Guayanilla, Puerto Rico — La Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco invita a la prensa y a la ciudadanía en general a una conferencia de prensa sobre el proyecto industrial de molinos de viento propuesto en el bosque seco por la empresa Windmar, este martes, 29 de enero de 2008 a las 12:00 del medio día en el Hotel Normandie en San Juan.

[The Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco invites the press and the general public to a press conference on the industrial wind turbine project proposed in the Bosque Seco by the Windmar company, this Tuesday, 29 January 2008 at 12:00 noon in the Hotel Normandie, San Juan.]

La Coalición presentará documentos que evidencian las denuncias sobre el patrón de violaciones a las leyes y reglamentos ambientales.

Los documentos revelan un patrón de complicidad por parte de altos funcionarios de varias agencias para beneficiar el proyecto. Los documentos demuestran que se ha ocultado o manipulado evidencia para facilitar la concesión fraudulenta de endosos, permisos, contratos y cambios de zonificación.

Durante la actividad, se entregará información sobre las irregularidades del proyecto Windmar a los periodistas y a los conferenciantes que participarán en el seminario sobre energía eólica auspiciado por la Asociación de Industriales y la Administración de Asuntos de Energía de 8:00AM a 4:30PM en el Hotel Normandie.

27 de enero de 2008

Contacto:
José F. Sáez Cintrón, Portavoz
Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco
jsaezcintron@yahoo.com
www.coalicionventanasverraco.org

David Brandes is an Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Lafayette College in Easton . He is also a Visiting Scientist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary where he is developing a raptor migration model to predict low-risk locations for wind turbines (funded by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Wild Resource Conservation Fund). He is part of a collaboration of scientists using satellite telemetry and modeling to learn more about golden eagle migration and wintering behavior throughout the Appalachian region (see www.aviary.org/csrv/goldeneagles.php).

He is also the founder of the Tussey Mountain Spring Eagle Watch near State College and has authored a variety of papers and presentations on golden eagle migration, raptor migration modeling, and the potential impacts of windpower development on migrating raptors in the Appalachian region.

The program will be held in East Stroudsburg University ’s Moore Biology Building lecture hall. The Conservation Through Education Lecture Series is funded by the Kettle Creek Environmental Fund.

“Jon Boone has done extensive research about claims made by the wind industry, and his film “Life Under a Windplant” has been seen internationally. Wind development is a hot issue in our area, and we’re very fortunate that Jon has agreed to visit Chautauqua County,” said Rev. Paul J. Coran from CCCRWP.

Jon Boone has been a formal intervener in two Maryland Public Service Commission hearings. He produced and directed the documentary, Life Under a Windplant, which has been freely distributed within the United States and many countries throughout the world. He also developed the website Stop Ill Wind, where anyone can read his complete direct testimony, with many related documents, in the Synergics wind case before the Maryland Public Service Commission. He seeks informed, effective public policy that avoids wishful thinking because it is aware of the unintended adverse consequences flowing from uninformed decisions.

His 2006 speech The Wayward Wind, given in Wyoming County, NY will be published next year by McGraw Hill, as will his recent scholarly essay, Less for More: The Rube Goldberg Nature of Industrial Wind Development.

A lifelong environmentalist, Jon helped create the North American Bluebird Society and has been a consultant with the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in Chautauqua County. He is a former university administrator and now a painter/artist who receives no income from his work on wind technology.

Westfield Academy and Central School is located at 203 East Main Road (US Route 20) in Westfield, NY. For more information, one may call 716-326-7572. The lecture is open to all.

This press release is also posted online at www.advocatesforarkwright.blogspot.com.