Alerts Archive: October 2009
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.
Calling all artists/photographers/crafts-people
www.artistsagainstwindfarms.com is a website that unites artists from around the world in the fight to save our most precious landscapes and wild places from destruction by industrial wind power stations. If you have not communicated with us before and would like to display an image of your work, or write a piece for us, either on the website or the new blog, artistsagainstwindfarms.blogspot.com, please contact us through the Contact Link on the website Home Page. We also welcome contributions from . . .
Dixmont Turbines
Turbines may soon be on Dixmont’s Hills.
Vulture Fatally Collides With Wind Turbine Blade
This 30-second video was posted on You Tube October 27, 2009, by “jianis19″. It records a vulture flying into the blade of an operating wind turbine in Lendas, Crete. Hit “play” button below, or click here to view or download as a 2-MB MP4 file.
California, Emissions, Environment, Videos, Wildlife •
Source: Peña Productions
They’re Not Green (documentary film)
For a period extending over thirty years, the wind power industry, its lobbyists and a host of U.S. politicians have promoted “wind power” as “clean and green.” The color of green does loom large in this cozy arrangement, but it is the color of $$$$$, not clean air. This thoroughly researched documentary film examines the environmental effects of wind power, including its limited impact upon reducing CO2 emissions, its potentially negative health implications and its contributions to soil erosion due . . .
Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment
Nina Pierpont: Wind Turbine Syndrome: A Report on a Natural Experiment (Santa Fe, NM: K-Selected Books, November 2009). windturbinesyndrome.com “This is an extraordinary book. It is personal and passionate, which makes it compelling reading. But it is much more—authoritative, meticulous, and scholarly. … It clearly takes its place as the leading work on the topic.” —Robert Y. McMurtry, MD, FRCS (C), FACS. Former Dean of Medicine and Dentistry at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, . . .
Energy, Environment, Health, Noise, Presentations, Vermont •
Source: Vermonters for a Clean Environment
Wind and Energy Forum
Vermonters for a Clean Environment is hosting an upcoming discussion on wind and energy issues in Rutland County and Vermont: West Rutland Town Hall, Thursday, October 22nd, 7 – 9 p.m. Presentation topics include: Siting Wind Turbines to Prevent Health Risks from Sound Richard R. James, INCE Can Industrial Wind Turbines Affect Your Health? Carmen M.E. Krogh, BscPharm Can Vermont Meet Renewable Energy and Climate Change Goals Without Ridge Top Wind? Kevin B. Jones, PhD A social hour, with light . . .
Bureau County to sue Iberdrola for road repairs
The following press statement was issued last evening by the Board of Bureau County, Illinois. The actions of Iberdrola have also prompted some board members to petition the Illinois Attorney General to draft a document similar to the recent New York Wind Energy Code of Conduct. For weeks, the Bureau County Board has attempted to resolve with Iberdrola Renewables the dispute concerning the road repairs necessitated by the construction of the Providence Heights wind farm. Last week, Iberdrola Renewables rejected . . .
