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Portland Phoenix revisits Angus King's Record Hill Wind Project controversy

The King wind saga: When Record Hill hit Capitol Hill

Author:David Carkhuff

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 17, 2015 at 5:28pm — 10 Comments

Renewables as a moral obligation ..and a bonus for investors.

WASHINGTON — Vice President Biden told a group of investors at the White House Tuesday that clean energy is a moral and national security issue -- but also makes economic sense.

In his first public remarks since the funeral of his son Beau Biden, the vice president addressed the White House Clean Energy Investment Summit, rallying charitable groups and large investors to commit $4 billion toward clean energy technologies...

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 16, 2015 at 6:03pm — 6 Comments

WHY THE MAINE LEGISLATURE HAS THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT AND DUTY TO ASK FOR A MORATORIUM ON WIND PROJECTS.

On page 15 of the " Report of The Governor's Task force on wind power development" one can read the following paragraph;

  

Confusion over the benefits of wind power development. Wind power displaces

electricity generated from fossil fuels and reduces emissions of atmospheric greenhouse

gases and a variety of other pollutants (SOx, NOx, mercury,…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 8, 2015 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments

Ever wondered what to say when the proponents of wind power in Maine evoke the need to reduce CO2 emissions ?

Read the following graph  and then try to figure out  why  John Baldacci wanted to make Maine a LEADER in wind power development in 2008. 

Rankings: Total Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2012

(million metric tons)

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 6, 2015 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

If you ever wondered whether your activism for sensible energy policies had any effect, just read the following .

The following action was taken at the 2015 May conference of the AWEA in order to fight what they see as the wind power opponents :

Become a Power of Wind Industry Member

We’re already seeing it — wind energy has the power to create cleaner air, more jobs, and affordable energy for more Americans. But anti-wind groups want to drown out…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 6, 2015 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Angus king , your prediction of Maine becoming an uninhabitable land has not happened yet !

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 5, 2015 at 10:00am — 16 Comments

Bruce Williamson 's nomination for PUC commissioner approved in Energy Committee

AUGUSTA, Maine — After delaying a vote for a week, the Legislature’s Energy Committee has approved Tennessee economist and nuclear security expert Bruce Williamson for the state’s Public Utilities Commission.

The committee gave Williamson, who was not present, the greenlight in an 11-2 vote on Thursday afternoon. Sen. Dawn Hill, D-York, and Rep. Dean Rykerson, D-Kittery, were the lone opponents to Williamson’s nomination.

The committee courted controversy for a week after…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 4, 2015 at 4:34pm — 6 Comments

when Littell worries ... we do not !!

The outgoing member of the Public Utilities Commission is concerned that the independent panel is being used as a “political arm” of Republican Gov. Paul LePage to thwart wind power contracts, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press through a Freedom of Access Act Request....

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on June 3, 2015 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

A Governor who is watching out for ratepayers.

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/05/29/politics/lepage-rips-repugnant-democrats-for-delaying-vote-on-puc-nominee/

This  is the mission statement  of the PUC:

The PUC’s “mission statement” is, essentially, the statute that created the PUC and which defines its duties and responsibilities – Title 35-A of the Maine statutes.  If there is any one…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 30, 2015 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

IN MEMORIAM ,two years ago the CTFWP lost one of its founders and brilliant mind !

 in  the course of this brutal battle  some of us have left too early......

Obituary: J Dwight, 54, father, friend and columnist

Photo courtesy of…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 14, 2014 at 9:00am — 5 Comments

ANOTHER SELL-OUT OF MAINE TO THE WIND INDUSTRY ... this time BY MAINE PUBLIC ADVOCATE !!!

Maine public advocate withdraws opposition to wind energy deal

Posted May 05, 2014, at 5:29 p.m.…


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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 5, 2014 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

AGAINST THE WIND ,Bravo Crash Barry !

illustrations/Sweetgrass

Against the Wind

Crash Barry rants for the trees

by Crash Barry

There’s hope on the horizon for those of us determined to stop the industrialization of Maine’s wilderness. Reliable sources informed me last month that plans are in the works for a citizen initiative that could substantially slow, if not stop, the development of new wind-power projects atop the wooded peaks of the Pine Tree…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 4, 2014 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

A SAD DAY FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS IN MAINE

TODAY THE MAINE SENATE VOTED TO KILL LD 616.  THIS BILL WOULD HAVE SIMPLY RESTORED, TO RESIDENTS OF UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES WITHIN THE EXPEDITED WIND PERMITTING AREA,   RIGHTS ENJOYED BY 99% OF MAINE CITIZENS TO EXERCISE LOCAL CONTROL OVER LAND USES PERMITTED IN THEIR TOWNS.  IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY CLEAR THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE MAINE SENATE ACTS AT THE PLEASURE OF THE WIND INDUSTRY, NOT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE RIGHTS OF MAINE'S CITIZENS.  THANKS TO THOSE SENATORS VOTING IN THE MINORITY…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on April 3, 2014 at 3:37pm — 3 Comments

LETTER SENT BY DEP TO FIRST WIND IN REGARDS OF NEW FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENTS !!!!!

STATE OF MAINE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PAUL R. LEPAGE PATRICIA W. AHO GOVERNOR COMMISSIONER AUGUSTA BANGOR PORTLAND PRESQUE ISLE 17 STATE HOUSE…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on April 3, 2014 at 10:29am — 5 Comments

LD 1750 being discussed at the EUT committee today !!! THE FUTURE OF MAINE WIND PERMITTING.

Listen today LIVE at EUT work session discussion on LD 1750, An Act to "amend  the administrative procedure and to clarify Maine wind energy law".

The EUT committee can  postpone, table, adjourn - but the fight  never  stops  and  more and  more  people  are aware of the game this committee has been playing ignoring the grievances  of Maine citizens regarding  industrial  wind power and failing to answer specific questions concerning  the false  premises and promises of wind…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on March 19, 2014 at 9:30am — 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

First Wind : money for views !

http://bangordailynews.com/2014/02/18/business/first-wind-partners-with-environmental-coalition-to-f

First Wind partners with environmental coalition to form $700,000 land conservation fund…

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on February 18, 2014 at 7:28pm — 2 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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Sign up today and lend your voice and presence to the steadily rising tide that will soon sweep the scourge of useless and wretched turbines from our beloved Maine countryside. For many of us, our little pieces of paradise have been hard won. Did the carpetbaggers think they could simply steal them from us?

We have the facts on our side. We have the truth on our side. All we need now is YOU.

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 -- Mahatma Gandhi

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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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