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Troubled wind project target of FBI scrutiny

The project below is in Minnesota, but it's worth noting as some of the dynamics would appear to apply right here in Maine.

Here is contact information for the FBI field office in Boston:

One Center Plaza, Suite 600

Boston, MA 02108

Phone: (617) 742-5533

Fax: (617) 223-6327…

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2013 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Maine Sunday Telegram writes major article about "apparent" Maine PUC Conflicts of Interest

The major lead article happens to focus on water, but because it is really about "apparent" CONFLICTS, it is very relevant to the industrial wind power disgrace in our beloved state. …

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2013 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

MORE INFORMATION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KATHADIN AREA BY FIRST WIND

  •  There is a  report  called the  Dodge Report which is what the state puts out for construction companies to keep track of construction work coming up in the state so union and nonunion groups can bid on jobs.  All this is public information, but you need to pay to access this particular database.  …
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on September 1, 2013 at 10:06am — 6 Comments

Maine's Wind Law (PL 661) is Illegal

Ever since people realized the ramifications of LD 2283 being rammed through the Legislature in the waning hours of its short session in 2008 under the guise of being an "emergency", many have believed this product of such a flawed and manipulated process was illegal.  Even worse was its administrative process, which was being made up as DEP was considering applications for Rollins and Record Hill projects.  Attempting to have a say about the proliferation of destructive industrial wind…

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Added by Brad Blake on August 31, 2013 at 12:45am — No Comments

Saddleback Ridge Remand sept 17 comment deadline

http://www.maine.gov/dep/bep/featured.html

please write comments about noise issues to these folks.

It seems all projects have the same complaint protocols. Leave enforcement in the hands of the developer.

 

Here is another chance to tell BEP the truth of the…

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Added by alice mckay barnett on August 30, 2013 at 9:26am — No Comments

“We’re going to get rich off of these hicks”

'Chasing after the wind' a net loser

Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:30 pm

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Added by Long Islander on August 29, 2013 at 10:30pm — 2 Comments

Time for more paid wind education ads in Maine - it's been a year

Originally posted 9/6/12. Re-posting 8/29/13.

A half page 4 Color ad with the following headline appears in today's (9/6/12) Portland Press Herald:

The ad, funded entirely by Maine citizens, everyday people who are deeply concerned about how industrial wind power developers are changing our state, appears on page A11, the…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on August 29, 2013 at 2:00pm — 11 Comments

UN ruling puts future of UK wind farms in jeopardy !!!

THIS RULING  FROM  THE UN  IS  A VERY  IMPORTANT  DECISION FOR  ALL  WIND  WARRIORS :

HERE  IN  MAINE ,WE HAVE FOR  YEARS  NOW  TRIED  TO EXPRESS THAT PL661 ( THE EXPEDITED WIND LAW )  HAS  BEEN WRITTEN AND  IMPOSED IN 2008  ON  MAINE CITIZENS IN  THE  MOST DICTATORIAL FASHION.   

FOR  THREE  CONSECUTIVE  LEGISLATIVE  SESSIONS WE  HAVE TRIED  TO EXPRESS  THE FLAWS   AND INJUSTICES BOTH  ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL OF  THAT LAW .

AT THE END  OF  THE LAST  LEGISLATIVE…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 28, 2013 at 6:30pm — 13 Comments

BDN: FIRST WIND's inability to refinance debt raises questions about health of renewable energy market

Gee, this company which started in Italy and which is now plundering Maine and…

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Added by Long Islander on August 27, 2013 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

CT’s energy plans will impact Maine

Letter: CT’s energy plans will impact Maine

Are you aware that these are not yet built or functional, that the wind companies -- some foreign…

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Added by Long Islander on August 26, 2013 at 2:33pm — 6 Comments

Bad News for Boston Plantation Owners...Good News for the Maine Woods

 Boston's First Wind and Emera pull Northeast Wind

 
First Wind and Emera have withdrawn a proposed $385 million debt package for the Northeast Wind portfolio. The sponsors struggled to attract commitments at ...…
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Added by Long Islander on August 23, 2013 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

IS THE TIDE TURNING ON THE CORPORATE GREED OF FIRST WIND ?????

http://www.projectfinancemagazine.com/Article/3247105/Type-News/First-Wind-and-Emera-pull-Northeast-Wind.html#.UhefkYDD9LM''

PLEASE LET US REMEMBER  THAT MPUC GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FOR  THIS DEAL LAST SPRING AND THAT ACCORDING  TO THE MAINE PUBLIC  ADVOCATE :

"First Wind’s Vice President, Mr. Alvarez, testified before the PUC that First…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 23, 2013 at 1:30pm — 7 Comments

BDN - Scientist from Isleboro Calls Wind a Bill of Goods

Over the years, Jonathan Carter and I have had some widely differing opinions, but, this time, he has nailed it. First Wind and all the other alternative energy promoters have sold the people of Maine a bill of goods with a huge price tag.

Unless the plug is pulled — literally — we are facing exorbitant costs on energy, an ugly landscape, neighbors who lose health and happiness just because they live close to the turbines, and a severe loss of wildlife —…

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Added by Long Islander on August 22, 2013 at 4:43pm — No Comments

BDN: Island Falls fundraiser focuses on fighting Oakfield wind project

Island Falls fundraiser focuses on fighting Oakfield wind project

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Added by Long Islander on August 19, 2013 at 12:00am — No Comments

Katahdin under attack: First Wind proposes 5 wind farms to make power for Connecticut

First Wind proposes 5 wind farms to make power for Connecticut

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Added by Long Islander on August 17, 2013 at 9:00am — No Comments

BDN: First Wind willing to trash Maine

8/15/13

First Wind willing to trash Maine

Posted Aug. 15, 2013, at 12:57 p.m.

Last modified Aug. 15, 2013, at 6:17 p.m.
Read the piece in the BDN here:…
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Added by Long Islander on August 17, 2013 at 8:58am — No Comments

"SAVING PARADISE " a novel that ruffles the feathers of BIG WIND !!!

 
Written by  Mike  Bond  described as " The  master of  the Existential Thriller"  by BBC, this  novel is  exposing the unpalatable business of  industrial wind power in the majestic  setting of Hawaii .
 
Like troglodytes  the wind  developers do not  like  the light and  are  upset  at  this  book  !  …
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 16, 2013 at 12:41pm — 3 Comments

Hearing on Passadumkeag Mountain TIF

 Hearing on Passadumkeag Mountain wind farm tax district set for Tuesday

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An aerial photo of Passadumkeag Mountain with Saponac Pond in the foreground and the mountains of MDI in the distance.

R.W.…
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 14, 2013 at 8:02pm — 4 Comments

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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

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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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