Comments - FMM attacks Maine Audubon on ties to industrial wind and flawed report - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T09:00:02Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A52959&xn_auth=no"Ole Amundsen III said his re…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-12-18:4401701:Comment:871382016-12-18T17:43:47.662ZEric A. Tuttlehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/EricATuttle
<p>"<font color="#FF0000"><span>Ole Amundsen III said his resignation was a “very difficult” decision based on quality of life. He’s been making a </span><strong>2½-hour round trip daily from his home in Waterville on Interstate 95</strong><span> and an increasingly congested Interstate 295 – a commute that contributed to a very busy year professionally and personally."</span></font></p>
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<p align="justify">I am not sure if this person gets paid, compensated in other ways, or if the gaft…</p>
<p>"<font color="#FF0000"><span>Ole Amundsen III said his resignation was a “very difficult” decision based on quality of life. He’s been making a </span><strong>2½-hour round trip daily from his home in Waterville on Interstate 95</strong><span> and an increasingly congested Interstate 295 – a commute that contributed to a very busy year professionally and personally."</span></font></p>
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<p align="justify">I am not sure if this person gets paid, compensated in other ways, or if the gaft ran out, but,,,,, My first <strong><em><font color="#0000FF">year</font></em></strong> at Edwards Systems Technology, later GE then United Technologies, came down to a job which paid some insurance and food for the table. Traveling and allowing for bad weather or other unexpected problems to ensure being there every day and on time, my travel was 2 hours each way. (4 hours per day (80 miles RT)). The insurance was nothing, so Cobra was my only option resulting in a $7 per week paycheck after Gas for travel and Insurance of nearly $1000 per month.</p>
<p align="justify">It was a year to the day, before I took home a meaningful paycheck, though still underpaid considering I had replaced 3 workers with my ability to provide a higher output. Luckily I had taken my mothers advice and planned ahead for such a time. </p>
<p align="justify">So I feel <strong>SORRY "NOT"</strong> for this person if he expected greater financial rewards. A possible reason for the resignation ?</p>
<p align="justify"> </p> Audubon cannot reveal anythin…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-12-18:4401701:Comment:870432016-12-18T17:12:26.951ZJim Wiegandhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/JimWiegand
<p>Audubon cannot reveal anything truthful because of Gag orders/non-disclosure agreements tied to financial arrangements with wind interests. The truth is that Audubon leaders are sell out scum, which means they should never be quoted in the media.</p>
<p>Audubon cannot reveal anything truthful because of Gag orders/non-disclosure agreements tied to financial arrangements with wind interests. The truth is that Audubon leaders are sell out scum, which means they should never be quoted in the media.</p> Maine Audubon exec resigns af…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2016-12-18:4401701:Comment:873022016-12-18T15:52:06.828ZLong Islanderhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/LongIslander
<p><strong>Maine Audubon exec resigns after less than a year on the job</strong></p>
<p>Ole Amundsen III said his resignation was a “very difficult” decision based on quality of life. He’s been making a <strong>2½-hour round trip daily from his home in Waterville on Interstate 95</strong> and an increasingly congested Interstate 295 – a commute that contributed to a very busy year professionally and personally.…</p>
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<p><strong>Maine Audubon exec resigns after less than a year on the job</strong></p>
<p>Ole Amundsen III said his resignation was a “very difficult” decision based on quality of life. He’s been making a <strong>2½-hour round trip daily from his home in Waterville on Interstate 95</strong> and an increasingly congested Interstate 295 – a commute that contributed to a very busy year professionally and personally.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/16/maine-audubon-exec-to-leave-after-less-than-a-year-on-the-job/">http://www.pressherald.com/2016/12/16/maine-audubon-exec-to-leave-a...</a></p>
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<p><span>Waterville and Maine Audubon headquarters in Falmouth are about 70 miles apart via I-95 and 295, meaning the above mentioned driving would appear to represent a weekly commute of 700 miles, assuming five days of commutation per week. While Maine Audubon advocates placement of thousands of industrial wind turbines throughout Maine's countryside to combat CO2 emissions, it can be noted that a full 50% of CO2 emissions in Maine derive from driving whereas only 10.81% derive from electricity production. </span></p>
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<p><span>Read more:</span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-audubon-excecutive-director-resigns-after-less-than-a-year-" target="_blank">http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/maine-audubon-excecutive-director-resigns-after-less-than-a-year-</a></span></p> Follow the money.
Why would…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-03-13:4401701:Comment:624062015-03-13T13:05:08.182ZBarbara Durkinhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/BarbaraDurkin
<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Follow the money. </p>
<p>Why would Mass Audubon "support" Cape Wind when MAS staff scientists arrived at up to 6,600 avian mortalities per year by Cape Wind. This is the equivalent of up to 6,600 violations of strict liability criminal statutes protecting the birds of Nantucket Sound that MAS endorses. See (page 9.) This testimony can no longer be found on the MAS Website-</p>
<p>Mass Audubon comments on Cape Wind DEIS on February 23, 2005 to U.S. Army…</p>
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<div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Follow the money. </p>
<p>Why would Mass Audubon "support" Cape Wind when MAS staff scientists arrived at up to 6,600 avian mortalities per year by Cape Wind. This is the equivalent of up to 6,600 violations of strict liability criminal statutes protecting the birds of Nantucket Sound that MAS endorses. See (page 9.) This testimony can no longer be found on the MAS Website-</p>
<p>Mass Audubon comments on Cape Wind DEIS on February 23, 2005 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District -- Reference File No. NAE-2004-338-1, EOEA No. 12643:</p>
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<p>"<i>By utilizing other bird mortality data provided in the DEIS, Mass Audubon staff scientists arrived at avian mortalities that ranged from 2,300 to 6,600 collision deaths per year."</i></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/MassAudubon-CapeWindDEIS.pdf" target="_blank"><font face="arial" color="black" size="2"><font size="2">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/MassAudubon-CapeWindDEIS.pdf</font></font></a></p>
<p><font face="arial" color="black" size="2"><font size="2">Mass Audubon uses contract language and offers their "support" position of Cape Wind during permit review provided that there is a Cape Wind Adaptive Management Monitoring and Mitigation contract "funded by Cape Wind". While Mass Audubon was involved in the Cape Wind permit review process, they failed to remain objective...for a reason. </font></font></p>
<p>Published: March 28, 2006</p>
<p><i>A Cape Wind Challenge To Get It Right </i></p>
<p><i>by Taber Allison and Jack Clarke</i></p>
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<p><i>"<b><u>MASS AUDUBON CHALLENGES the developer of Cape Wind and its permitting agencies to accept comprehensive and rigorous monitoring and mitigation</u></b></i> <i>conditions that will reduce the risk to birds and other wildlife. <u>If these conditions are adopted, and remaining data gaps are addressed, Mass Audubon will support Cape Wind</u>, the largest, clean, renewable-energy project in the Northeast..."</i></p>
<p><i>"...<b><u>Monitoring and mitigation should be funded by Cape Wind</u></b> with contributions from independent institutions and government agencies as appropriate."</i></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=320&type=editorial" title="http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=320&type=editorial">http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=320&type=editorial</a> </p>
<p>Mass Audubon will "implement" Adaptive Management estimated by Altamont parties to have a value of $3 million "start-up", and $1 million per year continuing at least three years post- construction per Mass Audubon's terms as a Cape Wind permit reviewing entity. </p>
<p><b><i>MA Audubon Announces their intent to implement Adaptive Management for the Cape Wind Project "funded by Cape Wind". </i></b></p>
<p><i>Mass Audubon "What's New? June 25, 2010 press release, excerpt:</i></p>
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<p><b><i>"Next Steps for Mass Audubon participation</i></b><i><br/></i> <i>Mass Audubon will continue to analyze and report on Cape Wind through:</i></p>
<p><i>1. MMS’ OCS lease arrangement;</i><i><br/></i> <i>2. ACOE Section 10 permit issued under the US Rivers and Harbors Act;</i> <i><br/></i> <i>3. EMS adaptive management plan; and</i> <i><br/></i> <i>4. Avian monitoring and mitigation plan implementation during the construction and three year post-construction phases of the project."</i></p>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=1482&type=press" target="_blank" title="http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=1482&type=press"><b><i>http://www.massaudubon.org/news/index.php?id=1482&type=press</i></b></a></p>
<p><b><i>Maybe Maine Audubon is just as interested in counting carcasses as Mass Audubon is. While the federal regulator, USFWS, informed that the technology to count carcasses over water, Nantucket Sound, simply does not exist. <br/></i></b></p>
</div> Note, this article is dated 1…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2015-03-13:4401701:Comment:623692015-03-13T03:37:58.091ZDonald Moorehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/DonaldMoore410
Note, this article is dated 12/12/13 and FMM board members quoted are no longer on the FMM board.
Note, this article is dated 12/12/13 and FMM board members quoted are no longer on the FMM board. Thank you for posting this.tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2013-12-13:4401701:Comment:527852013-12-13T05:13:16.246ZBrad Blakehttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/BradBlake
<p>Thank you for posting this.</p>
<p>Thank you for posting this.</p>