Alerts Archive: May 2008
These postings are provided to help publicize the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Report of Prattsburgh, N.Y., eminent domain hearing
Edward D. Cerra of Dillenbeck Road was kind enough to provide the following summary of the May 22 public hearing in Prattsburgh concerning condemnation proceedings against the remaining property owners who have resisted signing easements for Windfarm Prattsburgh.
Owing to the large attendance, the meeting was held at the town fire hall, which was full to near capacity.
After a recap by First Wind [UPC] on the proposed location and properties involved, residents and owners were allowed three minutes each to . . .
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Windenergienutzung und Illegalität
German cases of bribery and corruption in wind energy development:
www.igsz.eu/WEK/WK1.htm
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Wind turbine syndrome study to be published
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Volksinitiative Deutschland/Brandenburg [Referendum Germany/Brandenburg]
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
Hiermit teilen wir Ihnen mit, dass eine Volksinitiative gegen die Massen-Bebauung mit Windrädern im Bundesland Brandenburg stattfindet.
Es beteiligen sich zur Zeit 16 Vereine und Initiativen im Land Brandenburg an dieser Volksinitiative.
Wir fordern:
- 1.500 m Mindest-Abstand zur Wohnbebauung
- Keine Anlagen in Naturschutzgebiete
- 10.000 m Abstand der Wind-Gebiete untereinander
20.000 Unterschriften sind notwendig. Dann muss sich der Landtag Brandenburg damit beschäftigen.
Wenn keine Regelung zum Schutz der Bevölkerung durch den Landtag beschlossen wird:
80.000 Unterschriften für einen Gesetzestext, der dann für . . .
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Liability — a sleeper issue?
A landowner writes:
I called my insurance agent and asked if my farm liability policy would defend me against a nuisance lawsuit by a neighbor related to wind turbines. The answer is no. Two other insurance companies returned the same answer. The wind contracts have carefully written hold-harmless clauses that do not commit the turbine owner to pay landowner legal costs or judgements for this. The landowner is ultimately liable if the turbine owner defaults. I . . .
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Noise recordings at Ripley wind facility
Or click here for mp4 version (7.4 MB).
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Destruction of Moore Rd, Cohocton, N.Y.
A troubling set of 33 photos:
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Eminent domain alert — Prattsburgh, N.Y.
On April 22, 2008, the Town Board of Prattburgh in Steuben County, NY, resolved to authorize the commencement of condemnation proceedings under the EDPL against eight specific landowners and against “any other property” along several specific roads in order to secure easements for transmission lines for Windfarm Prattsburgh, a “First Wind” (formerly known as UPC) project.
This hearing comes after five years of struggle. Hundreds of people have appealed to the Town Board, the DEC, NYSERDA, the PSC, the Governor, the . . .
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Pickens profits show why PTC should not be extended
Contact your congressmembers today! The U.S. House may be voting this week to extend the PTC.
T. Boone Pickens’ decision to build a “Wind Farm” shows why the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) should NOT be extended
Right now, wind industry lobbyists are pushing the US Congress to extend the highly lucrative wind “Production Tax Credit” (PTC) – an action that could shift another $3 billion [i] in tax burden from “wind farm” owners to ordinary taxpayers.
A recent decision by Texas . . .
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Economics, Impacts, Publications
Source: Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
Buy America! and Kids Sleeping — wind turbine graphics
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