Alerts Archive: February 2012
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.
Action alerts, Economics, U.S. •
Source: Industrial Wind Energy Opposition
Stop the PTC in the U.S. Senate
Contact your Senators! Call the congressional switchboard at: 202-224-3121. Sample letter/telephone message: Please vote AGAINST S.2204, the bill submitted by Senator Menendez which extends the Production Tax Credit, Investment Tax Credit, and “Section 1603” Treasury Grant Program for wind energy for 1 year. Together, these programs cost taxpayers more than $14 billion annually. In return, communities have been left divided, landscapes degraded, and natural habitats destroyed — with no measurable positive change in our energy situation. Again, I urge you . . .
Controvento. Il tesoro che il Sud non sa di avere
Against the wind: The treasure the South doesn’t know it has — What hides behind the great wind power affair — Nella vita di Antonio Colucci entrano un giorno, ospiti scomode e inattese, le pale eoliche. Nel suo mondo arcaico quelle pale si muovono senza un perché. Del resto è una ricchezza improvvisa e sconosciuta apparsa nel Sud dell’Italia, dove le pianure non danno da vivere. Ai sindaci il vento piace perché rappresenta una piccola pensione sociale collettiva. Pochi soldi, . . .
Please help protect the health of people living near wind turbines!
RECOGNIZING THAT YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE… PLEA: Your presence is urgently needed tomorrow, Tuesday, February 14th, at the State House in Boston, to protest the government’s attempt to permit wind turbines too close to people’s homes. This in an indoor event. [Also Thursday, February 16, in Bourne and Tuesday, February 28, in Lee:] DEP MEETINGS: Please attend any and all of these meetings. The one tomorrow on Beacon Hill is most important. Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:00 a.m. . . .
Action alerts, Protests, Scotland •
Source: Stop Highland Windfarms Campaign
Stop Highland Windfarms – March!
If you are opposed to the continuing proliferation of windfarms in Scotland COME AND JOIN US ON 3rd MARCH IN INVERNESS to lobby at the Scottish Liberal Democrats Conference Westminster MPs are expected to be there. Westminster makes the policy regarding funding wind farm development and is directly responsible for what is happening to our communities and environment. YOU are paying for it all via YOUR electricity bill and electricity costs passed to YOU by industry. ASSEMBLE AT INVERNESS CASTLE . . .
Wind Wise Radio
Internet Wind Energy Talk — Every Sunday Evening [Click here for archives at National Wind Watch.] Infrasound and Adverse Health Effects. Ambrose and Rand. Sunday, February 12, 2012, 7:00-8:00PM Join us for the first edition of Wind Wise Radio when we will be delighted to welcome Stephen Ambrose and Robert Rand, professional acousticians, members of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering, and the authors of “The McPherson Infrasound and Low Frequency Noise Study” which investigated the possible relationship between infrasound . . .
Spinning a Green Yarn — Another Inconvenient Truth
Published: Jan. 23, 2012 Tall gleaming white towers and intimidating gleaming white blades, creating energy from out of thin air — what could be more wholesome for the environment, wildlife, humankind, and the planet?! This book will help you to have a better understanding of the full impact of commercial wind power on the environment. Read this book and see if the facts mesh with your beliefs! “Green” Energy from Commercial Wind Power — Really? What are you thinking when . . .
Stop wind energy subsidies TODAY
We are at a CRITICAL crossroads. The future of the main wind energy subsidies — primarily the Production Tax Credit (PTC), but also the 1603 Treasury Grant program — is likely to be resolved (for now) as part of a payroll tax deal. The payroll tax cut was extended at the end of last year for 2 months, so a deal, if one is to be made, must be worked out by Wednesday, February 29. [Feb. 15: The PTC was . . .
