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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.
Law, Press releases, Puerto Rico
Source: Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco
Administración del DRNA comete fraude para favorecer proyecto eólico en el Bosque Seco
[Department of Natural Resources commits fraud to favor wind energy project in Bosque Seco]
Guayanilla, PR – El anunciado acuerdo entre la administración del Departamento de Recursos Naturales (DRNA) y la empresa Windmar, para indultar los daños y delitos que ésta cometió en Punta Verraco, Cerro Toro y Punta Ventanas tras adelantar parte del proyecto industrial, a cambio de la titularidad del 83% de estos, confirma la veracidad de las denuncias de ciudadanos de Guayanilla y ambientalistas de todo el país. . . .
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Cohocton Wind Watch Seeks Wind Industry Public Accountability
Cohocton Wind Watch is gratified by the decision of New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to launch a formal investigation into the business practices of First Wind/UPC Wind and Noble Environmental Power. This groundbreaking inquiry includes conduct of Public Officials and evidence of Wind Industry Anti-Competitive Practices.
CWW has compiled comprehensive evidence, volumes of empirical data and a paper trail of proof that public officials, developers and their agents and leaseholders have acted collectively to defraud NYS. With this AG . . .
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Essays, Health, Law, Noise
Source: Rock County Tax-Payers for a Better Renewable Energy Plan
The Noise Heard ’Round the World — the trouble with industrial wind turbines
Even though the facts tell a different story, people who stand to profit from industrial wind turbines continue to insist there is no problem with the noise and other troubles associated with living too close to a machine that is 40 stories tall with spinning blades that span wider than a Boeing 747. They tell us there is no proof that living 1000 feet from an industrial wind turbine is bad for you in any way. There is plenty of . . .
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Wash. Supreme Court hears Kittitas Cty. arguments against state overrule
Event Date: June 26, 2008 1:30pm
Event Description: Oral Arguments: Residents Opposed to Kittitas Turbines & F. Steven Lathrop v. EFSEC, et al. (Whether the court had jurisdiction to review a petition certified from Thurston Co. Superior Ct. regarding application for energy facility site cert.)
Runtime: 64 min
Click here to order DVD(s) from Washington State Public Affairs TV Network.
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Emissions, Information, Law, North Carolina, Technology
Source: Don Hendershot
Answers to a few questions
The air went out of the sails of the “Wind Power Forum” for a bit because we hope to make it Web based and have some technical tinkering to do to prepare The Smoky Mountain News’ Web site.
To whet your appetite and perhaps inspire wind-power proponents to respond, I will give you a glimpse from the most complete response (answering all the reader-inspired questions) we have received to date.
The response is from Eric Rosenbloom, a science editor and writer living . . .
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Health, Hearings, Law, Noise, Publications, Wisconsin
Source: Evansville Observer
Town of Union, Wis., wind turbine ordinance hearing audio
Town of Union (Wis.) Planning Commission public hearing on proposed wind turbine ordinance, May 22, 2008: Public Health Impact Takes Center Stage; Setback Concerns; 1-1/2 hrs; 30 speak.
Click here to listen to or download the MP3 file (18 MB).
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Hearings, Law, New York, Property values, Publications, U.S.
Source: Advocates for Prattsburgh
Prattsburgh, N.Y., eminent domain hearing videos
Nearly 150 people attended a public hearing on May 22 about a resolution passed by the town of Prattsburgh, N.Y., to condemn and seize property owned by seven residents for a 100-mile high-voltage transmission line needed by a 36-turbine wind farm being developed by First Wind (UPC).
Click here for videos of the testimony. Or watch them in the viewer below. There a total of 18, ranging in length from 2 to 5 minutes. Click here for partial transcripts by Rock . . .
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Windenergienutzung und Illegalität
German cases of bribery and corruption in wind energy development:
www.igsz.eu/WEK/WK1.htm
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Volksinitiative Deutschland/Brandenburg [Referendum Germany/Brandenburg]
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,
Hiermit teilen wir Ihnen mit, dass eine Volksinitiative gegen die Massen-Bebauung mit Windrädern im Bundesland Brandenburg stattfindet.
Es beteiligen sich zur Zeit 16 Vereine und Initiativen im Land Brandenburg an dieser Volksinitiative.
Wir fordern:
- 1.500 m Mindest-Abstand zur Wohnbebauung
- Keine Anlagen in Naturschutzgebiete
- 10.000 m Abstand der Wind-Gebiete untereinander
20.000 Unterschriften sind notwendig. Dann muss sich der Landtag Brandenburg damit beschäftigen.
Wenn keine Regelung zum Schutz der Bevölkerung durch den Landtag beschlossen wird:
80.000 Unterschriften für einen Gesetzestext, der dann für . . .
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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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