energy for the Shiloh IV wind project in Solano County, CA.

In response to comments requesting a longer term in order to provide lasting certainty for developers, on Dec. 9, 2013, the FWS had  extended the maximum term to…