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Wind power has been smeared by conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers as nothing more than a means to bleed subsidy money from the taxpayers to line the pockets of a wealthy few.
http://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/20/our-view-maine-lost-opportunity-by-rejecting-statoil/
Note that…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 20, 2014 at 1:30am — 5 Comments
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Neighbors, meanwhile, say energy rates are up 128 percent since 2009, and they dispute the co-op’s math.
It’s also noteworthy that none of Maine’s 14 other year-round island communities has followed Vinalhaven’s lead. Despite some interest, none has built a wind farm or is expected to do so in the near future.…
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Congratulations to the small town of Alexandria, New Hampshire for the large turn out of protesters forcing town officials to turn away wind developer EDP. This is how it is done, folks!!!
Alexandria residents got involved right at the beginning stage, having Town…
ContinueAdded by Brad Blake on July 19, 2014 at 12:32am — 4 Comments
"Almost daily the newspapers are filled with stories about how the region is “going green” and about to enter the delightful world of “clean energy.” It’s sheer fantasy. No one has the slightest notion of what it would entail".
http://spectator.org/articles/60007/get-ready-new-england-power-shortage
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Attorney Mark E. Beliveau, a partner at Pierce Atwood LLP in Portsmouth, told the selectmen he had brought evidence of a $34,000 decomissioning bond....
(EDP Renewables is the company that wants to mount a turbine wherever it can in Aroostook County).
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140716/NEWS05/140719204/-1/newshampshire03
Added by Long Islander on July 18, 2014 at 4:51pm — 2 Comments
Wind turbine fire risk: Number that catch alight each year is ten times higher than the industry admits
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Infrasound emitted by wind turbines can cause deformities and stillbirths
"One can’t ignore the facts that infrasound travels as far as 40 km, and that peer-reviewed studies have shown that chronic exposure at shorter distances can cause Vibro-Acoustic Disease."
"With respect to deformities and stillbirths, it stands to reason that humans can be affected…
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Being Aboveboard About Underwriters
Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s policies on disclosure generate criticism
by Al Diamon
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As MPBN’s annual report for last year shows, First Wind is one of the network’s largest underwriters, having contributed over $25,000. …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 15, 2014 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment
Ways to deal with natural gas price spikes in Maine, New England under advisement
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In Maine, regulators are still considering whether and to what extent they should use the authority to purchase up to $1.5 billion in pipeline capacity over 20 years. That authority was granted in the so-called …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 15, 2014 at 8:19pm — 1 Comment
7/15/14
Subsidy Seekers Whining on Wind...and playing politics in an article where nary a citizen wind opponent was interviewed.
Nice hatchet job on Governor…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 15, 2014 at 12:30am — 1 Comment
He running a close second to a picture of a rainbow. Let's put him over the top!
http://a.pgtb.me/gJlj03?app_data=entry_id%3D58128486
Added by Steve Thurston on July 14, 2014 at 1:59pm — No Comments
Health issues such as sleep disturbance, sleep deprivation, dizziness, tinnitus, and constant headaches in humans have been ignored by the main stream media who is eager to promote "clean" solar and wind energy generationWind Turbines take terrible toll on animalsBy … |
Added by Friends of Ragged Mountain on July 11, 2014 at 9:56pm — 2 Comments
Excerpt: "...the sharpest barbs came from the Natural Resources Council’s Clean Energy Director Dylan Voorhees and Environment Maine’s Director Emily Figdor. Figdor criticized Gov. Paul LePage for “obstructing the development of wind power”
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ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 10, 2014 at 7:30pm — 1 Comment
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Some intrepid opponents of Oakfield Wind have supplied me with the first photo documentation of the destruction taking place. Click here to go to the photo album http://www.windtaskforce.org/photo/albums/oakfield-wind-destruction-july-6-2014
Here are a couple of the photos:…
ContinueAdded by Brad Blake on July 7, 2014 at 11:40pm — 1 Comment
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The companies cited more than 2,100 megawatts of proposed wind power capacity in Northern Maine as the impetus for the project.
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So, just to be clear, CMP and Emera which operate the distribution system for just Maine electric consumers are going to coordinate their efforts to build new transmission lines in the state to ship power to southern New England. Since CMP and…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 7, 2014 at 11:13pm — 2 Comments
This is Amazing! I watched WGME (channel 13 in Portland) 11 pm news on July 5th. Right after sports , on came an editorial. WGME is one of the Sinclair Broadcast Group stations that airs "Behind the Headlines with Mark Hyman". It was a blistering condemnation of the climate change scam. They chose to send this excellent critique out to its southern Maine audience.…
ContinueAdded by Brad Blake on July 6, 2014 at 12:04am — 1 Comment
I took the accompanying pictures on Roxbury Pond two weeks ago. A pair of eagles have been raising their young on an island in the pond for several decades. Most eagles hatch 2 or 3, but only one survives to fly. These eagles have rebuilt their nest in the same tree and successfully parented 2 chicks to fly from the nest year after year. The value of their DNA to future generations of eagles is enormous. But with the coming of the turbines, and Obama giving free…
ContinueAdded by Steve Thurston on July 4, 2014 at 11:28pm — 8 Comments
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Almost all the rules and regulations governing alternative energy in Maine are new, Joyce echoes. “While there are plenty of the generic old white men in the business world we work in, we’re all learning together. We all have equal footing.”
That means there are fewer of the barriers women often face in more traditional industries, says Juliet Brown, who also works on wind energy as chair of the Environmental Law Group at Portland’s…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 4, 2014 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
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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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"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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