BDN: Darkness as a tourist draw? Believe it

St. Clair, whose family donated more than 87,000 acres of northern Maine land that was designated a national monument a year ago, said he and others reached out to the International Dark-Sky Association, which works toward protecting places where traditional dark skies still exist. The group also certifies (after a two-year process) sites that qualify as officially dark.

http://outthere.bangordailynews.com/2017/07/07/outdoor-recreation/d...

Drop a note to the International Dark-Sky Association:

http://www.darksky.org/contact/

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LD11

http://www.legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/bills_124th/chapters/R...

LD 11 - Resolve to Encourage the Preservation of Dark Skies (FINAL dark skies report)

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/municipalplanning/docs/final_dark_skies_...

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Comment by Jim Lutz on July 8, 2017 at 3:07pm

We used to have a Dark Sky at our camp, 3 miles removed from the nearest electric pole, where we used to be able to marvel at the incredible number of stars visible. The nearest street light was 6 miles away (only one) and all our camps only had kerosine lamps and candles. Then the wind turbines came across the lake, 500 foot poles with constantly flashing red lights and strobes on the MET tower. They run from sundown to sunup so no more Dark Sky. If they had their way, they would line the AAppalachian Triail with turbines. Keep up the fight againt big wind.

 

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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 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."

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