Alerts Category: Events
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 . . .
Wind Power Horror Serenade
This is a true story of an old freedom fighter’s valiant stand against the unjustice of wind power, with music as a weapon. On April 9th, 1940, Denmark was occupied by German troops. The first years of occupation there was no resistance. Then a small group of youngsters in a high school in Aalborg, Northern Jutland, started a kind of sabotage and began to steel weapons from the Germans. Their activities had no real results, but the youths became known . . .
Economics, Energy, Environment, Events, Health, Noise, Scotland •
Source: Communities Against Turbines Scotland
Scottish National Wind Farm Conference – Friday 11th November 2011
Communities Against Turbines Scotland invite you to the SCOTTISH NATIONAL WIND FARM CONFERENCE AYR RACECOURSE FRIDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2011 AGENDA Graeme Pearson MSP will chair the conference. Exhibition Stands are available for display and networking – please contact Kim [see below] to reserve yours. A full question and answer session with the panel will follow the morning and afternoon session. 10.00 Coffee and networking 10.30 Opening of the conference by Graeme Pearson MSP – Chair 10.45 Professor Iain MacLeod, Vice-President, . . .
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 . . .
Events, Impacts, Scotland •
Source: Communities Against Turbines Scotland
Scottish National Windfarm Conference
Scottish National WindCon Friday 11th November 10.30 am – 4 pm Communities Against Turbines Scotland: Register here NATIONAL CONFERENCE AGAINST INDUSTRIAL WIND TURBINES If wind turbines are impacting on your life! If you want to know about the future energy plans for Scotland! If you want to know more about wind turbines and the cost to the environment, health and economy, then this is the conference for you! http://www.communitiesagainstturbinesscotland.com/windfarm-conference/ Graeme Pearson MSP will chair the conference Speakers: Struan Stevenson MEP . . .
Australia, Events, Health, Hearings, Law, Noise •
Source: Australia National Health and Medical Research Council
Wind Farms and Human Health Scientific Forum – 7 June 2011
On Tuesday 7 June [Monday, June 6, 6:45 p.m. EDT] 2011 the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is conducting a scientific forum on the possible health effects of wind turbines.The forum will provide an opportunity for NHMRC to hear the latest international scientific evidence and to engage with stakeholders over the range of issues for which there is public concern. The morning session will be streamed live via the NHMRC website from 8.45 a.m. until midday [EDT 6:45to . . .
