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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.
Miles of mountain ridges
The first sentence in the Washington Post article, Wind is Given a 2nd Look as Energy Needs Grow (Aug. 3, 2008), gets right to the point: the energy industry has targeted western Virginia’s forested mountains for industrial wind energy development.
“Wind is catching fire,” said L. Preston Bryant Jr. Virginia’s secretary of natural resources. “It is literally all the rage.”
Although the Washington Post article highlights the “conflict within the environmental community” concerning this development push, it fails to provide much in . . .
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Emissions, Letters, U.K.
Source: Friends of Eden, Lakeland and Lunesdale Scenery
Wind Farms and Carbon Dioxide Savings
Intuitively it would seem logical that if enough wind farms are built then it must be possible to shut down some coal or gas fired power stations and save carbon dioxide.
But that is not the case.
The Government repeatedly states that they want to see 25 to 33 gigawatts of electricity generated from wind. That is about half of the UK’s total electricity requirements. If this amount were ever achieved, it would have to have at least 33 GW of coal . . .
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Liability — a sleeper issue?
A landowner writes:
I called my insurance agent and asked if my farm liability policy would defend me against a nuisance lawsuit by a neighbor related to wind turbines. The answer is no. Two other insurance companies returned the same answer. The wind contracts have carefully written hold-harmless clauses that do not commit the turbine owner to pay landowner legal costs or judgements for this. The landowner is ultimately liable if the turbine owner defaults. I . . .
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You couldn't make it up!
I know that many of your friends follow our story with interest, so here’s the latest “episode”.
The District Council undertook a period of monitoring at our home last October. They came to measure the noise for an hour a night on 26 nights. On the basis of this they decided that there was no statutory noise nuisance, and although there were three minor breaches of the planning permission they did not feel it appropriate to prosecute. This “result” then went . . .
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Announcements, Environment, Letters, North Dakota, Wildlife
Source: Marty Jorgenson
To current and former residents of North Dakota
Although our nation is thirsty for energy, you will see from links on my site, that wind power is not the answer in supplying energy needs. In fact, production of industrial wind energy does more harm than good.
Few laws currently govern regulation of wind farms. That is slowly changing and wind developers are in a big rush to build facilities before new laws are enacted.
Developers claim this is a “community based” project. That might sound good at first but just . . .
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Wind Powering America — Your Tax Dollars Working Against You
Ladies & Gentlemen:
I don’t want to spoil your day but you probably should be aware of a relatively new (February 2008) document issued by the National Renewable Energy “Laboratory” (NREL) and DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE-EERE). The title is “Wind Powering America FY07 Activities Summary” and you can find it at www.nrel.gov/docs/fy08osti/42345.pdf.
This “document” illustrates several things:
It shows how far government officials and contractors — using their positions and your tax dollars — will go in . . .
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Geoff Leventhall and the clever fool
Why is Nina Pierpont, a country doctor, doing the work of the Centers for Disease Control, the NYS Department of Health, the US Dept. of Health & Human Services, innumerable schools of public health affiliated with medical schools, etc.? I’d like a realistic answer, please. (I fear the real answer is devastating.)
Why is she spending her time and treasure interviewing the physician beside himself from the Wind Turbine Syndrome he suffers living on the farm he and . . .
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State seeks to override local control of wind turbine siting
Wisconsin is attempting to bypass any new model ordinance by passing SB544 to make PUC the decision point.
Op-Ed, Evansville Observer, March 7, 2008
If you click here you can listen in as the Town of Union Board discuss the current situation of the Wind Turbine draft ordinance and the possible options for moving to enactment in consideration of the possiblity of the State of Wisconsin moving to make the Public Utility Commission the key entity in reviewing permits.
The irony: As you . . .
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Wind plants and travel
I went away for the weekend to escape the monster turbines and in that time I went to Wexford Ireland to see some people suffering with the monsters.
I have discovered that I cannot go anywhere near them or even go past them to get to a destination. Life is planning a route around the monsters so I can travel pain free and not go as white as a sheet and dizzy. The visual impact is frightening to say the least . . .
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Environment, Letters, Puerto Rico
Source: Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco
Tarjeta de Navidad CBSV
Greetings! The struggle continues and we will win.
NO wind energy plant in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico!
Merry Christmas and a prosperous year 2008.
May Jesus and the Three Wise Kings grant you blessings, health, love, and understanding to face with strength the difficult times in which we live in Puerto Rico today.
May the star light the true way to protect the rights granted to us by our natural, historical, and cultural heritage and to defend our national identity.
Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco . . .
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