Various government entities, eager to show their greenness regarding global warming, passed laws to subsidize renewable power, so-called “green power”, as if there is such a thing. Some governments even passed…
Faucets don’t spit fire in “…
Long Islander's Blog – March 2011 Archive (23)
Saving bats could prevent huge U.S. farming losses
Saving bats could prevent huge U.S. farming losses
Added by Long Islander on March 31, 2011 at 9:54pm — No Comments
Unity voters overwhelmingly approve wind ordinance
Wind turbines won't come easily to Unity
BY COLIN HICKEY, Correspondent
UNITY -- Putting up a large commercial wind turbine in Unity will not be a simple matter.
Voters made sure of that Saturday at their annual Town Meeting when they overwhelming approved a 39-page…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 26, 2011 at 8:30am — No Comments
Angus King has been connected — but never officially linked — to Yale investments in the past
Yale invests in controversial Maine wind farm
Yale is notorious for keeping its endowment holdings confidential, but in early March, it did make public one long-suspected investment in a Maine wind farm.
The University joins the Department of Energy in investing in Record Hill Wind, which is building a wind farm project in Roxbury, Maine. University officials and the project’s developers say the wind farm will have economic and environmental benefits, but a…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 25, 2011 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment
Frank J. Heller: Vermont taking advantage of cheaper Quebec power
Vermont taking advantage of cheaper Quebec power
Several Vermont utilities have just signed long-term contracts with Hydro-Quebec to purchase up to 225 megawatts, nearly entirely (98 percent) generated from hydropower.
They will start in 2012 with a starting price of only 5.8 cents per kilowatt hour. This inexpensive electricity will serve approximately 200,000 homes.
The presidents of Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power said: "We…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 24, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments
Naomi Schalit and John Christie: Energy alliance spent $6,000 of state grant for database from pro-Democratic firm
Energy alliance spent $6,000 of state grant for database from pro-Democratic firm
Posted March 22, 2011, at 8:37 p.m.…
Added by Long Islander on March 23, 2011 at 12:12am — No Comments
Taxpayer Organization Charges Wind Turbine Promotion as a Scam and Stealth Tax
Added by Long Islander on March 22, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
Wind and solar energy subsidies are experiencing drastic cutbacks in many European nations and some places in the United states
Wind and solar energy subsidies are experiencing drastic cutbacks in many European nations and some places in the United states
Wind and Solar Subsidies Drying Up In Europe
- Jack Dini Saturday, March 19, 2011
Wind and solar energy subsidies are experiencing drastic cutbacks in many European nations and some places in the United…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 21, 2011 at 9:19am — No Comments
Wind Ordinances in the News Over the Last Month
A very quick look shows that no fewer than 16 Maine towns have been in the news over the past month with regard to wind ordinances.
As word gets out as to the true theft planned by the out of state interloping wind companies, it is likely that ordinances and moratoriums will become more commonplace.
If you believe your town officials are meeting secretly with wind companies, by all means speak with them and let them know your point of view. The…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 20, 2011 at 10:30am — No Comments
Washington Post's Ann Hornaday reviews ‘Windfall’
Added by Long Islander on March 18, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Huge FIRST WIND wind turbine parts travel through Vermont
Added by Long Islander on March 17, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments
Public Advocate to Central Spain Power: "STOP BULLYING MAINERS"
The next step will be "smart sockets" where this rent-seeking interloper from Spain, in part financed by the United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi National Energy Corporation and in part owned by Qatar, will simply turn off your air conditioning in the heat of the day because their wind turbines have stopped turning. Note that Iberdrola is the largest operator of wind-farms (subsidy harvesters) in the world and that they are working behind the scenes to have the law…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 16, 2011 at 5:30am — No Comments
Meet Your Maine Public Utilities Commission and Maine Public Advocate
Meet the MPUC
The Commission regulates electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water utilities to ensure that Maine consumers enjoy safe, adequate and reliable services at rates that are just and reasonable for both consumers and utilities. The Commission oversees emerging competitive markets for some of these services.
The Public Utilities Commission actively participates in Maine’s legislative activity by submitting bills and by…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 15, 2011 at 1:00am — 1 Comment
Maine Appalachian Trail Club: Wind Power Threats Continue to Expand in Maine
Maine Appalachian Trail Club newsletter - Early Spring 2011 edition
One might add that Katahdin itself is also already now seriously threatened by nearby projects that will be seen from Baxter Peak, Pamola Peak, the entire distance of the Knife Edge and other vantage…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 13, 2011 at 8:00pm — No Comments
The Energy Collective: UNIVERSITY of MAINE WIND POWER A DISMAL FAILURE?
Added by Long Islander on March 10, 2011 at 10:35pm — 2 Comments
Natural gas pipeline proposed
Posted: March 9, 2011
Natural gas pipeline proposed
BY LESLIE BRIDGERS Staff Writer
A Portland-based energy firm is proposing to construct a new 56-mile natural gas pipeline from Richmond to Madison, a $70 million project it says would benefit the environment and economic development around the region.
The outfit, Kennebec Valley Gas Company, is seeking tax breaks from 12 central Maine communities and is trying to…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 9, 2011 at 4:08pm — No Comments
Angus King and Focus the Nation
Today, at Northern Maine Community College (NMCC), Angus King talks up wind power at an event hosted by a group called "Focus the Nation".
Their website is: http://www.focusthenation.org/focus-nation
When one clicks on their interactive map, one sees that Maine has a renewables goal
of 40% by 2017. Yet if you look at where Maine is now, we are already well beyond that…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 9, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments
Maine Appalachian Club on "Cumulative Impacts" of Wind Power in Maine
Added by Long Islander on March 7, 2011 at 5:02pm — 1 Comment
Rand Stowell: Industrial wind project not right for Saddleback Ridge
Guest Columns
Industrial wind project not right for Saddleback Ridge
Published Mar 06, 2011 12:00 am | Last updated Mar 06, 2011 12:00 am
On March 10, the Department of Environmental Protection will conduct a public…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 6, 2011 at 11:18am — 4 Comments
Opponents celebrate First Wind's decision to withdraw Brimfield wind farm plan
Opponents celebrate First Wind's decision to withdraw Brimfield wind farm plan
Published: Thursday, March 03, 2011, 11:35 PM Updated: Thursday, March 03, 2011, 11:35 PM
Continue
Added by Long Islander on March 4, 2011 at 12:00am — No Comments
Connecticut: Statewide wind energy moratorium one step closer to reality
HARTFORD — Proposed wind turbine projects in Colebrook moved one step closer — to being halted in their tracks.
The Joint Energy and Technology Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly issued a favorable report on HB 6249, which would enact an immediate moratorium on wind energy projects until regulations could be…
Added by Long Islander on March 3, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
Latest Blog Posts
- John Droz, Jr: Media Balance Newsletter: September 16, 2024
- Maine manufacturers push back against rising electricity bills tied to renewable power incentives
- High-stakes pipeline talks could send Maine natural gas prices soaring
- China residents to vote on high-voltage power line ban after citizens’ petition
- New York To Pay $155 Per Megawatt Hour For Wind-Power, Current Rate Is $36 Per MWH
- PPH - Is small-scale wind power Maine’s next big thing?
- Maine PUC case on stranded costs is scratching at some unpleasant truths that lots of players don’t want scratched.
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Wind turbine shot multiple times with high-powered rifle in southern Alberta
- Breitbart - WORSE THAN SOLYNDRA: Angus King Wind Dealings
- IT HAS HAPPENED: SunEdison Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy...the Decay of Maine's Turbine Litter Formally Underway
- S. Donald Sussman, who personally incubated D.E. Shaw, longtime half owner of First Wind, sells his newspapers
- Hawaii wind player gets comeuppance in Maine
- Maine Wind Cartel Crybabies Crying Again (Portland Press Herald)
- PPH: Maine board sets stage for rejection of First Wind project
Monthly Archives
2024
2023
- December (19)
- November (20)
- October (9)
- September (17)
- August (17)
- July (22)
- June (11)
- May (12)
- April (14)
- March (19)
- February (7)
- January (10)
2022
- December (7)
- November (8)
- October (7)
- September (6)
- August (6)
- July (8)
- June (6)
- May (5)
- April (9)
- March (8)
- February (9)
- January (7)
2021
- December (13)
- November (12)
- October (11)
- September (4)
- August (6)
- July (11)
- June (8)
- May (8)
- April (8)
- March (12)
- February (7)
- January (9)
2020
- December (4)
- November (4)
- October (8)
- September (5)
- August (11)
- July (4)
- June (9)
- May (12)
- April (14)
- March (14)
- February (14)
- January (21)
2019
- December (18)
- November (11)
- October (19)
- September (11)
- August (10)
- July (16)
- June (23)
- May (13)
- April (20)
- March (27)
- February (21)
- January (15)
2018
- December (27)
- November (18)
- October (22)
- September (25)
- August (30)
- July (31)
- June (29)
- May (29)
- April (42)
- March (38)
- February (54)
- January (35)
2017
- December (20)
- November (19)
- October (21)
- September (17)
- August (20)
- July (24)
- June (20)
- May (21)
- April (39)
- March (27)
- February (21)
- January (18)
2016
- December (28)
- November (14)
- October (8)
- September (16)
- August (23)
- July (15)
- June (6)
- May (11)
- April (23)
- March (15)
- February (14)
- January (20)
2015
- December (7)
- November (12)
- October (17)
- September (1)
- August (1)
- July (1)
- May (28)
- April (33)
- March (30)
- February (27)
- January (31)
2014
- December (34)
- November (24)
- October (19)
- September (24)
- August (14)
- July (25)
- June (16)
- May (26)
- April (23)
- March (37)
- February (27)
- January (38)
2013
- December (23)
- November (34)
- October (16)
- September (27)
- August (14)
- July (20)
- June (28)
- May (26)
- April (23)
- March (33)
- February (9)
- January (15)
2012
- December (7)
- November (2)
- October (9)
- September (20)
- August (8)
- July (17)
- June (14)
- May (22)
- April (11)
- March (18)
- February (25)
- January (14)
2011
- December (12)
- November (20)
- October (29)
- September (29)
- August (19)
- July (9)
- June (14)
- May (24)
- April (20)
- March (23)
- February (12)
- January (4)
2010
- December (7)
- November (8)
- October (10)
- September (14)
- August (10)
- July (6)
- June (4)
- May (7)
- April (11)
- March (9)
- February (7)
- January (3)
2009
1999
- November (1)
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/
Not yet a member?
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.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
-- Mahatma Gandhi
"It's not whether you get knocked down: it's whether you get up."
Vince Lombardi
Task Force membership is free. Please sign up today!
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/
© 2024 Created by Webmaster.
Powered by
