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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.
Appalachian Wind Energy Development & Migrating Raptors: a Collision Course?
The Conservation Through Education Lecture Series will kick off its third season on Monday, January 28, 2008, at 8:00 pm, when Dr. David Brandes visits to share what is being learned about the impacts of wind turbine proliferation and its impact on birds of prey, in particular, the golden eagle.
David Brandes is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College in Easton . He is also a Visiting Scientist at . . .
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DEP Public hearing on Shaffer Mountain available on DVD
The August 28, 2007 DEP informal meeting followed by the public hearing
on Gamesa’s proposed wind facility on Shaffer Mountain in Somerset
County, PA was videotaped and is now available for $15. The DVD is
about 5 hours long, with Gamesa’s consultants presenting powerpoints for
the first hour or so, followed by the public testimonies for the next 4
hours. The presentations by watershed groups and concerned citizens may
be helpful to citizens fighting wind projects in other areas. DEP has
not made a . . .
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Groups Across Pennsylvania Speak Out Against Industrial Wind Projects on Forested Ridges
A Press Conference has been scheduled for 12 noon on Monday September 17, 2007 in the rotunda of the Capitol in Harrisburg to protest the statewide push by the Rendell Administration to turn hundreds of miles of Pennsylvania’s forested ridge tops into industrial wind facilities.
Groups from across the state will be addressing the various concerns that wind power facilities pose to Pennsylvania’s wild areas, wildlife, tourism, historical resources, and viewscapes.
Concerned citizens from a number of Pennsylvania counties (Bedford, Blair, Somerset, . . .
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Improper Industrial Windplant Siting Threatens Pennsylvania Ridgetops
By Stan Kotala
The US Fish & Wildlife Service’s guidance document regarding “wind farm” location states:
Avoid placing turbines in areas where there are endangered species.
Avoid placing turbines in bird migration pathways.
Avoid placing turbines near known bat hibernation, breeding, and maternity colonies.
Avoid fragmenting large, contiguous tracts of wildlife habitat.
As you can see, siting industrial windplants on central Pennsylvania’s forested ridges is in violation of the criteria for acceptable locations according to the US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Download “Improper Industrial Windplant Siting Threatens . . .
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Monitoring windmills
To the editor:
In response to your recent headline, “Wind farm stirs up opposition,” the Folmont Property Owners Association supports Mr. Rick Bonomo’s call for a petition slowing the construction of industrial windmills in Brothersvalley Township.
The permitting of industrial windmills without greater study of health, safety and environmental impact is not warranted given an ever growing body of knowledge concerning the effect of these devices.
These wind factories are not your “Little Dutch Boy” models, but are rather large both in . . .
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