Alerts Category: Aesthetics
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.
Aesthetics, Denmark, Events, Noise, Publications, Videos •
Source: Knut Pedersen
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 . . .
Tell Maine DEP: Stop Oakfield Wind!
First Wind of Boston is seeking to drastically change the size and scope of the proposed Oakfield Wind Project. First Wind (Evergreen Wind Power II, LLC) is seeking to build 50 wind turbines, almost double the original number proposed in their original application. The new turbines will stand at 459 feet tall – the equivalent height of a 45 story building. The proposed modification amounts to an enormous change; and the differences in the impacts of noise and vibration between . . .
Aesthetics, Environment, Information, Scotland •
Source: Scottish Natural Heritage / Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba
Windfarms in Scotland, July 2011
Windfarms installed or approved, under application, and in scoping (click picture to enlarge): Click here for current version.
I Aloha Molokai
Save the Monadhliath Mountains
Say NO to the proposed Allt Duine wind farm. We, the undersigned, oppose the building of 31 wind turbines at Allt Duine in the Monadhliath Mountains on the edge of Cairngorms National Park for the following reasons. To: – preserve the character of the Highlands for future generations because the wind farm stands to damage and alter the character and unique qualities of the area. – defend the Monadhliath Mountains and Cairngorms National Park from being scarred by turbines. Those . . .
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 . . .
Aesthetics, Environment, New York, Publications •
Source: Great Lakes Wind Truth
Not here! Not anywhere!
The answer is not blowing in the wind! Not here! Not anywhere! Not for our body & soul Not for the water we drink Not for birds, bats and fish Not for our shoreline Not for our dollars and cents Not for our property values At risk: health – water safety – aesthetics – economics – birds/bats – vibration – noise Wind turbines cause huge environmental damage – They will not save the planet – Say NO – Contact your . . .
