Alerts Category: Petitions
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.
Make Wind Power Bird-Smart
[Note: Although Wind Watch finds the premise to be largely unsubstantiated that wind power has any benefit beyond tax avoidance for its investors, the need to protect birds and their environments remains crucial.] Dear U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wind power can be an important energy source for the United States, but it is just as important that it meet high standards to protect birds and other wildlife. Wind farms kill birds — including eagles, songbirds, and endangered species — . . .
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 . . .
Request Public Hearing on Saddleback Ridge Wind Project
http://www.gopetition.com/petition/40741.html Target: Maine Dept of Environmental Protection Background (Preamble): The Saddleback Ridge Wind project is the first wind project to come before the DEP where credible, conflicting testimony on noise and scenic impacts can be assembled within the 20 day period after the application has been accepted for processing per DEP rule. The 20 day period ends December 6. The purpose of the petition is to demonstrate widespread support for DEP to hold technical hearings on these issues, which will . . .
Ohio, Petitions, Wildlife •
Source: Black Swamp Bird Observatory, Ohio Ornithological Society, and Greater Mohican Audubon Society
Protect Critical Migratory Bird Stopover Habitat in Northwest Ohio
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/924/482/794/ Every spring and fall, many millions of songbirds migrate long distances between nesting grounds in Canada or the northern United States and wintering grounds in the southern U.S. or the tropics. These birds mostly fly at night and spend the days resting and feeding. Although some birds may stop over practically anywhere, a few areas are major stopover habitats, critically important to the survival of large numbers of birds. One such region involves a series of sites along the . . .
Call for the U.S. EPA to fund studies to regulate noise from industrial wind turbines
The undersigned hereby request the allocation of funding by the U.S. EPA to conduct studies sufficient to regulate noise from industrial wind turbines. Federal oversight of wind turbine noise is an urgent need, given the rapid proliferation of wind turbines. Antiquated, inefficient and inadequate state regulations have failed to protect property values, natural quiet, and public health from wind turbine noise. Given the extended time necessary to properly assess and to propose regulation, we urge the immediate allocation of $500,000 . . .
Aesthetics, Economics, Energy, Impacts, New York, Petitions •
Source: Town of Greece, NY, concerned citizens
STOP Great Lakes Wind Turbine Development
We, the undersigned, oppose the “Great Lakes Offshore Wind (GLOW) Project” and disapprove of ANY construction of wind turbines in our Great Lakes. Sign petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-great-lakes-wind-turbine-development/361784891/ On December 1st, 2009, The New York State Power Authority submitted a request for a proposal to potentially build an industrial wind farm off the shores of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, or both. This proposal would see the construction of 40-166 450-ft industrial wind turbines 2 miles off shore at depths not to exceed . . .
Petitions for protection of wild lands
1. Support the John Muir Trust’s call on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to improve protection for the best areas of wild land by introducing a new national environmental designation. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/wildlandcampaignscotland/ 2. Support the John Muir Trust’s call on the House of Commons to urge the UK Government to extend National Park boundaries, or put in place new National Parks or Areas Of Outstanding Natural Beauty, to ensure improved environmental protection for the best areas of wild . . .
