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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.


    posted:  January 26, 2010
    Action alerts, Environment, Law, Noise, Property values, Setbacks, U.K., WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Country Guardian

    National Policy Statement concerning renewable energy

    One of our supporters has brought the following to my attention and it would be good if you could respond with your comments.
    The Government has published a draft set of National Policy Statements concerned with various large infrastructure projects. Of these, No.3 is concerned with Renewable Energy including onshore wind farms.
    http://data.energynpsconsultation.decc.gov.uk/documents/npss/EN-3.pdf
    This section on onshore wind farms includes a number of points which we would consider to be undesirable or plain wrong:

    There is a section on “proximity to dwellings” which mentions . . .

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    posted:  January 15, 2010
    Action alerts, Aesthetics, Environment, Flyers, Health, Noise, Oregon, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Brian Shortt

    Don’t Assume. Get the Facts. Consider the Risks.

    Wind Turbines in Hood River, Oregon
    Financial Risks
    A recent article in the Oregonian describes just how bad things can get when making revenue forecasts related to wind projects.
    “State officials deliberately underestimated the cost of Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s plan to lure green energy companies to Oregon with big taxpayer subsidies, resulting in a program that cost 40 times more than unsuspecting lawmakers were told — The incentives are now under intense scrutiny at the Oregon Department of Energy, which is scrambling to . . .

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    posted:  October 28, 2009
    Greece, Videos, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  jianis19

    Vulture Fatally Collides With Wind Turbine Blade

    This 30-second video was posted on You Tube October 27, 2009, by “jianis19″. It records a vulture flying into the blade of an operating wind turbine in Lendas, Crete.
    Hit “play” button below, or click here to view or download as a 2-MB MP4 file.

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    posted:  October 18, 2009
    California, Emissions, Environment, Videos, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Peña Productions

    They’re Not Green (documentary film)

    For a period extending over thirty years, the wind power industry, its lobbyists and a host of U.S. politicians have promoted “wind power” as “clean and green.” The color of green does loom large in this cozy arrangement, but it is the color of $$$$$, not clean air. This thoroughly researched documentary film examines the environmental effects of wind power, including its limited impact upon reducing CO2 emissions, its potentially negative health implications and its contributions to soil erosion due . . .

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    posted:  October 2, 2009
    Action alerts, California, Letters, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Jim Wiegand

    Wall Street Will Be Killing Many Condors

    Saving the Condor was one of the great collaborative environmental efforts over the last 25 years. It gave hope to a generation that witnessed the world environment rapidly eroding before their eyes. Teams of wildlife biologists, resource groups and government agencies that once were united in saving the condor from extinction are now turning their backs as Corporate America marches into Condor habitat. In Southern California Condor habitat is being invaded by thousands of lethal prop wind turbines and everyone . . .

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    posted:  September 29, 2009
    Aesthetics, Economics, Emissions, Environment, Grid, Publications, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  John Etherington

    The Wind Farm Scam

    The spectre of global warming and the political panic surrounding it has triggered a goldrush for renewable energy sources without an open discussion of the merits and drawbacks of each. In The Wind Farm Scam Dr Etherington argues that in the case of wind power the latter far outweigh the former. Wind turbines cannot generate enough energy to reduce global CO2 levels to a meaningful degree; what’s more wind power is by nature intermittent and cannot generate a steady output, . . .

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    posted:  July 10, 2009
    Environment, Health, Noise, U.K., Videos, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Nigel Spence

    Tilting at Giants (film)

    The documentary about the environment and health battle against giant wind turbines will be aired in the U.K. in August and is previewed here.
    Tilting at Giants: The Spirit of Don Quixote. Filmed and directed by Nigel Spence. Tan House Films.

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    posted:  March 17, 2009
    Economics, Environment, New York, Noise, Publications, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Reidsville Minstrel

    Paddy Boy

    By courtesy of We Oppose Windfarms
    This was written in memory of a former employee of Horizon Wind Energy that resigned last year. Those that know Pat know that he says he grew up in Ireland, but he resides in N.Y. … and he’s been sighted … sshhhhh:

    Paddy Boy
    Air — Danny Boy
    Dedicated to the folks of Tug Hill
    Oh Paddy boy, the wind turbines a screamin’
    From ridge to ridge, and on the plateaus high
    Their peace is gone, and they are . . .

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    posted:  March 5, 2009
    California, Essays, Technology, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Jim Wiegand

    Astounding facts about wind turbines and why they kill eagles

    At the Altamont wind farm in California, over 50 Golden Eagles die each year. Accurate figures from other wind farms are not available because of the high security at sites and cover-up by the wind industry.
    Why is this happening? The killer of Eagles and all birds of prey is Blade Tip Speed. This is what kills and this is what the wind industry does not put in environmental review documents. A wind farm that was recently approved in northern California . . .

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    posted:  November 9, 2008
    Italy, Letters, WildlifePrint storyE-mail story

    Source:  Stefano Allavena

    Red kites disappearing from Italian regions after windfarm construction

    Red Kites have disappeared in an area of hills and low mountains named “Appennino Dauno”, in the province of Foggia, Puglia Region, and in nearby areas in the provinces of Avellino and Benevento, in the Campania Region, in Southern Italy, following the construction of wind farms.
    On the Daunia Mountains (Appennino Dauno), in the Province of Foggia near the border with the Province of Benevento, there were 12-15 pairs before the construction of wind farms, now there is 1 pair. In . . .

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