Alerts Category: Vermont
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.
Windfall screenings, Jan. 14 & 20
Saturday, January 14: Windfall Screening Time: 7:00 PM Price: free Location: Craftsbury Public Library, Craftsbury Common, Vt. Description: The Craftsbury Public Library is partnering with the Ridge Protectors to bring a screening of the movie Windfall to Craftsbury on Saturday, January 14, at 7PM. Wind power… it’s sustainable… it burns no fossil fuels…it produces no air pollution. What’s more, it cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That’s what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a . . .
Mountaintop Open House planned for Lowell wind project construction site
The Lowell Mountain Occupiers will hold a second “Mountaintop Open House” on the ridgeline adjacent to the Lowell Wind Project on Sunday, December 4th. “The purpose of the Open House is to allow people to see what’s happening on the mountain and have their questions answered in a non-judgmental, non-confrontational setting,” says organizer Anne Morse. Individuals with a wide range of interests and questions may wish to attend: those in favor of wind power but conflicted about ridgeline development; concerned . . .
Lowell Mountains Open House
You Are Invited! To attend an Open House to view Green Mountain Power’s crane path construction site on the Lowell Mountains. Meet in front of the Craftsbury Public Library at 11:30 am Sunday November 13. [Click here for map.] We will carpool to the base of the mountain and hike up. Details: Wear bright colors (it’s hunting season), hiking shoes or rubber boots; (the trail is muddy and steep). Bring warm layers, raingear, a wool or pile hat, daypack with . . .
Ridges Are Not Renewable!
Industrial wind projects are presented as a “green” way to produce energy. But standing on top of one of the world’s oldest mountains, watching forest and stone get blown away to make room for these behemoths — that tells a different story. There is no way to “un-blast” a ridge. Corporations of the world flock towards the capital these projects put in their pockets — they don’t care that they’re the most inefficient and expensive way to make clean energy, . . .
Comments, Environment, Vermont, Wildlife •
Source: Green Mountain National Forest
Green Mountain National Forest extends public comment period to Mar. 18
The Green Mountain National Forest (GMNF) recently released for public comment its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the proposed Deerfield Wind Project in the Towns of Searsburg and Readsboro. The Forest has been evaluating several alternatives in detail, including the original proposal for a 17 turbine project. Two other action alternatives are also being considered. They include development of a 7 turbine project on the ridge east of Route 8, and development of a 15 turbine project that . . .
Save Vermont’s Green Mountains – Protect the Lowell Ridgeline
Save The Lowell Mountains, Save Vermont’s Green Mountains ! www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-vermonts-green-mountains-save-the-lowell-mountains We the undersigned petition The Vermont Public Service Board To Deny the Application for Public Good made by Quebec Gaz Metro’s Green Mountain Power for the Lowell Wind/Kingdom Wind project – Dockets: 7156, 7250, 7508, 7628 The Lowell Mountains in Vermont are currently targeted by a foreign owned power company to be developed into a industrial scale wind project. Building the proposed twenty one 400ft tall turbines will require the . . .
Aesthetics, Environment, Hearings, Vermont, Wildlife •
Source: Craftsbury Conservation Commission
Speak out to protect Lowell Mountain!
Join us on Facebook – Craftsbury Conservation Commission On September 23rd, at the Lowell Grade School (route 100) in Lowell, Vermont, there is a critical Public Service Board hearing that could decide the fate of the Lowell Mountains. Speak out! “No, we will not allow the lure of tax incentives to destroy or mountain tops!” But soon it will be too late. Vermonters have fought long and hard to prohibit bill boards and keep suburban sprawl at bay. Vermonters have . . .
