The sentence that really made me think when reading the editorial below was:

"This opposition speaks to the soul of Maine because only the opponents are trying to preserve a priceless view."…

I  drove on  Route 17 , by the  Record  Hill turbines yeterday .

Not  yet  online, they stand idle looking like huge very  sharp needles disfiguring  eight miles  of magnificent  work of Nature and  piercing the  heart  of  all of  us driving by, bewildered  at a  reality  that  we  could  not  prevent .

Record  Hill , the second  project allowed  by  DEP under the expedited law .

As Angus  King keeps hopping  around the state telling  the  kind folks  of Maine that…

This adds to the election night shutout favoring wind ordinances across the state.  Statewide, it was 5-0 in favor of protective ordinances and moratoriums.

November 18 …

Please see and sign the online petition at:

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-maine-dep-stop-oakfield-wind

And by all means, please consider leaving a comment.

The photo on the left may not be the…

From the Washington Post's editorial board on privatizing profits and socializing losses.

Tell us please why it was was that Angus King's mature technology, the wind turbine, entitled him to a $102 million DOE loan guarantee. Tell us please everything that occurred in Washington, D.C. that made this transpire.

Editorial Board Opinion

The Energy Department’s loan…

I have been without my duo processor 6G Ram, Hewlet Packard 7600 series vista computer for the better part of a week. But, finally was given a 5MHz stone age Gateway XP with all its incompatibilities to work on a comeback. I'd greatly appreciate a run down on the last couple weeks to help me catch up. I feel years left behind. Thanks in advance.

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/oxford-hills/2011/11/18/bethel-woodstock-students-take-field-trip-study-energy-sources/1117272#comment-form

Somerset County Residents Ask LePage For Help In Wind Farm Fight…

We need to teach the real message early. Wind is already planting the wrong message in our young!

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/oxford-hills/2011/11/18/bethel-woodstock-students-take-field-trip-study-energy-sources/1117272

The UMPI turbine is working! After 200 days of down time in 2011!  In tha past week some 17,000+ mWh were generated and sold to the grid, addording to the website..  Furthur work is ongoing, to get the site reporting all promised data.

Harrison Roper  Houlton/Danforth

  I would like to recomend the independent film  "Windfall" Produced by Laura Isreal

 http://windfallthemovie.com/index_1.html

  I believe what is highlighted in the film is the covert way that wind developers operate.  Targetting elected officials with large tracts of land,ignoring the majority of people who will have to live in the shadows of turbines owned by utility companies and billionaire investors.

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Update on 11/14/11 - Peru Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Wind Moratorium

The voting results for the 180-day moratorium in Peru have been obtained by a resident of Peru who called the Peru Town Office and specifically asked about the final count and was told 466-129 in favor of a moratorium.

This adds to the …

I was at UMPI this afternoon ( Sunday November 13) for a rehearsal. The turbine was actually turning - but no data was posted on the website, which has the same old zeroes and the statement: "Last weekend......primary months" that has been posted for 208 continuous days.

  Maybe it is working, or maybe it is just coasting in neutral, or maybe it is using grid energy to turn itself  - it is a mystery, and the website tells us nothing.

Harrison Roper  Houlton/Danforth

http://windenergy.areavoices.com

      Just days before the final PUC siting hearing Goodhue Wind AWA posted environmental studies that they conducted.  These studies find that American Bald Eagles and Loggerhead Shrikes exist throughout the project area.  Their conclusions that their project will not adversely affect these protected avian species are questionable.  Their speculation that since Loggerhead Shrikes fly low…

Let’s be honest, the Maine Citizens for Clean Energy initiative is all about forcing mountaintop wind power on Maine. The coalition is not a citizens group but a collaboration of Maine’s wind development lobbyists in disguise. It’s bad enough that the NRCM has chosen to mire itself deeper into its commitment to mountaintop wind development — even more so that it is teaming with corporate wind development interests whose singular goal is to turn mountaintops into cash.

The parties to…

Frankfort residents pass strict wind ordinance