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		<title>State pursues “rare and irreplacable” protection for Ira &amp; Poultney’s Taconic Mountains &#8212; Designation would impact proposed wind project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER, VT – Public records recently obtained by Energize Vermont reveal that the State’s Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) is pursuing  “Rare and Irreplaceable Natural Areas” (RINA) designation for a specific area in Rutland County’s Taconic Mountains.
The ANR investigation of the area in Ira and Poultney found that, “this large unfragmented area of forested habitat (approximately 23,600 acres) and associated natural communities should be considered a Rare and Irreplaceable Natural Area under Criterion 8 of Act 248.” 
This area .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fish &amp; Wildlife opposes wind farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm in Ira could face opposition from the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife, according to a state official.
In a letter dated Dec. 22 [click here], Fish and Wildlife community ecologist Eric Sorenson told Vermont Community Wind Farm that the company&#8217;s plan to put up as many as 45 turbines in the area would have &#8220;an undue adverse effect&#8221; on the area.
An organization opposed to the project circulated the letter Monday.
Sorenson wrote that the area of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind can&#8217;t meet electricity needs</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/08/wind-cant-meet-electricity-needs/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I fully support the results of the Feb. 24 Vermont Senate &#8220;close Vermont Yankee&#8221; vote. The plant needs to be decommissioned as soon as a brand new, state-of-the-art, safer nuclear facility can be built.
Vermont&#8217;s business and public communities cannot be hijacked into accepting decades of European, unproven, intermittent wind power as an alternative. Not one fossil fuel facility has ever been closed by wind power.
In VPIRG&#8217;s pre-vote TV ad barrage, our modern Vermont dairy farmer advises, &#8220;by jeezum,&#8221; that when .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developers caught in the crosswinds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[In 1941, Vermont was at the forefront of the wind energy movement.
That&#8217;s when the U.S. Department of Energy built a 1.25-megawatt turbine on Grandpa&#8217;s Knob in Rutland County. The electricity generating facility, meant to secure local power in case Germans attacked the country&#8217;s infrastructure, was the largest in the country.
But now, Vermont has only a single wind project considered to be of moderate size by U.S. standards — the 11 Searsburg turbines, built in 1996 and generating about 6 megawatts .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelming vote on wind</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The people of Ira have spoken by nearly a fourfold majority that they are in favor of renewable energy, but not industrial wind turbines on our ridgelines. This is the result of an open, transparent, and civil effort that has been inclusive of all of the townspeople over the past nine months. All voices were welcomed and all were listened to. After five warned town meetings the conclusion is clear: We wish Ira to remain as the Rutland Herald characterized .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GMP’s real product is RECs or New England&#8217;s RGGI credits</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/05/gmp%e2%80%99s-real-product-is-recs-or-new-englands-rggi-credits/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Green Mountain Power repeatedly has fed the public several instances of misleading information in its bid to install wind turbines on Lowell Mountain.  Two oft-quoted pieces of information are especially misleading:  1) the turbines will work 80 percent of the time, and 2) all the power generated on Lowell Mountain will stay in Vermont and go to GMP or VEC’s in-state customers.
It is true, the turbines “work” a large part of the time.  Searsburg&#8217;s turbines &#8220;work&#8221; 60 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt a moratorium on wind power projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/05/adopt-a-moratorium-on-wind-power-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Health studies from around the world, including Europe, China, New Zealand, and the United States cite the adverse health effects on people who live downwind from large scale wind power projects such as those currently being proposed in several towns in Vermont. The health studies show these effects include sleep deprivation, cardiac arrhythmia, chronic vertigo, inner ear damage, tinnitus, headaches and migraines, weight change, exhaustion, depression, anxiety, anger, irritability, and problems with concentration and learning. These problems are found in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ira votes against wind project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/04/ira-votes-against-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Lowell voters gave a wind project the go-ahead, but another town targeted for wind development voted to keep their ridgelines turbine-free.
Vermont Community Wind wants to build as many as 45 wind towers in Ira and nearby Poultney. At Tuesday night&#8217;s town meeting, Ira residents voted to stick with the town plan for renewable energy projects. That plan specifically bans industrial-scale towers on town ridgelines.
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		<title>Ex-treasurer seeks forgiveness in packed Ira town meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/03/ex-treasurer-seeks-forgiveness-in-packed-ira-town-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[IRA — The former town treasurer addressed the assembly at town meeting, apologizing for stealing an estimated $382,357 from the community.
&#8220;I know I&#8217;ve done wrong,&#8221; Don Hewitt said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve cheated others. I&#8217;m sorry I did it.&#8221;
More than 120 people packed into the Town Hall for the meeting, some standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the back of the room before a chunk of the crowd filtered into the kitchen.
Hewitt, who Vermont State Police said they expect to charge with embezzlement following an audit .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lowell voters ditch debate, pass wind project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/03/lowell-voters-ditch-debate-pass-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[After a traditional Town Meeting Day start of the Pledge of Allegiance, Lowell residents took up the first big item&#8211; a wind power project. Green Mountain Power wants to build 20-24 turbines on a ridgeline in the community. Each turbine is more than 40 stories high. GMP says it won&#8217;t go forward unless residents say yes. Up to 580 people could vote in this town of 800.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve had about 230 absentee ballot requests,&#8221; said Nanette Bonneau, the town clerk in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ira will weigh in on wind farm proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/02/ira-will-weigh-in-on-wind-farm-proposal/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Mar 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[(Host) Voters in Ira are expected to weigh in tomorrow night on a controversial wind farm that&#8217;s being proposed in their town. 
As VPR&#8217;s Nina Keck reports, the nonbinding question is expected to generate a lot of debate.  
(Keck) Last spring, Vermont Community Wind Farm announced plans to build a large scale commercial wind farm along three ridgelines in six towns.   
But environmental obstacles and battles with local landowners caused the company to rule out many potential .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind developers looking out for their own interests</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/26/wind-developers-looking-out-for-their-own-interests/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The residents of the town of Lowell might do well to think about the vote they will cast on Town Meeting Day. The whole Wileman, Green Mountain Power, Vermont Electric Co-op, VERA proposal is getting pretty old after nine years. We are constantly being approached by their representatives and employees knocking on doors, sneaking around taking pictures from every angle, putting up sound monitors (third time), veiled threats, open threats, phone calls, surveyors looking to change lines, etc., etc. A .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The magic bus to Lempster</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/24/the-magic-bus-to-lempster/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Why would anyone want to ruin a beautiful mountain ridgeline? Especially for an insignificant amount of electric power we don&#8217;t need! GMP has stated that they wouldn&#8217;t be attempting this wind project if it weren&#8217;t going to provide them with huge tax incentives and payments. As of February 17, 2010, the value of carbon credits they hope to sell to electric producers that can&#8217;t meet these phony pollution portfolio standards dropped to 10 cents. They were valued at 7 dollars .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vote NO in Lowell</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/24/vote-no-in-lowell/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Shall the voters of the Town of Lowell approve the concept of a wind project in the town as proposed by Green Mountain Power Corporation and the Vermont Electric Cooperative provided that an agreement is reached between the Town and the developers that would bring a minimum of $400,000 per year to the Town of Lowell.&#8221;
A yes vote will surrender all your rights and place them in the hands of the three members of the Public Service Board and GMP. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;No&#8221; vote in Lowell will allow due deliberation</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/24/a-no-vote-in-lowell-will-allow-due-deliberation/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Attending all the informational meetings in Lowell concerning the current effort to erect 400-foot wind turbines, covering several miles of the Lowell Mountain ridge line, leaves me troubled by the questions that have not been answered — perhaps not even asked yet. When we meet as a community we should always look at that underlying question; How will we offer our children and grandchildren a life, here in our towns, with a decent standard of living? It is short-sighted to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lowell wind project boils down to money</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/23/lowell-wind-project-boils-down-to-money/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Did you ever attend an auction? Everyone bidding is looking for a deal. There isn’t anything wrong if you want to get a good deal on an item, buy it as cheaply as possible. Your neighbor has struggled on his farm, and despite all the government programs, grants and subsidies can’t make it work, he’s tired of losing money so has an auction and decides to gibe up. Most of his neighbors attend his auction and pick his bones. Survival .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm developer makes case before residents of Ira</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/21/wind-farm-developer-makes-case-before-residents-of-ira/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[IRA – Wind power in Ira could look like seven turbines atop Herrick Mountain Ridge, it could sound like a computer humming, and it could cost more than current sources of power.
But it could also mean a zero municipal tax rate in Ira, said Jeffrey Wennberg, director of state and community affairs for Vermont Community Wind Farm, at a day-long meeting Saturday at the old Ira town office.
&#8220;The thing is the wholesale rate, the amount that the plant charges the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm developer: &#8216;We can&#8217;t touch Yankee&#8217;s rates&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/21/wind-farm-developer-we-cant-touch-yankees-rates/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[IRA – Wind power in Ira could look like seven turbines atop Herrick Mountain Ridge, it could sound like a computer humming, and it could cost more than current sources of power.
But it could also mean a zero municipal tax rate in Ira, said Jeffrey Wennberg, director of state and community affairs for Vermont Community Wind Farm, at a day-long meeting Saturday at the old Ira town office.
&#8220;The thing is the wholesale rate, the amount that the plant charges the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind developer to host Ira open house</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/19/wind-developer-to-host-ira-open-house/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[IRA — Vermont Community Wind Farm will hold an open house at the town office building Saturday in anticipation of a vote at town meeting.
Nothing on the proposed wind farm in and around Ira appears on the town meeting warning, but Ira does business from the floor and town officials have said they expect it to come up.
VCWF spokesman Jeffrey Wennberg said the company will have materials and people to answer questions at the town office building from 10:30 a.m. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vermont utility pulls out stops to gain wind project approval</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/14/vermont-utility-pulls-out-stops-to-gain-wind-project-approval/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[LOWELL — Residents here will vote March 2 whether to endorse Vermont’s largest wind energy project to date, 18 to 24 turbines proposed for three miles of scenic ridgeline at the edge of the Northeast Kingdom.
The stakes are high. For developer Green Mountain Power, the $150 million wind installation would provide up to 9 percent of its energy supply at a predictable cost. The project also would be a powerful response to legislative pressure for more renewable electricity in utilities’ .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How we power will define us</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/14/how-we-power-will-define-us/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[We seem to be engaging the issue of energy from within its specifics, lacking a broader view. It might be helpful to look at some &#8220;big picture&#8221; figures involving energy. Regarding Vermont&#8217;s energy future, this is a time for thoughtful and careful consideration. P.T Barnum said there&#8217;s a sucker born every minute. Let&#8217;s, instead, be smart and not act in a way that could unnecessarily impact Vermont negatively leaving permanent scars.
Some energy relationships you should know:
Our homes generally use far .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public Service Board approves wind test towers in Lowell</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/12/public-service-board-approves-wind-test-towers-in-lowell/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The Public Service Board (PSB) on February 8 granted a Certificate of Public Good (CPG) for three meteorological test towers to be placed on the Lowell Mountain ridgeline. But the towers cannot be built until after March 2, when Lowell voters will determine by Australian ballot on Town Meeting Day if they support the wind turbine project proposed by Green Mountain Power (GMP).
  Dorothy Schnure of GMP says that, upon approval, construction will begin immediately to avoid problems with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Health effects must be studied</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/02/01/health-effects-must-be-studied/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Feb 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A recent piece I wrote in Heart Health News on the cardiac consequences of sleep deprivation has been accused of fear-mongering on wind turbines. I wish to address several of the author&#8217;s comments and correct them.
First, the work is entirely my own and does not represent an opinion nor position of Rutland Regional Medical Center. I understand that the medical center will host a balanced forum on Health Issues of Wind Turbines in the spring. Additionally, a group of Rutland .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Famous quotes from former wind advocates</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/29/famous-quotes-from-former-wind-advocates/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[The following are famous quotes from former wind advocates:
&#8220;Wind turbines don&#8217;t make good neighbors,&#8221; Enxco&#8217;s John Zimmerman admitted at a meeting in Lowell, Vt.
&#8220;The noise from the 11 550-kilowatt Searsburg turbines is significant a mile away,&#8221; said Rob Ide, the director of Energy Efficiency for the Department Department of Public Service in Vermont.
Enxco&#8217;s New England representative, John Zimmerman also said, &#8220;When there is heavy rime ice build up on the blades and the machines are running you instinctively want to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Area group forms to stop &#8216;big wind&#8217; on ridgelines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/27/area-group-forms-to-stop-big-wind-on-ridgelines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A new group calling itself &#8220;Energize Vermont&#8221; has pledged to get communities more involved in utility permitting and to fight to keep wind turbines off Vermont&#8217;s ridgelines.
&#8220;What brought this on was a concern by a large number of people that various types of alternative energy, in this case what we call &#8216;big wind,&#8217; (were) coming in and trying to establish themselves without any criteria about how these towers should be sited,&#8221; president John Liccardi of Castleton said Tuesday.
Liccardi said that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vt. group forms to fight big wind projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/26/vt-group-forms-to-fight-big-wind-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Montpelier, Vermont &#8211; January 26, 2010
&#8220;It looks to me like the classic case of big business pushing their way into our community,&#8221; said Mike Klopchin of Clarendon.
It was opposition from residents like Mike Klopchin that helped shut down a proposed wind project on Susie&#8217;s Peak in Rutland County. But Klopchin isn&#8217;t done fighting.
&#8220;I hope that it goes to the Legislature to come up with some reasonable siting criteria; then we will have won,&#8221; he said.
That&#8217;s why he came to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Step forward for Lowell wind project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/26/step-forward-for-lowell-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Vermont utility regulators continue trying to balance the state&#8217;s interest in generating more renewable energy with the undeniable impact of tall mountaintop towers on the state&#8217;s iconic mountain views.
A Public Service Board hearing officer recommended this month that Green Mountain Power be granted permission to put three wind-measuring towers atop Lowell Mountain.
The utility is trying to determine whether there is sufficient wind for a 16-to-24 turbine project in the Orleans County community.
I spotted one potential straw in the wind in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Experts clash over Vermont&#8217;s renewable-energy incentive program</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/26/experts-clash-over-vermonts-renewable-energy-incentive-program/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[MONTPELIER &#8212; Vermont&#8217;s newest incentive program for renewable energy met criticism Monday from the state&#8217;s Department of Public Service.
The release of a department study predicting higher electricity rates and slower economic growth prompted quick rebuttals from renewable energy experts.
At issue is a piece of legislation enacted last year that guarantees &#8220;feed-in tariffs&#8221; &#8212; higher-than-normal rate guarantees for power generated from solar, wind, biofuel, hydro and methane.
The bill, Act 45, designed to spur the development of in-state energy sources, directs Vermont .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines are noisy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/22/wind-turbines-are-noisy-3/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been hearing lots of conflicting opinions on just how noisy wind turbines are. Since I live near where the Vermont Community Wind Farm is proposing a series of 400-foot turbines, I figured I should find out for myself. I took the drive with a friend to Lempster, N.H., where there are already industrial wind turbines in operation.
As we approached Lempster, we came to a spot about a mile from the turbines and stopped to take a picture. As I .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PSB analysis recommends test towers for Lowell wind farm project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/21/psb-analysis-recommends-test-towers-for-lowell-wind-farm-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A utilities analysis with the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) recommends the board grant approval for temporary meteorological towers to be placed on Lowell Mountain. The recommendation from hearing officer and utilities analyst Mary Jo Krolewski came as a proposal for approval, and is not a final decision.
The PSB is accepting comments on the proposal for a Certificate of Public Good (CPG) for the three test towers until or on January 29. Comments can be written, or a request for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Like Chinese water torture</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/21/like-chinese-water-torture/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[There has been much discussion lately about industrial wind power on Vermont&#8217;s mountains. The Lempster, N.H., turbine site is often used as an example of a typical wind tower site, especially after Green Mountain Power&#8217;s Dec. 5 bus trip for Lowell residents.
I am a Vermont resident, but I have an insider&#8217;s perspective of the Lempster site. I own two pieces of land on Lempster Mountain, one of which has been in my family for over 70 years.
There are 12 turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Big wind&#8217; is about easy money</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/21/big-wind-is-about-easy-money/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Friends and neighbors, I write as a Clarendon resident, and not in my role as Select Board chairman. The people of Clarendon and the towns surrounding it are trying to understand what the Vermont Community Wind Farm project is all about. What will it mean for us? What impacts will it have on us? Why here and now?
What has brought trouble to our town&#8217;s doorstep is &#8220;easy&#8221; money. We wouldn&#8217;t be having this debate about wind farms if it wasn&#8217;t .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>There is more to wind turbines than meets the eye.</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/21/there-is-more-to-wind-turbines-than-meets-the-eye/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I was in favor of wind for what I thought was all the right reasons until I actually started looking into the topic. The more closely I look, the more I learn what is driving the intense rush to get these projects in place. It concerns me because I’ll be living close to a proposed project. But the issues I’m going to point out should concern anyone in America today who is following the issue of Industrial Wind:
Economic: All power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines indeed noisy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/20/wind-turbines-indeed-noisy/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been hearing lots of conflicting opinions on just how noisy wind turbines are. Since I live in Clarendon, Vt., near where a wind farm company is proposing a series of 400-foot turbines, I figured I should find out for myself. I took the drive with a friend to Lempster, N.H., where there are already industrial wind turbines in operation.
As we approached Lempster, we came to a spot about a mile from the turbines and stopped to take a picture. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind co. abandons Susie&#8217;s Peak turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/16/wind-co-abandons-susies-peak-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[CLARENDON — A developer has abandoned plans to put wind turbines on Susie&#8217;s Peak.
Vermont Community Wind Farm spokesman Jeffrey Wennberg said Friday that the location was &#8220;too controversial and too problematic.&#8221; He said the company is still looking at 34 potential sites in Ira, West Rutland and Poultney.
&#8220;Through the course of our discussions and deliberations with communities on both sides of Susie&#8217;s Peak, it has become clear that this range represents both a cultural and aesthetic resource,&#8221; Wennberg said.
Select Board .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How greed divides Lowell</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/15/how-greed-divides-lowell/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[I am hopelessly sad for this town, its people: us and me. I am finding no way to fight back what we are going through at this time. I often think to myself, or say out loud as I&#8217;m sweeping, &#8220;I cannot believe how wind turbines, tall steel structures, really with no value at all, ie: clarity, reality, mortality, love, truth, naturalness, Godliness, vividness, even selfishness or playfulness have somehow succeeded to divide us, rip us apart like a tree .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Westside hears wind developer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/12/westside-hears-wind-developer/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[WEST RUTLAND — The new developer of the Grandpa&#8217;s Knob wind farm said he hopes to apply to put up about 20 turbines later this year, but that he still has some studying to do.
Reunion Power of Manchester announced last week it had purchased the project from Noble Environmental Power. Monday, managing director Steve Eisenberg offered the West Rutland Select Board a few more details on what he hopes to do.
&#8220;Wind power is a touchy subject in some quarters,&#8221; he .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Grandpa&#8217;s Knob wind farm has new owner; Reunion Power buys out troubled Noble&#8217;s stake</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/09/grandpas-knob-wind-farm-has-new-owner-reunion-power-buys-out-troubled-nobles-stake/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[A Manchester company says it will revive the proposal to build a wind farm centered on Grandpa&#8217;s Knob.
&#8220;We think it&#8217;s a great site and the fundamental elements exist,&#8221; Steve Eisenberg, managing director of Reunion Power, said Friday.
Eisenberg said his company, which also has an office in New Jersey, closed a deal with previous developer Noble Environmental Power around Christmastime. He said the terms of the deal were confidential, but the result is that his company plans to take the project .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PSB orders wind tower removed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/08/psb-orders-wind-tower-removed/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[CLARENDON – The state has ordered Vermont Community Wind Farm to remove its meteorological tower on Susie&#8217;s Peak and levied a $6,000 fine for permit violations.
The Public Service Board issued its order on Wednesday after determining VCWF&#8217;s decision to relocate the tower 381 feet south of the permitted site was a &#8220;material deviation from the project as approved.&#8221;
&#8220;The new location represents a change in tower height and elevation on the Susie&#8217;s Peak ridgeline, and necessitated a tree clearing area that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gone with the wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/07/gone-with-the-wind-9/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Green Mountain Power Company (GMPC) has announced it will submit its plans for constructing the Green Mountain Power Wind Farm in Lowell to the voters by Australian ballot and do what they decide, i.e., build it or not according to how the vote turns out. That decision seems a good one, democratic and more than fair.
It only seems fair, though, because it lacks one important element. It will be a vote by Lowell registered voters only. It will not reflect .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clarendon amends Town Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/02/clarendon-amends-town-plan/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[CLARENDON – Ridgelines and runways get plenty of attention in the updated Clarendon Town Plan as municipal officials complete proposed amendments to the document.
Town planners revised several sections to include comments on protecting ridgelines such as Susie Peak from industrial development.
Planners cautioned in the &#8220;wind and hydro&#8221; section that &#8220;Susie Peak is a historical, geological and recreational area and Clarendon should avoid wind farm development on our few but valued high ridgelines such as Susie Peak.&#8221;
In another area of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not easy skiing green: Is the eco-movement at ski areas legit?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/02/not-easy-skiing-green-is-the-eco-movement-at-ski-areas-legit/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[For years, the only thing &#8220;green&#8221; about ski resorts was the small mountain of cash it took to visit one.
But 2009 saw significant strides made by Vermont ski areas to become more environmentally responsible, and their efforts seem to be paying off. Vermont was the only state with wins in all of the major categories for environmental excellence at this year’s National Ski Areas Association Convention (which was held, naturally, in Florida).
Stratton won for &#8220;Excellence in Energy Conservation &#038; Clean .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Voters to have say on proposed wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/01/01/voters-to-have-say-on-proposed-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[CLARENDON – The town&#8217;s position on a proposed industrial wind operation will not be up in the air after Town Meeting Day in March.
The Clarendon Select Board has decided to put an item on the ballot related to Vermont Community Wind Farm&#8217;s plan to build an 80-megawatt development in the region with a number of turbines on Clarendon ridgelines.
Board members agreed residents should have the opportunity to support or oppose the project through a nonbinding vote on a resolution related .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind tower neighbor bought out for health reasons</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/31/wind-tower-neighbor-bought-out-for-health-reasons/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jan 2010</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Barbara Ashbee-Lormand traveled from central Ontario to central Vermont in late October to a discussion of an industrial wind turbine development proposed for the town of Ira, organized by Vermonters for a Clean Environment.
She’s a rare figure in the debate over the effects big wind towers have on people. She’s one of only two homeowners that a major wind company, Canadian Hydro Developers, has conceded it bought out because of their complaints that the huge gadgets proved to be impossible .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sheffield wind project still in air</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/22/sheffield-wind-project-still-in-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[BERLIN — Attorneys raised 26 objections Thursday in the Environment Court trial now underway, challenging the impact the Sheffield Wind project will have on the environment.  And that was only in the morning.
Controversy has doggedly nipped at the project’s heels every stage of the way, and nothing has changed as its start-up date comes down to the wire.
First Wind would like to get construction underway for its 16-turbine wind farm that already has won approval from the state’s Public .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Low-frequency sound, stray voltage, are suspects in ill effects of wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/22/low-frequency-sound-stray-voltage-are-suspects-in-ill-effects-of-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Helen and Bruce Fraser’s struggles with the health effects of a wind turbine development that surrounded their central Ontario  home in 2006 are detailed in Wind Turbine Syndrome, a book published in November by Dr. Nina Pierpont.
Though she lives in Malone, New York, just west of a rural landscape that is dominated by industrial wind towers, Dr. Pierpont turned to Canada to interview five of the ten families whose experience is the raw material for her book.  Two .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clarendon panel to join airport board</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/21/clarendon-panel-to-join-airport-board/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[CLARENDON – An airport zoning commission will be charged with the task of creating regulations to address safety issues surrounding the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport.
The Clarendon Select Board gave its approval recently to allow the town&#8217;s planning commission to serve on the newly formed airport board.
The group will be assisted by an advisory panel comprised of representatives from neighboring communities as well as officials from the airport and other regional groups with an interest in the facility.
Select Board Chairman .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The Lowell wind development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/19/the-lowell-wind-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:45:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[My husband and I spent the holiday weekend in the NEK. We love the unique beauty and serenity present only in the NEK. This is the year we planned to purchase our dream home in Albany to spend our retirement years living in this unspoiled part of the world.
Sadly, our dreams were shattered. Shortly after finding our dream home, our realtor informed us about the proposed Lowell wind development on the Lowell ridge lines. Our first thought was it would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kingdom gets state&#8217;s unwanted</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/13/kingdom-gets-states-unwanted/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[Re. &#8220;Embrace Your Inner NIMBY.&#8221; Since the background noise in cities and towns would mask the noise of wind turbines, why not put them in Rutland or Burlington – no one would notice, right? Also, we up here in the Northeast Kingdom do host all the installations the rest of the state doesn&#8217;t want because we don&#8217;t have the political clout to keep them out. We have the big landfill that accepts your waste, we have the prison which accepts .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sound can affect people differently</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/12/13/sound-can-affect-people-differently/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Dec 2009</nww:date>
				<description><![CDATA[In his commentary last Sunday, Randal Smathers uncharacteristically belittled suffering people — in this case those who suffer from wind turbine noise. Randal fails to realize that a particular type of sound can affect different people in different ways.
For instance, I have always been fascinated by how the sound of fingernails being drawn across a blackboard causes many people to freak out. Such a sound doesn&#8217;t affect me at all. I bet an operating vacuum cleaner puts out a higher .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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