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BOWERS PROJECT DEFEATED!!

AN EPIC FAIL FOR FIRST WIND

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision denying Champlain Wind LLC's appeal concerning a permit for its Bowers Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp. Champlain Wind is a subsidiary of Maine's largest wind developer, First Wind. The decision marks the end of a six year process of hearings and appeals which pitted the wind developer against local residents, professional guides, traditional sporting camp owners and loyal visitors to Maine's famed Downeast Lakes Region. Spearheading the opposition was the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed (PPDLW).

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Mass Offshore Wind Energy Bills: Massive Increases

By 2004, Massachusetts completed the Climate Protection Plan to address climate mitigation goals. .Politicians and the news media over the years acted as cheerleaders, reducing fossil fuel production before it could be replaced by renewable energy. The political agenda against fossil fuels required prioritizing action on a scale equivalent to a major war. .Governor Deval…See More
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Maine Democrats and High Electric Bills

The net carbon zero debate in the EUT Committee continues to interrupt the advancement of the golden energy age of Maine because of a majority of Democrats. Democrats on the Committee have convinced themselves that wind, solar and battery storage will provide Maine with low cost, emission free electricity, while Republicans have decided a common sense, realistic approach that produces  low cost, reliable electricity can be had without extrasential harm to the atmosphere.  The Democrats, except…See More
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"Trump should recover all government legal expenses from these loser, environmental groups and make them open their books revealing who donated to them and who they have made donations to."
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U.S. Senator Shows in Tucker Carlson Interview that he’s Learning Fast About 9/11

Craig McKee May 29, 2025In addition to the ongoing efforts of former congressman Curt Weldon to get a presidential commission to reinvestigate 9/11, we now have Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson, who is openly calling for this “seminal” event to be re-examined.Johnson appeared this week on The Tucker Carlson Show. The two-hour interview, posted on Carlson’s YouTube channel yesterday, focused on 9/11 for about 15 minutes (this section starts at about one hour and 32 minutes in). Not only does…See More
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Willem Post posted a blog post

Over-reliance on Unreliable Wind/Solar Makes Widespread Blackout Nightmares More Likely

Over-reliance on Unreliable Wind/Solar Makes Widespread Blackout Nightmares More Likelyhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/over-reliance-on-unreliable-wind-solar-makes-widespread-blackoutBy Gary Abernathy.Imagine taking the subway to work when the train comes to a sudden halt halfway between scheduled stops. You pull out your smartphone to go online and see what…See More
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Clean Energy Faces Hard Market Truths
"Dirigo Solar pleads with the EUT Committee to expedite LD 597, a Power Purchase Proposal to be issued by the PUC because of the "Big, Beautiful Bill". Not surprisingly, the Democrats were receptive to keeping the bill as an emergency bill…"
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Who is EDPR?

EDPR, hoping to build Maine's largest wind factory in The County, likes to say they're from Texas. Click on the box above and you'll see their parent, Energias de Portugal is owned by China Three Gorges which is owned by the People's Republic of China. Protect the United States Treasury from foreign subsidy feeders and protect The County - just say NO.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Three_Gorges_Corporation

Maine Governor's Energy Office's Patrick Woodcock letter seemingly endorsing EDPR's Number Nine wind project.

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NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View The PDF document at the following link put NRCM's own published CO2 information into the perspective of the Maine woods and shows the terrible tradeoff that is industrial wind in Maine.  

Putting Maine's Wind Power Goals into Proper Perspective

 

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Has anyone got any research data or articles or studies on infrasound and wind turbines ?  Is it a coincidence wind developers compare turbine sound with refrigerators ? ...................................…Continue

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    CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

     

    Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

    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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