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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.
Wind project will be PSB's legacy
[Burlington Free Press, Aug. 19]
Last week, the Public Service Board made history. With the stroke of a pen, three men reversed a century of work by Vermont citizens to preserve this state’s historic landscape.
Chairman James Volz, David Cohen, and John Burke opened the door to the largest industrial ridgeline development project in our state‘s history.
Unfortunately, this will become their legacy.
This development will sit above a popular summer lake, surround a school, state parks, and public beaches, and echo through a . . .
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Plea to Governor Douglas
Dear Governor Douglas, August 15, 2007:
Last August at Luis Guzman’s fundraiser for the Ridge Protectors I heard you say you would do everything you could to see that this UPC project in Sheffield would not happen.” Too much pain for too little gain,” you rightly said. Yet over the past year the ANR and DPS, agencies of your administration, headed by your recent appointments, have been promoting this UPC project before the PSB. The ANR has signed onto a stipulation . . .
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COUNTRY AUCTION !
AMAZINGLY HIGH QUALITY ANTIQUES AND OTHER ITEMS KEEP COMING IN FOR THE AUCTION IN SHEFFIELD THIS COMING THURSDAY AT 5:00!
REMEMBER YOU CAN HAVE SUPPER IN ONE OF OUR FOUR TENTS, LISTEN TO FIDDLING MUSIC, BUY FROM THE TREASURE TENT AND BID ON SILENT AUCTION ITEMS AS WELL!!
Hundreds of wonderful advertising ephemera, 1890s to 1900s; 1760 engraving of England/Wales framed & matted; 3 prs. important early andirons, 18th & early 19th cent, ornate brass & iron; Audubon folio of 26 prints, . . .
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Reject UPC's proposed wind facility in Sheffield, Vt.
Public Service Board, Montpelier, Vermont
April 20, 2007
Re: Docket 7156
Sirs:
I have been studying the issue of industrial-scale wind turbines on the grid for four years. I have yet to see evidence that they are able to make a significant contribution that can justify their expense and intrusion.
Although wind turbines do not produce carbon dioxide or other polluting emissions, that is a meaningless accomplishment if it does not affect other sources on the grid. It appears that adding, say, 5% wind to . . .
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Why giant corporate industrial wind is a terrible idea for Vermont
As a writer and photographer, my mission is to promote knowledge and understanding about the earth and its natural history through words, images and ideas that convey a passion for nature and a sense of wonder about our planet. My most recent book is Wild New England, a Celebration of Our Region’s Natural Beauty. My next book, to be released this spring, is Thoreau’s New England. That’s the Thoreau of Walden fame, who wrote:
“In wildness is the preservation of . . .
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What I Fear (letter to state representative)
Hi Chris,
I would like to clarify what I said to you when we met at the Bridport legislative breakfast. You’d asked what my fear was. That was a good question, one worthy of some thought yet the time was not available to put that thought into it and respond to you in a useful way.
I see that we are at a crossroads regarding Vermont energy. We might be about to . . .
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Re: Post construction bird and bat fatality study at the Maple Ridge wind facility
Docket 7156: Petiton of UPC Wind for a CPG
Re: Post construction bird and bat fatality study at the Maple Ridge wind facility on the Tug Hill Plateau, Lowville, NY — 2006
March 26, 2007
Dear Ms. Hudson,
The attached, recently released, report may be of interest to the board.
Please note that the . . .
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Comments on Deerfield Wind Application, Readsboro, Vt.
Docket 7250
Petition of Deerfield Wind, LLC for a Certificate of Public Good …
January 8, 2007
II. Description of the Project
B. Wind Resource and Energy Production
11. More than two decades of wind data gathered in the site area provide confidence in the longterm average wind resource and the energy production estimates derived from it. The capacity of the Project will be up to 45 megawatts, depending on the size and number of turbines (1.5 to 3.0 MW each).
12. Based upon the estimation . . .
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The destruction of Searsburg, Vt.
Initially, we went in there in the mid 80’s — can’t remember for whom as the ownership of the projects changed hands a couple of times — and followed the trails to the summits. There were hiking trails and a forest road that seems to have gone right over the mountain ridge to the Mass. side. At the summits, three, I think, we cut the trees (about 1/2 acre each site) for the met towers. I remember discussions about the . . .
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Searsburg does not want more turbines
A wind farm is proposed for our back yard approximately 3/4 of a mile west of our back door. We already have an existing farm here in Searsburg, two miles south of our property, I can hear those machines. The noise emitting from machines due west of us would be unbearable. We have 5 abutting landowners who are very concerned, angry and scared of losing our peaceful environment.
A prehearing conference is scheduled for March 2 before the Public Service . . .
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