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BDN Clifton Wind: "It’s a real victory said ” Peter Beckford, who opposes the project"
Added by Long Islander on May 19, 2013 at 9:21am — 1 Comment
Letting George Smith Run Wild by Al Diamon
Added by Long Islander on May 19, 2013 at 9:10am — 1 Comment
Massachusetts Town Folk to pay $14 million to Tear Down Two Wind Turbines - Making People Sick
UPDATE at 12:30PM:
Hi again all,
You can listen to the 3:41 minute radio report about the town of Falmouth, MA voting to take down two 400 foot wind turbines by clicking on the link below.
And my error, the cost to take down these two turbines is $14 million, not the measly $12 million I stated in my prior email to you. Progressive Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod is actually holding a vote on this matter next week. It sounds like a…
Added by Long Islander on May 17, 2013 at 12:00pm — 12 Comments
EAGLES DEATHS AND WIND FARMS reported by ... THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies
Published…
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 14, 2013 at 2:03pm — 3 Comments
BDN: "Time for a comprehensive review and update of Maine’s wind energy policy"
Redirecting Maine’s wind energy policy
Posted May 13, 2013, at 11:59 a.m.
EXCERPT:
Other cost factors to be considered include the benefits of locally produced energy, especially when compared to the volatility in fossil fuel markets; the potential to reduce Maine’s greenhouse gas production; and the positive…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 14, 2013 at 12:40am — 1 Comment
Landscape architect Walter Cudhohufsky blasts wind turbines on New England's ridges in the VT Digger
Cudnohufsky: The devastation of ridgeline turbine installations in New England
Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Walter Cudnohufsky, a landscape architect and land planner, and landscape artist. He has served on the Ashfield (Mass.) Planning Board and Wind Advisory Committee.
As a landscape architect, I am concerned about and cherish deeply our expansive and…
ContinueAdded by Steve Thurston on May 13, 2013 at 5:42pm — No Comments
Good BDN Article...Except for Baldacci's War on The Night Sky
I'm not sure how accurate this article is ever since Mr. Baldacci declared a war on night blight caused by celestial bodies.
Aurora borealis in the northern Maine skies could be big draw for tourists
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 12, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment
Like father like Son
Prince Harry doesn't like wind farms any more than his father Prince Charles (of U.K.) does... ... read the rest here.
Added by Ellin Beltz on May 12, 2013 at 2:04am — No Comments
NRCM, Maine Audubon, and the Sierra Club "live more in a bubble" (Portland Phoenix article)
Maine’s environmental movement reinvents itself for a new era of challenges
Blooming Activists
EXCERPT:
It's a class thing, Jim Freeman…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
U.S. Senate Energy Committee Passes Hydroelectric Power Bills to Full Senate for Voting
Senate Energy Committee Passes Hydroelectric Power Bills to Full Senate for Voting
May 8, 2013 | 2 Comments…
Added by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 6:17pm — 1 Comment
Right on, Gov.
The Governor is right, and Brad Blake is right. Maine does not need wind power, and never did. Kudos to our Governor for recognizing this. The existing wind farms' 2013 power production was a mere 24.72% of capacity. It's not worth it.
Harrison Roper Houlton/Danforth
Added by Harrison Roper on May 10, 2013 at 8:39am — 1 Comment
BDN - Governor LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law
Added by Long Islander on May 9, 2013 at 9:39pm — 2 Comments
Tune In RIGHT NOW - Energy & Utilities Committee Hearing
The meeting has just started. It is a packed room. There is an overflow room also.
The link is http://www.maine.gov/legis/audio/Utilities_cmte.html and note there is more than one media player…
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Added by Long Islander on May 9, 2013 at 1:40pm — No Comments
WHAT YOU CAN DO AT THE LEGISLATURE THURSDAY MAY 9 TH
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 7, 2013 at 11:30pm — No Comments
BDN - Proposed sale of Maine’s largest power plant a sign of region’s changing energy market
Added by Long Islander on May 5, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments
Wind Energy Sputtering Everywhere
EXCERPT:
Meanwhile, renewable energy—wind, solar, and biofuels—is sputtering everywhere, as one would expect of any product wholly dependent on subsidies in a time of budgetary constraints. Tax credits and subsidies for wind and solar power survived the fiscal cliff deal on January 1, the result of some fancy footwork by renewable lobbyists months before, but aren’t likely to survive much longer. In Europe, subsidies for renewable energy are being cut just about…
ContinueAdded by Thinklike A. Mountain on May 4, 2013 at 10:46am — 1 Comment
Clean technology investors shift focus to drilling
Clean technology investors shift focus to drilling
So Much For "Peak Oil"
Oil companies big and small have used technology to find a bounty of oil and natural…
ContinueAdded by Thinklike A. Mountain on May 3, 2013 at 8:30am — 2 Comments
CTFWP Statement and Testimony Regarding Bowers Mt. Wind Project, May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
Good evening, my name is Brad Blake and I am a resident of Scarborough, Maine and I am the chairman of the Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power, a state-wide coalition of local groups and individuals who believe PL 661 is bad public policy and who oppose the resultant proliferation of grid scale wind power projects in Maine. The Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power fervently opposes the application that is before you in this hearing. Nothing has changed from two years ago. …
ContinueAdded by Brad Blake on May 2, 2013 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments
Connecticut Moving Towards Large Hydro as a Renewable?
State energy bill passes Senate, moves to House
Ken Dixon
Updated 10:53 pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2013…
Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments
Greenwood ponders future wind policy
Greenwood ponders future wind policy
Greenwood selectmen and Planning Board officials recently discussed ideas for a proposed wind power ordinance to be crafted for a vote next year.
Plans originally called for an ordinance proposal from the Planning Board for next month’s annual town meeting, but selectmen earlier…
Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 3:15pm — 1 Comment
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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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