Maine Guides, lodge owners honor Governor LePage for stance against wind power
Guides, lodge owners honor LePage for stance against wind power
Presentation takes place at annual retreat for financial, economics insiders
A group of economists, financial advisers, hedge fund managers and bankers come from around the world each year to participate in “Camp Kotok,” a quiet and exclusive summit atLeen’s Lodge in Grand Lake Stream, a remote plantation in Washington County.
The annual weekend retreat is a typically a low-key, relaxing and off-the-record respite for industry insiders, but this year they had a special guest: Governor Paul LePage.
Representatives of the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed, which is a local group organized to fight First Wind, and the Grand Lake Stream Guides Association, as well as local lodge owners, recognized the governor for his stance against industrial grid-scale wind power. They also asked for LePage’s help in protecting their businesses from economic harm that would result if a proposed wind project is allowed to go forward.
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Comment by freemont tibbetts on August 9, 2012 at 6:28am
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M-O-R-A-T-O-R-I-U-M !!!!!!. Yes we sure do. Penny Gray the Vice President of Harraseeket Inn, Freeport Maine. You are so right on your comment of what you say on this story. Maine Guides , lodge owners honor LePage for stance against wind power. We do need a M-O-R-A-T-O-R-I-U-M !!!!!!.
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Comment by Donna Amrita Davidge on August 8, 2012 at 10:24pm
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this is hopeful..thanks so much for sharing..
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Comment by Gary Campbell on August 8, 2012 at 7:24pm
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In the photo, that's Maine Master Guide Dale Tobey. He picked the tree, felled it, and carved that paddle. He did a great job!
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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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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