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		<title>Proponents of wind farms full of hot air</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/07/proponents-of-wind-farms-full-of-hot-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Lake Forester readers would benefit from knowing what is being touted in a sister publication, the Lake County News-Sun. In an OUR VIEW commentary published in the News-Sun on Jan. 31, it was related how Waukegan Mayor Robert Sabonjian “may be on to something when he speaks of the future and a wind farm off the city’s Lake Michigan shoreline.” A little over two weeks ago, Mayor Sabonjian suggested that the project was a great use of the lake that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Ontario needs a unified voice now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ontario has to thank the OFA for stepping up to the plate on the Industrial Wind Turbine issue. They join the Christian Farmers Federation also calling for a halt. Now the National Farmers Union needs to speak out clearly as well. Now more than ever rural Ontario needs a unified voice. It’s becoming clearer daily that the Green Energy Act is very flawed. Whether it’s the recent Auditor General’s report that blasted the gov’t for billions wasted with no cost .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty at stake in Frankfort</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In reference to Mr. Orlando E. Delogu’s recent opinion piece about the Frankfort wind ordinance: This is not the first time we have seen this man’s biased, personal views backed up by reference to his position at the University of Maine. As a taxpayer and Maine resident, I am disgusted. As for the Frankfort ordinance, Mr. Delogu’s opinions aside, there are really only two legal questions: First, does the ordinance comply with the constitutions and statutes of the United States .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines unnecessary, and not worth annoyance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[At the recent Cape Cod Commission hearing on the New Generation Wind project, lawyers, consultants and owners spoke glowingly about the many benefits of wind power. High-ranking state officials echoed their comments, saying wind power is necessary to reduce pollution and save the world from global warming. Studies have found that wind energy does not save fossil fuel, and fails to reduce pollution. Unlike conventional power sources on the grid, wind turbines, whose energy output changes with the wind, need .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms and health: who is fomenting community anxieties?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[TO THE EDITOR: By his deployment of ad hominem arguments, outdated or industry-sponsored research, comparison to an unrelated phenomenon, and a biased selection of case studies and research reports, I fear the pro-wind-industry opinions expressed by Chapman[1] will only serve to exacerbate the psychogenic and sociogenic processes he laments. Wind turbine noise must be treated like any other source of community noise, and its association with renewable energy must not excuse it from public health guidelines. The emergence of large .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Report noise from turbine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Dereck Wade is not alone in reporting Glyndebourne turbine noise problems (‘Celebrity launch for wind turbine’, January 20). There are other unsolicited, independent, credible reports. Some relate to Sunday, January 15, when people were in their gardens during the first period of reasonable weather since commissioning. However, problems are not associated with a single wind direction and seem to include all those from SE to SW. On turbine ‘launch’ day Mr Christie, Glyndebourne’s chief executive, explained on Radio Sussex that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Rural communities are being torn apart by wind farms&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/rural-communities-are-being-torn-apart-by-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind farm developers are being encouraged by the Scottish Government to offer “community benefits” – some might say bribes – to local communities when submitting planning applications. Communities are being invited to negotiate “benefits” with developers in advance of planning decisions. This is a threat to the impartiality of our planning system. Rural communities in the Borders are already being torn apart by wind farms. As developers rush to make substantial financial gain, often with scant regard for the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmills not as safe as you may think</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[If you think a 400 foot machine, weighing 164 tons, with enormous moving parts, isn’t a safety hazard, then you have simply been misinformed. Wind turbines are colossal. The rotor diameter is nearly as large as a football field. Each turbine holds about 200 gallons of hydraulic oil. When they catch on fire, you have to wait for the fire to burn out. (You can see this happening around the world on your computer.) That becomes an issue when the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tidal energy better bet than wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/tidal-energy-better-bet-than-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[After reading the article &#8220;Professor: Wind projects could boost Maine&#8217;s economy&#8221; in the Jan. 23 Portland Press Herald, I do not understand why the University of Maine has not devoted more time and money from grants to further developing tidal power as an energy source. The university has spent a tremendous amount of effort to promote wind energy, which is not nearly as efficient as, and much more costly than, tidal energy. The $20 billion effort to build a wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bowcock misrepresenting turbine opponents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/bowcock-misrepresenting-turbine-opponents/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In his tirade (in his letter to the editor first published in the Standard Times on Jan. 27 and also published above), Brian Bowcock described the wind forum crowd as hostile. But in a report on the 25th titled &#8220;Fairhaven Wind explains project to civil crowd&#8221;, Beth Perdue (in The Standard-Times) reported that attendees &#8220;were both orderly and civil, listening intently to information presented.&#8221; Clearly, Mr. Bowcock is misrepresenting turbine opponents as fanatical and hostile to deflect attention from the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Makes a nonsense of claim</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/makes-a-nonsense-of-claim/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Gordon James implies that the Princes Gate Spring Water wind turbine will play a part in “saving our planet” but Geoffrey Sinclair points out that its trivial contribution to reducing CO2 emission is less than a thousandth of the saving by the proposed Atlantic Array (Wind turbine plans blow up new storm, 18 January). Mr Sinclair is nearer to hitting the nail on the head but both these statements could only be true if wind power itself mitigates substantial CO2 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mull Hill wind farm visual impact report &#8220;makes appalling viewing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/mull-hill-wind-farm-visual-impact-report-makes-appalling-viewing/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Further to WGR Thomson’s letter in last week’s Strathearn Herald, I have details of the visual impact report of the proposed nine-turbine Mull Hill wind farm above Connachan Farm opposite the old Foulford Inn. The report can be examined at the Strathearn Library. It makes appalling viewing. The huge turbines will despoil the long, pristine and continuous range of hills and mountains from the Sma’ Glen in the east way to the west beyond Comrie and Ben Vorlich. The turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Morrow wind rules fall short of those in Umatilla Co.</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/morrow-wind-rules-fall-short-of-those-in-umatilla-co/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An article titled “Wind power protest airs in Morrow County,” printed in the East Oregonian on Saturday, January 28, contains an item worthy of further discussion. Specifically, a quote attributed Jerry Reitmann, one of the primary organizers in the Ella Butte wind power project: “It’s perfectly valid for people to not like the idea of having wind turbines in their neighborhood. But it’s still a private property issue.” While I agree wholeheartedly with that statement, it is important to note .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm presentations were not adequate</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/wind-farm-presentations-were-not-adequate/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We have been following with interest the letters in your newspaper written pro and con wind farms in the Borders, mostly against, for some time now. The right of reply is of course an important one. But we were disappointed to see the continuing misleading rhetoric of the wind industry in an article published on January 12 in your paper written by James Spencer-Nairn, Enertrag’s new project manager for the proposed Blackmains wind farm near Ayton, Cairncross and Reston by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines spooking the OFA</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/turbines-spooking-the-ofa/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The OFA recently called for a suspension of FIT contracts until the noise and electrical issues of wind turbines are settled (good on them). Further the OFA is very concerned about the community strife that these projects are causing, pitting neighbour against neighbour. As the statement says, “We are hearing very clearly from our members that the wind turbine situation is coming to a head – seriously dividing rural communities and even jeopardizing farm succession planning.” So, the OFA, Liberal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EPE true costs</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/epe-true-costs/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard the radio ads and seen the full-page print ads. El Paso Electric touting the solar power from the Santa Teresa and Hatch arrays. You can even see the daily power output on EPE&#8217;s website. But EPE never mentions that the Santa Teresa power costs EPE 12.745 cents per kWh, and from Hatch, the solar power costs 11.9 cents per kWh. That&#8217;s almost 2.75 times the &#8220;base fuel&#8221; cost of 4.396 cents per kWh. After applying this month&#8217;s Fuel .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Take a hard look</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/take-a-hard-look/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Each August, my husband, daughter and I travel to my cousin’s house to enjoy an idyllic family gathering around a pristine North Fork lake — Laurel Lake. The setting is so peaceful that we have been considering moving from California to live there permanently. With great chagrin, we heard this week that the Suffolk County Water Authority, which owns the adjacent tract, is attempting to install a 125-foot wind turbine. This has been undertaken in a rather fast and covert .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The human price</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/the-human-price/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[As my husband, Mark, and I first drove down Laurel Way 31 years ago we had no idea what lie ahead. We had come in response to an ad for a house for sale on Laurel Lake. Never having heard of a lake in this area, we were stunned to discover this pristine paradise less than two hours from New York City. In fact, so overwhelming was our response, that by the end of the day, we had come to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Still a local matter</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/still-a-local-matter/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Suffolk County Water Authority is again taking its “mandate” too far. The SCWA is not, as they define themselves in their environmental assessment of the proposed wind turbine at Laurel Lake, a “governmental unit.” It is, as their own website states, “an independent public-benefit corporation.” As such, they have no right to bypass Southold Town review or approval processes. There are many facets to the turbine controversy, such as the environmental impacts on the Laurel Lake Preserve and effects .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the benefit?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/whats-the-benefit/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Are there really any advantages to a wind turbine? I unknowingly thought so until I had to quickly educate myself when I heard the Suffolk County Water Authority intended to place one at perhaps my favorite place on earth, Laurel Lake and the adjacent preserve. What surfaced from my research were government studies, newspaper stories and scientific data that covered installations gone awry from Maine to California, as well as all over Europe. Wind turbines can create serious issues depending .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Politician-driven initiatives being done at our expense</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/politician-driven-initiatives-being-done-at-our-expense/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[At last we have at least two concerned, thinking, intelligent adults who use experience and common sense to address current issues. The excellent letters were submitted by Dorothy Biggs of Westernport (“Allegany and Garrett counties sitting atop a green minefield,” Jan. 25 Times-News) and by Chris Hagen of Edgewater (“Politicians attacking the rich to prey upon people’s envy,” Jan. 25). I too believe politicians are jeopardizing water supplies wherever fracking is allowed. Common sense says man, regardless of the studies .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind ruling stirs &#8216;red flag&#8217; warning for Morrow County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/wind-ruling-stirs-red-flag-warning-for-morrow-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The East Oregonian article of Jan. 28 regarding the wind power situation in Morrow County contains more “red flags” for the people of Morrow County. Recognizing the problems the previous Willow Creek Wind Project caused for adjacent landowners, and the county’s refusal to accept their responsibilities that went with issuing the permit, are cause for serious concern. The statement by Mr. Rietmann raised a huge “red flag” for the people of Morrow County. The statement regarding their future plans for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Outrage&#8217; over comments distracts attention from the issue</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/outrage-over-comments-distracts-attention-from-the-issue/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In his tirade in The Standard-Times on Jan. 27 (&#8220;Letter: Comments at forum were repulsive&#8221;), Brian Bowcock described the wind forum crowd as hostile. But in a report on the 25th titled &#8220;Fairhaven Wind explains project to civil crowd,&#8221; Beth Perdue reported that attendees &#8220;were both orderly and civil, listening intently to information presented.&#8221; Clearly, Mr. Bowcock is misrepresenting turbine opponents as fanatical and hostile to deflect attention from the fact that turbines were shown to be neither safe nor .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Will selectmen&#8217;s risks be worth it in the end?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/will-selectmens-risks-be-worth-it-in-the-end/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[What is happening in our beautiful town is a tragedy. Put aside the technical and legal debates, and put aside the dirty truth quickly emerging about wind turbines that are sited too close to people, and look at the risks the Fairhaven Board of Selectmen has taken. There is the potential for health affects from sleep deprivation, audible and inaudible sounds, annoyance from shadow flicker, damage and safety risks from ice fling, and property value losses. These affects have been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Could wind turbines take over south Northants?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/could-wind-turbines-take-over-south-northants/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The front page story on the Brackley and Towcester Advertiser (Is county ‘wind farm capital’, January 27) – rightly reported the growing concern over the scale of wind farm development in Northants. The biggest issue is the cumulative impact of all these developments with a hugely disproportionate number being planned for the county (despite it being one of the least windy parts of the country). At the present rate it won’t be long before every part of the Northants landscape .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot wind project covers vast field</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[How noble of Mr. Baines and Windstream Energy to offer to be a “test subject” for offshore wind projects in Ontario (“Firm offers to be test subject for wind projects”, Jan. 26). How very generous to offer to spend $1.5 billion (all of it subsidized by consumer energy costs) so that government can “study the science.” Let me see if I have this straight — they will do all of the studies and produce all of the reports that the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines huge threat to birds</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/turbines-huge-threat-to-birds/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In the excellent S4C wildlife series Antur y Gorllewin (Adventure of the West), Welsh naturalist Iolo Williams films wildlife along the western shores of mainland Europe, Iceland, Canaries and the Azores. His latest programme on January 25 featured the thousands of birds that migrate between Europe to Africa every year. Iolo could not disguise his disgust and anger when he showed us the 250-plus eyesore wind turbines on the hills above Tarifa, the southernmost point of mainland Spain near the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noise from wind turbines ruins people&#8217;s lives</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/noise-from-wind-turbines-ruins-peoples-lives/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have lived in the Cross area of Mineral County for my entire life and have done so because of the peace and quiet of the area. However, over the past months, things have changed, and the reason is the windmills on the mountain across from my home. The windmills cause an extremely loud disturbance to the point of lying down at night to have a good nights sleep is impossible. I recently attended a Mineral County Commission meeting, hoping .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nazi experiment comments taken out of context</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/nazi-experiment-comments-taken-out-of-context/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The recent articles in The Standard-Times regarding Curt Devlin&#8217;s Nazi comments at the Fairhaven Wind Turbine forum were totally taken out of context to the point he was trying to make. He was using the Nazis as an example for bad behavior toward innocent people. We have a set of rules in place used by the USA to regulate human experimentation. Do you consider it humane to treat some citizens of Fairhaven different than others? Why is one neighborhood being .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Goodhue wind farm doesn&#8217;t make sense</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/goodhue-wind-farm-doesnt-make-sense/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Even if the proposed Goodhue County wind farm never killed a bird or a bat, it wouldn’t make sense. The Prairie Island nuclear plant provides 50 times the electric power that T. Boone Picken’s 52 excess wind turbines. In 2010 and 2011, U.S. wind farms had a capacity factor of 27 percent, which suggests the Goodhue project would provide a measly and intermittent 20-25 megawatts. Our nation’s largest proposed wind project is off Cape Cod. U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass., .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy should come clean with its details</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/renewable-energy-should-come-clean-with-its-details/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I do not like having the &#8220;wool pulled over my eyes.&#8221; I like straightforward deals which are out in the open for all to see. I am sure most of you out there feel the same way. The more I read about &#8220;renewable energy&#8221; scams in Maine, the more it irks me. Why can&#8217;t the wind industry just come clean and tell the average Joe what is going on behind the scenes? I think I know the answer to that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lenox turbines bad for town, tourists</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/lenox-turbines-bad-for-town-tourists/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines on Lenox Mountain are a bad idea. In Berkshire County we are about conserving our natural resources. In Richmond we even have adopted the Scenic Mountains and Scenic Roads acts. Does everyone realize what this is going to do if the turbines get approved? It doesn’t seem so. What about the people who live nearby? Every time I go near Jiminy Peak all I hear is a constant &#8220;whoosh&#8221; noise from the turbines. More studies need to be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Devlin&#8217;s presentation was clearest of all</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/devlins-presentation-was-clearest-of-all/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Curt Devlin deserves an apology. Unlike the other presenters at the forum on wind turbines in Fairhaven Tuesday night, he was the only one that presented and demonstrated the supported medical-referenced material at the general populace&#8217;s level of understanding. He performed remarkably well in his researching the referenced material, organizing it, and presenting it to the general public &#8230; at the concerned level of interest. He may not have had as much education as the other presenters, but he was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Even wind isn&#8217;t free</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/even-wind-isnt-free/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I believe Professor Habib Dagher has some federal subsidy applications in his back pocket (“Professor: Wind projects could boost Maine economy,” Jan. 23). That is what really fuels these wind turbine projects — federal dollars, not the wind. If these wind farms ever get built, the “free” wind can’t make it profitable or even break-even. They all still want annual subsidies and special rates for their product, forever. Which state has the most wind turbines? The same state with the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A response to &#8216;A Tale of Two Towers&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/29/a-response-to-a-tale-of-two-towers/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[While I agree that the Camden Hills Regional High School Windplanners deserve an “A” in civics for their perseverance in pursuing an alternative energy project for the school community, why does Philip Conkling’s Dec. 15 article: “A Tale of Two Towers” purport to be about the Windjammers success when its primary discussion is about Ragged Mountain and Vinalhaven? Why illustrate this article about the Windjammers’ success with a half-page color photo of Ragged Mountain, which is three miles away from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine scam typical of government ignorance</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/29/wind-turbine-scam-typical-of-government-ignorance/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[As with the vast majority of government selections of projects worthy of investment, wind generators are not only a mistake but a deliberate scam. Capitalism is repeatedly undermined by government that knows little to nothing of the technology and the requirements necessary to formulate a reasonable capital investment. Government is now being used as a tool for preselection of winners and losers depending on the political persuasion and the amount of donations put into the coffers of corrupted public servants. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife &#8216;holocaust&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/29/wildlife-holocaust/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The planned 119 wind turbines in Palm Beach County will not clean the air, nor will they reduce consumption. They will, however, create environmental damage. According to the Golden Gate Audubon Society more than 100 golden eagles, 350 burrowing owls, 300 red-tailed hawks and 333 American kestrels are killed by wind turbines annually. If wind power made sense, why would it need government subsidies? The wind farm experience has left 14,000 turbines no longer in use and decaying. Green energy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Surprising info</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/surprising-info/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I was surprised that Tyler Studds from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center attended a recent Planning Board meeting in Shelburne. He offered to help Shelburne write a zoning bylaw for industrial wind installations and described a wind feasibility study his office could do for wind projects. MCEC would evaluate a project to see if it is a good fit for a community, including deciding if there are any adverse health effects and evaluating it for financial viability. Money from our .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No more wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/no-more-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It is time for our federal and state governments to rethink their energy policies. First there was the rush to produce ethanol from corn to break our dependence on foreign oil with billions of dollars in subsidies. It has now become evident that our ethanol production will reduce our petroleum use by less than 2 percent. The federal subsidies are drying up. But we are stuck with the state mandate for 10 percent ethanol in our gasoline. That costs us .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts? Don&#8217;t think so</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/experts-dont-think-so/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I was curious about this panel of experts investigating the health effects of industrial-scale wind tubines, and discovered the following: Kimberly Sullivan&#8217;s research focuses on the health effects of pesticides and other neurotoxins. Marc Weisskopf&#8217;s work is on organochlorine exposure and Parkinson&#8217;s Disease. Dora Anne Mills &#8211; as the chief Health Officer of Maine, she was unambiguously in favor of wind power development. So she was a natural choice for the panel by the Patrick administration, hoping for a pro-wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mull Hill windfarm fight putting strain on residents</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/mull-hill-windfarm-fight-putting-strain-on-residents/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I refer to the concerns raised by many regarding the proposed nine turbine 22.5 megawatt wind farm at Connachan Hill/Mull Hill. It continues to put a great strain on residents in the area to yet again have to take action with another wind farm fight and it is time the planning systems were changed to stop Klondike-type wind farm operators seeking riches to the detriment of local residents and Scottish landscape. If the wind farm were to go ahead it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lenox wind plan affects neighbors</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/lenox-wind-plan-affects-neighbors/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[To the Lenox Board of Selectman. We drive a 48 mpg vehicle, we believe in combating global warming and in alternative energy. We are Richmond residents who live within sight and sound of the proposed wind turbines. These 400 foot structures require blasting enormous holes into Lenox Mountain. The potential to disrupt the water table and surrounding well water, and the paucity of wind at the proposed sites lead us to the conclusion that the environmental damage would be far .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t be like Falmouth</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/dont-be-like-falmouth/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Having had a utility sized wind turbine forced upon our private lives by wind energy professionals, sound engineers and well intentioned town administrators and town boards, I need to comment on the Town of Fairhaven wind project. I have followed most large scale wind energy proposals across the state of Massachusetts over the past years and have to say this Fairhaven plan has to be the most outrageous display of reckless and irresponsible wind turbine siting that I have seen. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t trivialize suffering of wind turbine neighbors</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/dont-trivialize-suffering-of-wind-turbine-neighbors/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[When I was in my 30s, my young family had the misfortune to live underneath some inconsiderate young people with hardwood floors. I complained, but no one would or could do anything about it because they were part of a group to whom several apartments had been rented — a strong profit motive. After a time I (but not my children or wife) became sensitized to the noise from upstairs — that is, without wishing to, I began to listen .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine site represents a liability</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/wind-turbine-site-represents-a-liability/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[People that know me would tell you that I am passionate about the environment. I&#8217;ve read a lot about the industrial wind turbine project in Fairhaven and we, as a community, know a lot more than we knew five years ago. It is absolutely not prudent to install that much power 400 feet in the air, 900 feet from a residential neighborhood, and just a stone&#8217;s throw from a public bicycle path. It&#8217;s not safe, not necessary, and represents a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines not answer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/wind-turbines-not-answer/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines do not clean the air. They will not reduce consumption they only help to meet demands. And at what price? Some species that use this flyway can&#8217;t spare one bird. Wind turbines go deep into the ground and create more environmental damage. They also produce CO2. Birds are at risk of cars, planes, trains, guns, towers, power lines and many other things. None of those things are natural, they are all man-made and wind turbines are just like .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Say no to wind farm in the Gorge</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/say-no-to-wind-farm-in-the-gorge/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[This letter is being written with hopes that Gov. Chris Gregoire might read my concern. I was told that she will not read public comments or take phone calls regarding the Whistling Ridge Project. This wind project will place 400-foot-high wind turbines in a location that will forever mar the vistas that inspired protection of the Columbia River Gorge. Wind energy has proven to be not economical and relies on huge subsidies and tax breaks. It took years to create .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not going forward with turbine is a &#8216;no-brainer&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/not-going-forward-with-turbine-is-a-no-brainer/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In my opinion, after reviewing the wind turbine data presented to the town last week, I am more convinced that Jamestown should not move forward on this project at the expense of both Jamestown taxpayers and electric rate payers. As the Jamestown Press reported, the proposed wind turbine is comparable to the unit at Portsmouth High School, which is currently not operational. When it is running, it produces about $517,000 a year in electricity. Portsmouth, unlike Jamestown, had no limitations .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Town should fight claims made by RITBA attorney</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/town-should-fight-claims-made-by-ritba-attorney/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I write to address the article in last week’s Jamestown Press – “Turbine Sparks Veiled Threat.” In the story, a Providence attorney named Brian Lamoureux, who has been hired by the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, states that there is great danger that “shadow flicker” may distract drivers driving on the Newport Bridge or elsewhere nearby. There is no indication that Mr. Lamoureux has an advanced degree in aeronautics or special training in “shadow flicker” or other light hazards. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wilderness is a form of freedom, power companies aim to put it in chains</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/wilderness-is-a-form-of-freedom-power-companies-aim-to-put-it-in-chains/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[About Green Mountain Power’s wind project on the Lowell Mountains in particular and the attempt to turn the state of Vermont into a wind farm in general. Do people know: — That wind power from Green Mountain Power’s wind project legally can and will go out of state? — That Green Mountain Power helped to finance Governor Shumlin’s election? — That an adviser to Governor Shumlin wants to put giant wind turbines on 200 miles of Vermont ridgelines (David Blittersdorf, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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