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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

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Added by Long Islander on May 12, 2013 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

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

By LANCE TAPLEY  |  May 10, 2013



EXCERPT:

It's a class thing, Jim Freeman…

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Added 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

By Michael Harris, Online Editor, HydroWorld.com 

May 8, 2013   |   2 Comments…
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Added by Long Islander on May 10, 2013 at 6:17pm — 1 Comment

BDN - Governor LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law

LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law

Posted May 09, 2013, at 5:53 p.m.…
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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

BDN - Proposed sale of Maine’s largest power plant a sign of region’s changing energy market

Proposed sale of Maine’s largest power plant a sign of region’s changing energy market…



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Added by Long Islander on May 5, 2013 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Connecticut Moving Towards Large Hydro as a Renewable?

State energy bill passes Senate, moves to House

Updated 10:53 pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2013…
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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…

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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 3:15pm — 1 Comment

Timothy Schneider Approved by Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee to Serve as Public Advocate

Maine Government News

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Timothy Schneider Approved by Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee to Serve as Public Advocate

May 1, 2013

Governor's Office

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 1

Contact: Adrienne Bennett, Press Secretary (207) 287-2531

AUGUSTA – Governor Paul R. LePage today congratulated Timothy Schneider of Portland to serve as the…

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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2013 at 11:11am — 2 Comments

BDN - Opponents of Bowers Mountain wind site complain about effect on views

Opponents of Bowers Mountain wind site complain about effect on views…

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2013 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Earth Day postmark stirs up wind opponents

Earth Day postmark stirs up wind opponents

By   /   April 30, 2013  /   4 Comments…

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2013 at 11:10am — 2 Comments

After Three Fires, First Wind Fends Off Safety Concerns - Fox Guarding Hen House?

After Fire, Kahuku Wind Farm Fends Off Safety Concerns

 

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Added by Long Islander on May 1, 2013 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

BDN - Maine DEP holds first public hearing for Bowers Mountain wind project

Maine DEP holds first public hearing for Bowers Mountain wind project

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Added by Long Islander on April 30, 2013 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

Battle lines drawn over proposed Maine wind farm Environmentalists back the Bowers Wind project (MST)

Battle lines drawn over proposed Maine wind farm (Maine Sunday Telegram)

Environmentalists back the Bowers Wind project, while backcountry guides and sporting camp owners will oppose it at hearings this week.

http://www.pressherald.com/news/-Environmentalists-fight-for-100M-Maine-wind-farm.html

Added by Long Islander on April 29, 2013 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

BDN: Turbine fire illuminates need for reporting mandate

In this opinion piece the Bangor Daily News writes: "Objective, publicly accessible data, not politically motivated guesswork, should drive that debate". 

Is the Bangor Daily News cognizant of the fact that the expedited wind law that paved the way for wind in this poor wind state against the will of the…

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Added by Long Islander on April 27, 2013 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

First Wind - Wind Lobbyist's Acoustics Expert Witness Tells Panel Health Concerns are "All Made-up and Make Believe"

Lobbyist for wind power apologizes to Vt. panel

By DAVE GRAM
Associated Press /  April 24, 2013
 

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A lobbyist for an industry…

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Added by Long Islander on April 25, 2013 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

U.S. States Turning Against Renewable Portfolio Standards as Natural Gas Plunges

U.S. States Turning Against Renewable Portfolio Standards as Gas Plunges

By Christopher Martin, Bloomberg 

April 23, 2013
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Added by Long Islander on April 24, 2013 at 3:45pm — 1 Comment

DEP promises lengthy hearing for Bowers Mountain wind project

DEP promises lengthy hearing for Bowers Mountain wind project

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Added by Long Islander on April 22, 2013 at 6:26pm — No Comments

LePage Spins Windmill Conspiracy Theory (Bangor Daily News)

The attack on the Governor appears at:

http://thetippingpoint.bangordailynews.com/2013/04/18/state-politics/lepage-windmill-conspiracy-theory/

The real windmill conspiracy, one aimed at the people of Maine, was created by Governor John Baldacci and his then PUC Chair, Kurt Adams,…

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Added by Long Islander on April 18, 2013 at 11:00pm — No Comments

BDN - Frankfort residents vote against settling wind energy lawsuit

Frankfort residents vote against settling wind energy lawsuit

By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff

Posted April 15, 2013, at 6:05 p.m.…
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Added by Long Islander on April 15, 2013 at 7:35pm — 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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