Despite attempts by MDOT to stifle free speech, Greenville area residents are still speaking out! A full disclosure by MDOT regarding the seizure of yard signs is expected in a week or so, pending review by the Maine AG's office.…
ContinueAdded by Pineo Girl on November 19, 2015 at 9:44pm — 4 Comments
Transmission lines for Canadian HYDRO? I think not!
http://www.pressherald.com/2015/11/19/alan-caron-lepage-just-spins-wheels-on-energy/
Added by Pineo Girl on November 19, 2015 at 12:31pm — No Comments
Led by Governor Shumlin, Vermont passed Act 56 which requires 90% of electrical energy to come from renewable sources by 2050. As this article points out, Vermont lacks the transmission capability to do so. Why should the rate payer bear the cost for private companies? AND it is true the needed storage capability does not exist yet.
Added by Pineo Girl on November 18, 2015 at 1:46pm — No Comments
FERC has approved the sale of Passadumkeag Wind Holdings LLC to Sun Edison and its investor Summit Natural Gas. This will be interesting! Can the tanking Sun Edison really participate in this deal given its financial condition? Or is Summit Natural Gas on its own? Hmm - Summit Natural Gas and Wind - lead by none other than Kurt Adams!…
ContinueAdded by Pineo Girl on November 18, 2015 at 12:42pm — 1 Comment
The University of Maine receives additional funds to further off shore wind turbine development - But still needs $47 Million more in DOE grant funds if the project is to be built.…
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Added by Pineo Girl on November 17, 2015 at 10:16am — 1 Comment
So it was Plum Creek who complained...And the rest we know - Moosehead regions citizens first amendment rights violated - I think we'll be hearing a lot more about this!
Added by Pineo Girl on November 10, 2015 at 11:46am — 4 Comments
What does this mean for the people in the Moosehead Region and the Sun Edison plan for a wind project? I am praying for a return to a traditional forestry focus!
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/weyerhaeuser-plum-creek-to-combine-into-one-timber-giant/…
ContinueAdded by Pineo Girl on November 8, 2015 at 6:30pm — 8 Comments
Think hard about this! Maine is 3rd in carbon capture in the nation and we are 7th in carbon emissions. 48% of our emissions comes from the transportation sector, 14% from electrical sector, and 14% from the residential sector. We have no coal fired production facilities and only one oil fired electrical plant on Cousins Island that gets paid $4 million a year just to be at the ready when intermittent energy sources like wind fail. We have lost 3 of our former larger industrial polluters -…
ContinueAdded by Pineo Girl on November 6, 2015 at 12:42pm — 6 Comments
Here is an excerpt from an update by Lisa Linowes of wind Action regarding the PT'Cs - Thank you Lisa for all you do!
ContinueHi Folks. I’m long overdue in sending out this update re: the Wind PTC and what’s happening in Washington.
Where things stand: As you know, the wind PTC expired December 2014. Due to the “begin construction” language in the…
Added by Pineo Girl on November 5, 2015 at 5:10pm — 1 Comment
The saga of confiscation of anti-wind signs posted by the Moosehead Region Futures Committee in the Moosehead Lake area isn’t over yet but it should be soon. .A “concerned citizen” who contacted the Maine Attorney General’s office learned late yesterday that MDOT is seeking guidance from the AG’s Office.
A memorandum prepared by a public policy and legal consultant to Saving Maine, who has been supporting the Moosehead Region Futures Committee for the past three months, clearly shows…
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There may yet be hope for anti wind signs posted in the Moosehead region! Apparently there is a recent US Supreme Court ruling REED vs.Town of Gilbert, that may find MDOTS sign regulations violate First Amendment rights! Oops - someone didn't get the memo! If MDOT can't settle the issue correctly, a Federal judge could! Let's all keep on keepin' on! You go Moosehead Region Futures Committee!
Added by Pineo Girl on November 3, 2015 at 10:38am — 1 Comment
Many have asked - Where do I get a MOOSEHEAD WIND bumper sticker - mooseheadregionfutures.com - They are also a 501c3 if you would like to make a donation.
Added by Pineo Girl on November 1, 2015 at 1:25pm — 1 Comment
U.S. Sen Angus King
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
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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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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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