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		<title>Cape Vincent wind projects merge; BP taking over Acciona’s St. Lawrence Wind Farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The two wind projects proposed in Cape Vincent are merging into one. Peter A. Gross, the Cape Vincent Wind Farm’s project manager, said Thursday that BP Wind Energy closed a deal to take over Acciona Wind Energy USA’s St. Lawrence Wind Farm project. “The deal is closed,” Mr. Gross said. “We are now the owners of substantially all of the assets that were owned by the St. Lawrence Wind Farm. And now we’re in the process of figuring out how .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Town is taking steps to control its wind energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CANAJOHARIE — During last Thursday’s Town Board of Canajoharie meeting, the board appointed the Town Planning Board as lead agency responsible for completing a SEQRA report in regards to a local law the town hopes to adopt, titled “Wind Energy Facility Law of the Town of Canajoharie.” The SEQRA (State Environmental Quality Review Act) report is a basic environmental quality report, which will detail the environmental impact the law will have, if any, if adopted. It was up to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Vincent passes wind moratorium</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new twist in the ongoing debate over wind power in the town of Cape Vincent The town board Tuesday night passed a seven-month moratorium on such projects. Industrial wind projects have been a hot-button issue in the town for years and now even individual wind projects are being put on hold. After a public hearing, the board voted 4 to 1 in favor of the moratorium, putting all wind projects on hold. A letter was sent last week .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Vincent enacts 7-month wind moratorium</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Town Council passed a seven-month moratorium halting all wind-power development in Cape Vincent on Tuesday night without any surprises. The vote was 4-1, with the last remaining pro-wind councilman, Mickey W. Orvis, opposing the resolution. Cape Vincent now has until Sept. 7 to put together a new wind law, although some believe this is meaningless as wind-farm developers may choose to work around Cape Vincent’s local wind law by submitting another application for the state to consider under Article .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tilting at windmills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Documentary makers are always hoping that their film will come out at just the right moment, when a favorable news cycle and popular sentiment are converging so that the public is primed for their message. In 1989, Michael Moore made his career with “Roger &#038; Me,” a documentary that pinned the decline of his hometown — Flint, Mich. — on General Motors. By focusing his fire on GM’s chairman, Roger Smith, Moore tapped into the public’s anger at tone-deaf corporate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ecogen wind subject of Prattsburgh’s board meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Prattsburgh, NY — The Ecogen wind farm project in the town of Prattsburgh is the subject of a special town board meeting at 7 p.m. Monday night. Town officials said the meeting was called at the request of the town’s legal firm, Bond, Schoeneck and King in order to review information on the 16-turbine project. Little is known about the information to be provided to the board, although Ecogen reportedly unsuccessfully presented an incentive package last week to Prattsburgh’s neighbor, .&#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>Pomfret board reviews comp plan, WECS law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[During a recent special meeting, Pomfret Town Planning Board Chairman Jim Joy spoke before the town board on a number of topics. In 2010 the town adopted its comprehensive agricultural protection plan, essentially its comprehensive plan. Joy requested that the town board appoint the planning board to additionally serve as a comprehensive agricultural plan committee. &#8220;This committee is responsible for identifying the recommendations for implementation and to monitor the success of the town of Pomfret comprehensive agricultural protection plan,&#8221; he .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines in the backyard: the sound and the strobes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[We can all agree that energy independence is a worthy objective, right? Alternative energy sources like solar power can help free the United States from fossil fuels and the grip of unstable Persian Gulf states. And wind power — wait, not so fast, says “Windfall,” Laura Israel’s urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. An account of rural Meredith, in upstate New York, when wind turbines came to town, the film depicts the perils of a booming industry and the bitter .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Water authority waiting to issue decision on Laurel wind turbine; comments close today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Suffolk County Water Authority hasn’t found any scientific documentation on abnormal fire risks associated with wind turbines, its chief environmental officer Carrie Meek Gallagher said this week. The authority plans to build a 100-kilowatt wind turbine at its pumping station near Laurel Lake in Laurel, but neighbors are adamantly opposed to the proposal, citing, in part, the heightened risk of fire if the turbine is installed in the middle of a wooded area. The utility is waiting until the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Marble River Wind Farm work continues</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/marble-river-wind-farm-work-continues/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ELLENBURG — The Marble River Wind Farm in the towns of Ellenburg and Clinton could be operational by next fall. Wind Farm Project Manager Dan Fitzgerald said work started last summer, and they are continuing to work on an electrical substation near Route 190 in the Ellenburg. That work is expected to be finished by spring, and turbine components should start to arrive in late May or early June. &#8220;We are currently targeting an October operational date,&#8221; he said. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine route among road projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/wind-turbine-route-among-road-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LITTLE VALLEY — Cattaraugus County’s most expensive road project this summer may make a smooth road for what could be hundreds of truckloads of components for wind turbines. County Road 30 — Chipmonk Road in the towns of Allegany and Carrollton — is slated by the county Public Works Department for a nearly $3 million reconstruction this summer. That is almost half of the county’s nearly $7 million road construction plan for 2012. EverPower Wind Holdings Inc. is also eyeing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Appellate court upholds dismissal of Galloo Island wind farm challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/appellate-court-upholds-dismissal-of-galloo-island-wind-farm-challenge/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An appellate court has unanimously upheld a state Supreme Court judge’s dismissal of the town of Henderson’s legal challenge to a proposed wind farm on Galloo Island in the town of Hounsfield. In a decision entered Tuesday, the state Appellate Division, Fourth Department, affirmed Judge Joseph D. McGuire’s August 2010 ruling that, among other things, determined that the Henderson Town Council lacked standing to bring an Article 78 action against the Hounsfield Planning Board in which Henderson sought to have .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Higher towers, more output urged in wind energy law</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/higher-towers-more-output-urged-in-wind-energy-law/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FREDONIA—The Pomfret Planning Board has recommended that the Town Board make two changes to the town’s wind energy conversion system law relating to small wind energy systems. The first would increase the maximum tower height allowed from 80 feet to 120 feet. The second would change the maximum kilowatts allowed from 10 to 100. The board took no action on the proposals at its Wednesday meeting. Supervisor Don Steger questioned why the law makes it easier for a farm to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Take a hard look</title>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>Cohocton eyes &#8216;home rule&#8217; issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Cohocton, NY — With all the attention on possible bans on hydrofracking, the took a different step last month. Town Supervisor Jack Zigenfus said in December he is looking at “home rule” issues, which have been brought to the town recently. Zigenfus said the town is waiting to see what the final Department of Environmental Conservation’s recommendations are, plus receive recommendations from the town and village planning board before going further with discussing a moratorium. Town attorney Pat McAllister said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windfall</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Extolling the virtues of wind power is where most ecological documentaries finish after subjecting us to the details of the land-raping extraction process du jour and asserting those whispering windmills as the remedy. Not so fast, Laura Israel&#8217;s playfully thorough examination of the subject warns. Big as hell and largely unregulated, those scenic wind turbines aren&#8217;t nearly as benign (or whispering) as their image suggests, something Israel&#8217;s upstate New York neighbors discovered when several of them leased land to wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County planners review Cape Vincent’s wind-energy moratorium</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/01/county-planners-review-cape-vincents-wind-energy-moratorium/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:08:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A 7-month moratorium on all wind energy projects in the town of Cape Vincent took another step toward becoming a reality on Tuesday afternoon. The Jefferson County Planning Board reviewed the proposed town-wide moratorium and sent it back to the town as a local concern. On Feb. 7, instead of at the next regular council meeting Feb. 16, the board plans to pass the moratorium on construction of all “wind power-generating facilities” following a public hearing that starts at 7 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Enfield wind farm expected to be running by end of 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/enfield-wind-farm-expected-to-be-running-by-end-of-2013/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ithaca — If all goes according to plan, there will be wind turbines up and running on Buck Hill in Enfield come Christmas 2013. Though several steps still remain, project manager Marguerite Wells said she expects the 8-year-old project to be completed by that date. In the meantime, the environmental impact statement has to be completed, the public will have a chance to comment on the project, construction details will be worked out, and funding secured, she said. Earlier this .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>No cause for turbine fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ALTONA — Monday, officials from Noble Environmental Power were still trying to determine the cause of a wind-turbine fire that broke out Saturday evening at the Altona Wind Park. John Bahouth, vice president of human resources and communications, said the company was working to mobilize heavy equipment to the area in order to reach the top of the extremely tall turbine. &#8220;We are pursuing the cause with all diligence, and as soon as the company knows more details, we will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-turbine fire under investigation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Structure in Altona Wind Park found in flames; cause uncertain ALTONA — A wind turbine in the Altona Wind Park caught fire Saturday evening, but the cause of the blaze is still under investigation. According to a press release from Noble Environmental Power, the company responsible for building the wind turbines dotting the Altona landscape, there was no damage incurred to anything besides the turbine, and there was no risk to people. But that doesn&#8217;t mean no one noticed. As .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New York town&#8217;s battle over wind power makes it to the big screen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MEREDITH, N.Y. &#8211; President Obama got bipartisan applause during his State of the Union address when he called for an all-out clean-energy initiative. But a new film serves as a cautionary tale. Like many of her neighbors in Meredith, a small town near Oneonta, filmmaker Laura Israel was thrilled to learn developers wanted to build 40 industrial wind turbines in and around the town. The more she and the townspeople learned about the possible harmful impact on health and safety .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A brewing storm about wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/a-brewing-storm-about-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Filmmaker Laura Israel follows the installation of wind turbines as sources of energy in two rural towns in New York State, and discovers there are downsides to the source of energy generally thought to be a clean, green and sustainable alternative to the dirtier resources of oil and coal. In Meredith, New York, residents welcome the proposal made by wind power developers to build 40 industrial wind turbines in their town, believing that the project will inject a flow of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine catches on fire</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/30/wind-turbine-catches-on-fire/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Authorities are investigating what caused a wind turbine to catch fire in Northern New York. It happened Saturday night in Altona. Officials say people driving by the windfarm noticed the fire in one of the 400 foot turbines. Noble Environmental, the owner of the windfarm, says no one was injured. The cause of the fire is not known. Two years ago a turbine at the same park came crashing down when the blades spun out-of-control in high winds. An investigation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine catches fire; Altona firefighters respond</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/29/wind-turbine-catches-fire-altona-firefighters-respond/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ALTONA, N.Y. &#8212; Firefighters said a wind turbine caught fire in Altona, N.Y. saturday night. Clinton County fire officials said people driving by the windfarm called in to report the fire. Altona firefighters responded to the scene. County fire officials said only one wind turbine was on fire, and nobody was hurt. Winds were gusting up to 25 MPH in the area. Investigators said it was too early to determine a cause.]]></description>
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		<title>Transformer ruptures at Wethersfield wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/28/transformer-ruptures-at-wethersfield-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Megan Gollwitzer, spokesperson for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, said approximately 400 gallons of transformer oil, a mineral oil product, was released into the area immediately surrounding the base of the wind turbine. 
 
Approximately 45 tons of affected soil from the area where the spill occurred was collected and removed for off-site disposal at a regulated landfill, Gollwitzer said.]]></description>
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		<title>Now the fight&#8217;s above ground</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/now-the-fights-above-ground/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It isn’t possible that the directors of the Suffolk County Water Authority would harbor a grudge, is it? They wouldn’t seek to erect a power-generating windmill, as big as any standing anywhere on the North Fork, in the middle of wooded preserve teeming with wildlife near the shores of a tranquil lake as a “gotcha!” for the town’s unyielding — and ultimately successful — opposition to their cockamamie scheme to spend millions to bring public water to Orient, where the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm road vote tabled</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/wind-farm-road-vote-tabled/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ALLEGANY — For the third meeting in a row, the Allegany Town Board tabled a request for the use of Chipmonk Road to transport equipment to a proposed wind turbine farm until further engineering studies can be conducted. The action came after approximately an hour of discussion and an executive session at Tuesday’s regularly scheduled town board meeting at the Allegany Senior Center. The board’s first order of business was to review a request from EverPower Wind Holdings Inc., also .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Water Authority wants to build wind turbine near Laurel Lake; neighbors disapprove</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/water-authority-wants-to-build-wind-turbine-near-laurel-lake-neighbors-disapprove/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A quiet fight is beginning against a 100 kilowatt turbine proposed by the Sufffolk County Water Authority at property it owns near Laurel Lake. Neighbors of the lake learned early last week that the water authority was planning to erect a turbine at the site, and they banded together to attend a public hearing held by the water authority Thursday night at the Mattituck Free Library. They’re now busy circulating letters opposed to the turbine, claiming it will pose a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm in Ithaca area to seek investors</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/22/wind-farm-in-ithaca-area-to-seek-investors/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ITHACA — The six area residents who are taking over a proposed wind farm in Enfield, Tompkins County, have lined up their management and development team and plan to soon begin offering shares in the project to investors in the community and across New York. After several years of planning, the original developers of the wind farm sold their assets and development rights to Black Oak Wind Farm LLC earlier this month. On Wednesday, Juhl Wind Inc. signed a development .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind-turbine shipments could start next week</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/21/wind-turbine-shipments-could-start-next-week/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PLATTSBURGH — Wind-turbine tower sections are expected to start moving from the Canadian Pacific rail yard on South Junction Road this week. The Plattsburgh Town Council passed a resolution to enter into a interim road-use agreement with BP&#8217;s Mehoopany Wind Energy LLC. Town Supervisor Bernie Bassett said that will allow the tower components to start to move from the rail yard, where they have been arriving since early December. BP Wind Energy Logistics Specialist Anthony Galton said now that they .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Vincent to pass wind moratorium Feb. 7</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/cape-vincent-to-pass-wind-moratorium-feb-7/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Town Council is speeding up the process of putting a halt to all wind energy development in Cape Vincent. On Feb. 7, instead of at the next regular council meeting Feb. 16, the board plans to pass a seven-month moratorium on the construction of all “wind power-generating facilities” following a public hearing that starts at 7 p.m. that day at Recreation Park on James Street. Town Supervisor Urban C. Hirschey initially proposed to hold the special meeting Feb. 2 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials investigating turbine fire</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/officials-investigating-turbine-fire/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WETHERSFIELD — Officials are investigating what caused a fire Monday at a Noble Environmental Power wind turbine. “On Jan. 16 a transformer failed at the base of a wind turbine,” said Asset Management Director Brad Hastings. “There were no injuries. The transformer was replaced and the turbine resumed operation later that day.” Noble Environmental Power operates two wind farms in Wyoming County. The Noble Wethersfield project includes 84 turbines, while Noble Bliss includes 67 turbines.]]></description>
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		<title>Plans move forward for Ithaca-area wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/plans-move-forward-for-ithaca-area-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ENFIELD — Pipestone, Minn.–based Juhl Wind, Inc. signed a development services agreement with Black Oak Wind Farm, LLC near Ithaca for a proposed 15 to 30 megawatt facility set to open during the third quarter of 2013. Juhl Wind will serve as the development partner for the project. “We are very excited to be expanding our development services outside of the Midwest region,” Corey Juhl, vice president of project development for Juhl Wind, said in a release. “The Black Oak .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Richfield board, energy firm reach agreement on wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/richfield-board-energy-firm-reach-agreement-on-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[RICHFIELD SPRINGS &#8212; A six-turbine wind farm proposed for the town of Richfield got a boost when the town board entered into a host agreement with the developers &#8212; although opponents are vowing to stop the project in court. &#8220;We were very pleased that Richfield&#8217;s elected representatives have spoken and passed a very strong community-host agreement,&#8221; said Owen Grant, the project manager for Ridgeline Energy of Albany, the firm that hopes to switch on the 18.4-megawatt wind farm later this .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm in Enfield aims to have strong community ties</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/wind-farm-in-enfield-aims-to-have-strong-community-ties/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ithaca &#8212; The six area residents who are taking over a proposed wind farm in Enfield have lined up their management and development team and plan to soon begin offering shares in the project to investors in the community and across New York, they said Wednesday. After several years of planning, the original developers of the wind farm sold their assets and development rights to Black Oak Wind Farm LLC, a group of six area residents, last week. On Wednesday, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County energy saving, climate measures fail to pass</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/17/county-energy-saving-climate-measures-fail-to-pass/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[CANTON — St. Lawrence County legislators liked much of what they heard Monday about saving money through energy changes, but stopped short of wanting the projects included in a Climate Action Plan that was shelved earlier for discussion until at least February. Legislators voted 7-7, with Legislator Vernon D. &#8220;Sam&#8221; Burns, D-Ogdensburg, absent, not to refer the draft county Climate Action Plan back to staff for revision and then disagreed over whether that meant they wanted to proceed with some .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials in Porter seek time to gain funding for wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/15/officials-in-porter-seek-time-to-gain-funding-for-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PORTER — Town officials want some extra time to get access to $320,000 in federal grant money to build four wind turbines in the town. The town received the competitive grant funds from the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority in February 2010 and would lose its access to the funding if they don’t complete the project before the March deadline. Town Engineer David Britton told the Town Board at its last meeting that the six-month extension should .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Radio discussion with Laura Israel and Helen Kozoriz</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/radio-discussion-with-laura-israel-and-helen-kozoriz/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Amanda Eichstaedt talks with Windfall filmmaker Laura Israel (New York) and Helen Kozoriz of West Marin/Sonoma Coastal Advocates, one of the sponsors (along with Environmental Action Committee of West Marin) of a January 20 screening of the film — West Marin Community Radio, KWMR, Thursday morning.]]></description>
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		<title>Riverhead sewer plant wind turbine proposal collapses</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/13/riverhead-sewer-plant-wind-turbine-proposal-collapses/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Forget about that wind turbine that was planned for Riverhead Town’s sewer district property on Riverside Drive. Three of the five Town Board members say they no longer support the project after hearing an updated cost estimate on the job, which indicates that it won’t begin to turn a project until it’s 18th year in operation. Sewer district superintendent Michael Reichel had advocated building a 750 kw wind turbine that would cost the town, at most, $1.8 million to build. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rules out wind tower near Orangeville cabin</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/11/judge-rules-out-wind-tower-near-orangeville-cabin/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ORANGEVILLE — A judge’s decision has reversed two authorizations for a tower in the planned Stony Creek Wind Farm. State Supreme Court Justice Patrick NeMoyer ruled Jan. 4 in favor of property owner Robert White, who said the planned wind turbine was too close to his hunting cabin off Bantam Road. The decision nullifies the special use permit and site plan approvals for tower T-28. NeMoyer ruled the planned turbine was improperly sited within 1,320 feet of White’s cabin. He .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local elections leave Hammond divided on wind; Cape Vincent poised to regulate development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/11/local-elections-leave-hammond-divided-on-wind-cape-vincent-poised-to-regulate-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The prospect of wind energy development has divided north country communities from Cape Vincent to Clinton County. New York&#8217;s new Article X law gives developers the option to seek state review of where to put their wind farms. But prior to Article X, accepting and siting the big turbines was up to each town. And companies can still choose local rather than state review. More than once, the conflict over wind has spilled over into local politics. That has been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Home Rule&#8217; derailed by &#8216;green&#8217; energy train</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/home-rule-derailed-by-green-energy-train/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The funny thing about Sen. Patrick Gallivan’s Dec. 27, 2011, response letter, “Power NY: A comprehensive, inclusive energy strategy,” to my Dec. 20, 2011, letter, “A loss of self-government,” was that Sen. Gallivan completely ignored mentioning the main point of my letter — the loss of “Home Rule” — which has occurred across NYS thanks to the passage of Article X contained within the Power NY Act. In spite of Republican campaign rhetoric rallying against the expansion of “Big Government” .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers aim to revisit Power NY Act</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/lawmakers-aim-to-revisit-power-ny-act/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Officials statewide continue to push to knock the wind out of the Power NY Act of 2011. The legislation, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in July, is intended to promote the growth of clean energy and power in New York state moving forward, but the wording of the legislation has created a pocket of opposition to the measure. “(The Power NY Act) encourages investment in clean power plants and affords communities more meaningful input in the plant siting process,” it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuomo plans &#8216;energy highway&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/cuomo-plans-energy-highway/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s State of the State speech Wednesday included a plan to upgrade the state&#8217;s high-voltage electric transmission system so that power generated in upstate New York power plants and wind farms can be moved downstate. Bottlenecks in the transmission system — mainly between Utica and Albany and south of Albany — make it difficult to move electricity to the New York City area. That makes downstate power expensive and it forces upstate power plants to hold .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Setback for turbines important part of wind law</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/04/setback-for-turbines-important-part-of-wind-law/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, my husband Terry and I came close to signing a wind lease without doing basic research or taking the lease to a lawyer. It seemed so simple &#8212; we could make money and be good citizens at the same time. It was only when we read about noise and significant health issues that we had second thoughts about the enormity of the projects, but then we felt guilty because wind was green and great for the environment. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Enfield wind farm sold to new developer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/03/enfield-wind-farm-sold-to-new-developer/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ithaca developers of a wind farm in Enfield have sold their assets and development rights to a new company, Black Oak Wind Farm LLC. John Rancich&#8217;s Enfield Energy LLC, gained an ownership interest in Black Oak in return for all the rights to the site where Rancich and project manager Marguerite Wells have been working for four years to build a wind farm, according to a statement released by Black Oak on Monday. Black Oak was formed last week by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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