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The companies cited more than 2,100 megawatts of proposed wind power capacity in Northern Maine as the impetus for the project.

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So, just to be clear, CMP and Emera which operate the distribution system for just Maine electric consumers are going to coordinate their efforts to build new transmission lines in the state to ship power to southern New England. Since CMP and…

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Almost all the rules and regulations governing alternative energy in Maine are new, Joyce echoes. “While there are plenty of the generic old white men in the business world we work in, we’re all learning together. We all have equal footing.”

That means there are fewer of the barriers women often face in more traditional industries, says Juliet Brown, who also works on wind energy as chair of the Environmental Law Group at Portland’s…

Among those stunned by the agency’s move were residents of King Cove, Alaska. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell ruled in December that those in the remote fishing village could not build an 11-mile gravel road to a nearby airport because it would affect eelgrass that serves as a way-stop meal for migratory birds.

“We’d have much less impact on the birds with our road than these wind farms have on the eagles,” said Della Trumble, a spokeswoman for the King Cove…

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Any tax breaks or bribes will be quickly lost when we all have to pay for new transmission lines, and town officials go on a spending spree. It is not worth throwing one’s neighbors under a bus in support of a developer who does not even live near his proposed turbines.…

July 1, 2014

Another Billionaire Buyer for Maine Newspapers?

by Al Diamon

http://thebollard.com/2014/07/01/media-mutt-122/

First Wind's lead attorney Juliet Brown:

"The industry has some very vocal opponents who are well funded, who are very ideological, and who are motivated to show up at public hearings and legislative hearings, and that tends to be the noise that you hear," Brown says.

It's all right here:…

Let us see if we understand this correctly -- Maine Audubon acknowledges that bat colonies in Maine have been decimated and this has put human health at risk. Yet after suggesting in 2011 putting restrictions on industrial wind with regard to bat endangerment, in December 2013, Maine Audubon essentially green lighted industrial wind sprawl in Maine.

June 29, 2014…

Just say no

Clifton votes July 1 on reconstruction by the planning board of the land use ordinance. I urge voters to “just say no” to the proposed changes.

Having worked on the land use ordinance from 2005 to 2010, I am concerned that these drastic changes are for the worse. The ordinance gives many powers and responsibilities. I question the wisdom of putting so much trust in the current board. Its proposed new ordinance “fix” is seriously…

Please note that Conservation Law Foundation Ventures makes money from industrial wind, such as the developer that is trying to put tax dollar-harvesting mammoth wind turbines all over Aroostook County. See:

http://www.clfventures.org/our-results/developers/

Environmental group challenges basis for New England natural gas pipeline buildout

N.H.’s renewable energy mandates are risky

The time has come for solar and wind to compete on their own with coal and nuclear power

Canary in a coal mine: oxygen too low for developers

June 26, 2014

INDUSTRY ADDICTED TO HIGH SUBSIDIES PREPARES TO PAY PRICE…

Clifton vote

On July 1 the residents of Clifton will be voting to modify their wind power ordinance, reportedly to…

Dune Shores Tourism Association president Matthew Jelley told CBC News on Tuesday the province needs to be careful about where it allows wind turbines to go.

"For most visitors it's the primary reason, is viewscapes," said Jelley.

http://www.windaction.org/posts/20787-not-in-tourism-s-back-yard-says-p-e-i-group-of-wind-power#.WlLoEainFPY

BDN: New Maine environmental group launches anti-wind power ad campaign

First Wind sees setbacks in Maine

By Erin Ailworth

  | GLOBE STAFF   JUNE 21, 2014

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First Wind Holdings Inc., a …

LePage touts energy efficient heat source at Blaine House

The governor is installing 22 ductless pumps as the new technology gains steam.

Kasich signs bill freezing 'green' energy requirements

Gov. John Kasich has signed a measure that makes Ohio the first state to weaken its renewable energy standards, following a long and sometimes bitter debate that has put the state in a national spotlight. …

SPECIAL REPORT: VERMONT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF CRUCIAL ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND DEMAND

http://vtdigger.org/2014/06/08/special-report-vermont-smack-middle-crucial-electricity-supply-demand/