Moosehead: BDN ignores the looming threat of wind projects in article about boosting economy
Based on work done by more than 100 participants during Thursday’s session, Beurle presented a plausible scenario for what the region that includes the towns of Greenville, Monson and Rockwood could look like in 2030, with the goal to have a more diversified economy and a greater number of permanent and semi-permanent residents in 13 years.
The future scenario features a 20-25 percent increase in the population, with 1,000 more residents — many aged 25-44 — as well as more diversity in schools, the workforce and community. All of this is based on attracting 400,000 yearly day and overnight visitors, up from 200,000 currently.
Beurle said other components of the vision would be to maintain the natural and cultural characteristics of the region, have Moosehead Lake become “America’s Crown Jewel” as part of an ongoing branding initiative, and protect the unique environment of the area.
Read the full article:
http://bangordailynews.com/2017/03/10/business/moosehead-region-sta...
Note that the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation is coordinating this. See:
http://www.twg-lx.info/php/docs/Think%20Tank%20Information.pdf where you will see the name John Cleveland, founder of Community Dynamics Corporation, who was co-chair of the EUT Committee.
MOOSEHEAD LAKE REGION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP DIRECTORS 2017 include Luke Muzzy (Plum Creek Weyerhauser) and Baldacci's wind law helper Karin Tilberg, onetime (and perhaps still) Plum Creek supporter Joe Diangelo among others.
http://www.mooseheadlakeedc.com/about
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Comment by Donna Amrita Davidge on March 11, 2017 at 8:20pm
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Crooked thinking
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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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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