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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.
Announcements, Hearings, New Mexico, Noise, Property values, Wildlife
Source: Taos County Residents
Meeting July 8 about Taos wind farm
We would like to inform you that there are two proposed wind farms trying to go in here in Tres Piedras, one at the Wind Mtn. area and the other nearby the Celito Lindo subdivision 7 miles east of Tres Piedras. Both proposed sites sit adjacent to private property with many private residential homes, and both communities are sustainable-off the grid communities.
We have many concerns after spending many hours researching wind farms here in the U.S. and abroad. . . .
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Top 5 reasons industrial wind is a good idea — radio ad
This witty 60-second radio ad is generously provided for free use by any opposition groups who want to use it.
Listen to “Top 5 reasons for industrial wind”
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Advertisements, Environment, Health, Oklahoma, Wildlife
Source: Save the Prairie
Oklahoma print and radio ads
What You Should Know About Wind Energy (PDF)
Wind turbines threaten northwest Oklahoma (MP3)
Wind energy needs regulation to protect northwest Oklahoma (MP3)
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Action alerts, Press releases, Scotland, U.K., Wildlife
Source: David Bellamy and Mark Duchamp
Birdies bye bye
We have received the following message from Israel:
“Following a press release last week it seems that several of the leading industrial companies in Israel are going to enter the wind business. These are deeply connected to leading politicians. Our ministry of environment is quite hopeless. The future seems bleak.”
From Gibraltar, from Sicily, from the US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and now from Israel, day by day more bad news comes in from the main bird migration flyways of the . . .
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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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Tundra swans at proposed wind turbine site
Ken Bell of the Rondeau Watershed Coalition recorded this video on March 12 of hundreds of tundra swans gathering during their migration at the proposed site of several industrial wind turbines in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
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Stop Wind Energy Development on Lewis
Wind Farms on the Isle of Lewis are on the verge of being rejected. Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond is being subjected to aggressive lobbying by the developers, despite the clear environmental harm that would result from such a massive development on peat bog, let alone the desecration of the wild landscape and the likely threat to important bird populations. Write to him in support of clear rejection of this ill-conceived project. Below are three sample letters, kindly provided by . . .
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Action alerts, Law, New York, Wildlife
Source: New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Public Review of Draft Guidelines for Conducting Bird and Bat Studies at Commercial Wind Energy Projects
The Department of Environmental Conservation has released for public review proposed Guidelines for Conducting Bird and Bat Studies at Commercial Wind Energy Projects. These guidelines inform potential wind developers of the information DEC needs about wind farm sites to assess impacts to birds and bats. The guidelines were developed through a stakeholder process sponsored by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority which included industry representatives as well as bird and bat biologists from government agencies, academia and . . .
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Lesser Prairie Chicken threatened by wind energy development
Thought you would like to know that as a result of the wind industry coming into NW Oklahoma, the Lesser Prairie Chicken will most likely be listed as endangered.
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Noise, Press releases, U.S., Wildlife
Source: Acoustical Society of America
Animal Bioacoustics Standards Subcommittee Launched
The Acoustical Society of America is pleased to announce the formation of a new standards subcommittee focused on the subject of Animal Bioacoustics. The formation of this subcommittee was approved by Accredited Standards Committee S3, Bioacoustics, to provide an opportunity for American National Standards to be developed by experts in this specialized subject. The scope of the subcommittee includes: “Standards, specifications, methods of measurement and test, instrumentation and terminology in the field of psychological and physiological acoustics, including aspects of . . .
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