Herbicides Used by Industrial Wind - a warning for all

Stopping the ecological devastation of pristine wilderness, loss of habitat and death of many of our fellow creatures, and the anguish of those impacted in the shadows of these giant monoliths must take on a new urgency.

Much has been written about the blasting, the clearcutting, transmission lines, access roads and the destructive process needed to set up the massive turbines. What I would like to focus on are the herbicides used to prohibit new growth and kill off existing growth or to stunt it much like we see every day under transmission lines that crisscross our state.

I came across this article, Silent Spring has Sprung, by Randall Amster on the Common Dreams website:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/03/20

When you get a chance, please read it. If the herbicides being sprayed on our mountain ridges contain atrazine we may all be in for an ecological disaster, as if it weren't already. We need to find out but I have no idea who would know or if they did, would tell us the truth.

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Comment by Joanne Moore on March 22, 2010 at 1:58pm
Lots of info here about glyphosate and Roundup:

http://www.forestecologynetwork.org/herb.htm
Comment by Joanne Moore on March 21, 2010 at 9:41pm
Exactly! And if memory serves me, there are laws against polluting wells. Of course, when it comes to laws, this whole state government is overlooking most environmental laws in favor of industrial wind.
Comment by Lisa Lindsay on March 21, 2010 at 8:35pm
Yep. Certainly wouldn't want to be down the hill from that. I think of streams and wells.
Comment by Joanne Moore on March 20, 2010 at 9:57pm
Thanks, Lisa! It might help if we can find out the company doing the spraying - probably several local ones in different areas, name on the side of the truck, that sort of thing. I am very concerned about pregnant mothers or soon to be pregnant mothers downwind of the spraying.
Comment by Lisa Lindsay on March 20, 2010 at 7:00pm
I can work on that a bit. I'll let you know if I find anything.

 

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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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