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Peter Schweizer: 'THE ECONOMIST' MISSES THE POINT ON CRONY CAPITALISM

'THE ECONOMIST' MISSES THE POINT ON CRONY CAPITALISM

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Added by Long Islander on March 18, 2014 at 12:56am — No Comments

Kindergarterner Petition Against Wind Turbines!

Is this kindergartener Alabama’s most effective political activist?

"“I have to do it, Mama! Somebody has to stop them from building the windmills on my beautiful mountain!”"



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Added by Barry @ SaveOurSeaShore on March 17, 2014 at 2:04pm — No Comments

BDN - What you need to know about electricity pricing

Perhaps this consumer organization needs to probe the fraud that is wind power.

What you need to know about electricity pricing

By Russ Van Arsdale, executive director Northeast CONTACT
Posted March 16, 2014, at 9:13 a.m.

Consumer Forum is a collaboration of the Bangor Daily News and…

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Added by Long Islander on March 16, 2014 at 7:13pm — 1 Comment

House panel subpoenas Obama administration over wind farm eagle deaths

House panel subpoenas Obama administration over wind farm eagle deaths

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The House Natural Resources Committee issued the subpoena Tuesday as part of a 10-month investigation into the enforcement policies and practices of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the Justice Department, a news release said.

An Associated Press investigation exposed how the Obama administration was failing to enforce the law for wind power, even as it…

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Added by Long Islander on March 16, 2014 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

MST - Clyde MacDonald: Wind power carbon offsets do nothing to curb polluters

Every wind turbine contributes to global warming, so thanks to all those politicians who have given us our expensive, mountain-destroying, unreliable wind power.

http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/letters/Letter_to_the_editor__Green_power_carbon_offsets_do_nothing_to_curb_polluters.html

Added by Long Islander on March 16, 2014 at 12:16am — 2 Comments

A Wind Noise Victims Speaks Out

This is dedicated to all the wind turbine victims in Maine and everywhere else. 

This is from VTDigger.org.  The author is a victim of the Georgia Mt. wind turbines in VT.   I have copied the entire piece here, but there are many interesting comments as well, so here is the link:  …

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Added by Brad Blake on March 15, 2014 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Two Years After This Article and How is Maine Doing?

What else still needs to be done?

F’ in national study means Maine ‘ripe’ for corruption

By NAOMI SCHALIT, LANCE TAPLEY AND JOHN CHRISTIE
March 19, 2012 © Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

Maine has earned an “F” from a national organization’s first-in-the-nation assessment…

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Added by Long Islander on March 14, 2014 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

BDN - Judge chastises Maine DEP commissioner in overturning Vinalhaven wind power decree

Judge chastises Maine DEP commissioner in overturning Vinalhaven wind power decree

By Stephen Betts, BDN Staff
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Added by Long Islander on March 14, 2014 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

VICTORY FOR NEIGHBOURS OPPRESSED BY WINDTURBINE NOISE IN VINALHAVEN !

PRESS RELEASE from Fox Islands Wind Neighbors : 

Contact: Alan Farago /Rufus Brown esq.  207 831 0569 

 

After three years of litigation, a Maine Superior Court decision has finally found in favor of wind turbine neighbors complaining about excessive noise from three nearby 1.5 megawatt GE wind turbines. Although citizens across the United States living near wind turbines are complaining -- including lawsuits against wind turbine operators --  this is the first court…
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on March 13, 2014 at 3:12pm — 5 Comments

Governor Opens this event March 20,2014 at 7:30 am in Hallowel

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Added by alice mckay barnett on March 13, 2014 at 2:42pm — No Comments

Somerset County Commissioners Cinsider TIF

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/opinion/letters/Somerset_County_weighs_TIF_for_unorganized_territories.html

Added by Paula Moore on March 13, 2014 at 2:40pm — No Comments

Wind Power Tax Credit ‘Dead’ in Congress This Year, according to Bloomberg.com

Don't ever count out the greedy push of the wind developers but according to this Bloomberg.com post, the revival of the wind industry's sacred Production Tax Credit may be dead this year.

Here is the lead in to the article, followed by the link:

By Alex Nussbaum Mar 11, 2014 5:18 PM ET

A federal tax credit…

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Added by Brad Blake on March 11, 2014 at 10:55pm — 2 Comments

PPH - CMP wants Mainers who feed grid with solar, wind to pay more

CMP wants Mainers who feed grid with solar, wind to pay more

And of course this Spanish company (with heavy backers from the Middle East) already nailed ratepayers for a $1.5 BILLION transmission upgrade, needed solely for its fellow wind "farmers". Iberdola (CMP) is one of the world's largest developers of wind projects. And only a few years ago it received enormous ARRA stimulus funds, including those for its so called "smart meters" in guinea pig state Maine.

TAKE,…

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Added by Long Islander on March 11, 2014 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

NH Spruce Ridge: Portuguese firm's wind-speed tower request creates concern

 

March 10. 2014 2:50PM

Portuguese firm's wind-speed tower request creates concern…

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Added by Long Islander on March 10, 2014 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

Maine Sunday Telegram - UMaine faces offshore wind rival for federal funding

UMaine faces offshore wind rival for federal funding

The university-led venture competes with a former partner for millions of dollars and a leg up in an emerging industry.

By Tux Turkel tturkel@pressherald.com

Staff Writer…

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Added by Long Islander on March 9, 2014 at 10:00am — No Comments

BDN - Committee passes bill requiring wind projects to lower rates, create jobs

Committee passes bill requiring wind projects to lower rates, create jobs

http://bangordailynews.com/2014/03/07/politics/state-house/committee-passes-bill-requiring-wind-projects-to-lower-rates-create-jobs/?ref=regionstate

Added by Long Islander on March 8, 2014 at 10:07am — No Comments

Maine Gov's Bill Would Change State's Windpower Goals

Maine Gov's Bill Would Change State's Windpower Goals

03/06/2014   Reported By: Jennifer Mitchell

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But worse, he says, is that even if the state manages to make that 2,000-megawatt goal in the next…
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Added by Long Islander on March 6, 2014 at 6:47pm — 12 Comments

MPBN - Court Casts Doubt on First Wind, Emera Joint Venture

Court Casts Doubt on First Wind, Emera Joint Venture
03/05/2014   Reported By: Patty B. Wight

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Added by Long Islander on March 6, 2014 at 10:30am — 8 Comments

TODAY AT 1 PM , THE UTILITY ENERGY COMMITTEE DEBATES LD 1791,an act to examine benefits from Maine wind resources

 you can  listen Live at  http://www.maine.gov/legis/audio/Utilities_cmte.html

Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on March 5, 2014 at 11:28am — 1 Comment

First Wind announced Emera deal despite risk posed by legal appeal

An oldie and a goodie that now looks like a greatee.

Energy firms announced deal despite risk posed by legal appeal

By: NAOMI SCHALIT AND JOHN CHRISTIE | June 27, 2012

Less than two weeks ago, a Canadian energy company and a major wind power developer with turbines in Maine …

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Added by Long Islander on March 5, 2014 at 1:13am — 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

******** 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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