Alerts Category: Action alerts
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, Comments, Health, Oregon •
Source: Oregon Public Health Division
Oregon Wind Energy Health Impact Assessment
Draft report released January 3, 2012 The Oregon Public Health Division spent the last year responding to questions from the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), local health departments, and community members in Eastern Oregon about the potential health impacts of wind energy facilities on Oregon communities. The draft Wind Energy Health Impact Assessment is a tool to help community members, elected officials and ODOE understand and respond to health-related questions about wind energy developments in Oregon. This initial HIA on . . .
Action alerts, Aesthetics, Campaigns, Economics, Fundraisers, Impacts, New York, Noise, Property values •
Source: Protect Richfield
We Have 20 Days to Stop Industrial Wind Turbines in Our Area!
We Have 20 Days to Stop Industrial Wind Turbines in Our Area!!!! 492 ft. Industrial Wind Turbines Do Not Have To Be Our Future Our area will be forever changed if we allow this project to go forward We don’t have to have it – and we don’t need it Turbines today – Fracking tomorrow We believe town laws have been disregarded – and we won’t stand for it! Remember 6 turbines will be only the beginning – Don’t let . . .
Oppose Extension of Production Tax Credit (and 1603 Grant Program)
H.R.3307, “American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011″, was introduced in the House of Representatives on Nov. 2, 2011, and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. The Production Tax Credit (PTC) currently provides 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity production for 10 years and is the primary means of tax avoidance that makes wind development so lucrative for big energy companies and investors. It is scheduled to expire for wind at the end of . . .
Tell the deficit reduction committee to end wind subsidies
Go to http://deficitreduction.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact to tell the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to end federal subsidies to industrial wind, which totaled $5 billion in 2010. Large-scale wind has been shown to cause significant harm to wildlife, people, and the environment. And because of its intermittency and high variability, it does little or nothing to reduce carbon or other emissions. Here is a list of federal programs that subsidize large-scale wind energy: Modified accelerated cost-recovery system and bonus depreciation (5-year depreciation . . .
Action alerts, Comments, U.S., Wildlife •
Source: Save the Eagles International
URGENT – please object to new guidelines for birds and windfarms
Dear all, The US Fish and Wildlife Service is asking the public to send in their comments regarding its revised draft Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines. The deadline for sending your comments is August 4, 2011. This concerns people from anywhere in the world, as these guidelines may inspire other countries and be used as justification for killing protected species. Please submit comments via e-mail to windenergy@fws.gov before August 4th. The Revised Draft Guidelines may be downloaded here: http://www.fws.gov/windenergy/docs/WEG_July_12_%202011.pdf More information . . .
Come to Thy!
If you don’t know what to do with yourself this summer, we suggest you take a trip to Østerild Klitplantage in the north of Jutland right now! A nice bunch of activists, hippies and local people are camping in the forest in order to prevent the most silent area in Denmark from being cut down and shaped as an industrial test center for windmills. Facts: Østerild Klitplantage is a peace forest with several rare and threatened species and nobody knows . . .
Action alerts, Campaigns, Events, Protests, Wales •
Source: Montgomeryshire Against Pylons et al.
Stop the Wind Power Stations and the Pylons
Cardiff Rally Tuesday 24th May, National Assembly for Wales, Senedd Building, Cardiff Bay CF99 1NA Coaches leaving from all points in Montgomeryshire. Please see below for more information and contact details. We are all affected in Montgomeryshire, so please join us in Cardiff to STOP: Transport gridlock 1000s of extra vehicle journeys for turbines, hub and pylons on our county’s roads which will choke Montgomeryshire and routes to the Cambrian Coast. Damage to our roads, bridges and homes Roads, roundabouts . . .
