Alerts Archive: February 2010
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.
Advertisements, Aesthetics, Economics, Essays, Health, Law, Vermont •
Source: Lowell Mountain Group
A ‘No’ Vote at Lowell Town Meeting, March 2
To the people of Lowell: Attending all the informational meetings in Lowell concerning the current effort to erect 400 foot wind turbines, covering several miles of the Lowell Mountain ridge line, leaves me troubled by the questions that have not been answered – perhaps not even asked yet. When we meet as a community we should always look at that underlying question; How will we offer our children and grandchildren a life, here in our towns, with a decent standard . . .
Public meetings in Ontario – Southpoint Wind
Southpoint Wind has announced the proposal of a 1400MW Offshore Wind Energy Project. In accordance with Ontario Regulation 359/09 under the Green Energy and Economy Act and the Environmental Protection Act, Southpoint Wind is distributing the attached Notice of a Proposal to Engage in a Renewable Energy Project as well as the Notice(s) of Public Meeting. Southpoint Wind will be holding initial public meetings regarding the Leamington, Union, Kingsville, Colchester, Lakewood Beach, Lakeshore, Deerbrook, Lighthouse Cove, Cedar Springs, Sandison, Port . . .
Greeny Grinch Turbines
This is a letter/poem in opposition to the colossal wind turbine situation that is currently plaguing the great state of Massachusetts … all the way from the Berkshires to the Cape and Islands! They are setting new laws and precedents that will affect the ENTIRE U.S. and beware, this battle will eventually happen in YOUR own backyard too. Sooner than you think. It is spreading like wildfire. Greeny Grinch Turbines! You’re a mean one, “Greeny Grinch”! … not as environmental . . .
Health, Meetings, Noise, Presentations, Press releases, Property values, Vermont •
Source: Lowell Mountain Group
Information Meeting on Industrial Wind Turbines, February 18
(Lowell, VT) The Lowell Mountain Group is hosting an information meeting on industrial wind turbines on February 18 at the Lowell Graded School, from 7 to 9 pm. This is a rescheduling of the meeting planned for January 28th that was cancelled because of weather. The meeting includes a panel of speakers and the opportunity to ask questions about issues that keep coming up in rural communities where industrial wind projects have been sited or proposed. There will be four . . .
Save the outstanding landscape of Nant y Moch in the Cambrian Mountains
Petition: We, the undersigned, request that Scottish and Southern Energy plc drops its plans for a wind power station at Nant y Moch and that the Infrastructure Planning Commission listens to local and national objections and declines permission for such a development. We also request that the importance of this scenic landscape is recognised by the Welsh Assembly Government by dropping it from the wind energy target areas. Sign the petition Background (Preamble): One of the last truly remote, wild . . .
Action alerts, Health, Meetings, New York, Noise, Ontario •
Source: Great Lakes Regional Wind Energy Institute
Wind Turbine Syndrome: Myths and Facts
Webinar presented by the Great Lakes Regional Wind Energy Institute with support from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory [Colby and Leventhall and the audience of this webinar need to hear from the people they say don't exist about the symptoms they say aren't real.] Please join us Thursday February 11th at 11am EST for a discussion of the myths and facts behind wind turbine syndrome and how scientific research is used to both support and deny the claims made. Attendees . . .
