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		<title>&#8216;Highland Wind&#8217; group drops $25 million claim against town of Forest</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/08/highland-wind-group-drops-25-claim-against-town-of-forest/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The development group that wants to erect 41 wind turbines in the towns of Forest and Cylon announced Tuesday that they&#8217;ve dropped their $25 million claim against town officials on the basis &#8220;we owe it to the greater good to work together, figure this out and deliver the economic, social and environmental benefits that this project offers,&#8221; said Highland Wind Project spokesman Jay Mundinger. &#8220;This project too important to the economic vitality of the region and Wisconsin&#8217;s commitment to developing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Questions linger over need for new power line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Public Service Commission continues to question the need for a proposed high-voltage power line between Alma and Holmen, but the utilities behind the project say demand is there for more energy — and the project creates a backup that doesn’t rely on oil-burning generators on French Island. The PSC on Thursday released a final environmental assessment of the Wisconsin leg of CapX2020, incorporating comments from the public, state and federal agencies and the utilities. The 345-kilovolt line would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>GOP Senate candidate Mark Neumann defends taking $80K in stimulus funds for his Wisconsin company</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/gop-senate-candidate-mark-neumann-defends-taking-80k-in-stimulus-funds-for-his-wisconsin-company/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The leading tea party-backed Republican candidate running for Wisconsin&#8217;s open U.S. Senate seat, who also has been a longtime critic of a federal stimulus program, received more than $80,000 in stimulus grants for his own solar energy company. And another renewable energy company run by former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann signed a letter in November urging congressional leaders to keep the incentives flowing. The letter contradicts Neumann&#8217;s campaign stance calling for the immediate end to the 2009 stimulus program, enacted .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin regulators defend renewable energy suspension</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin regulators defended a decision Wednesday to suspend renewable energy funding from a popular utilities program, despite criticism from businesses that it damages the state&#8217;s renewable energy marketplace. Public Service Commission spokeswoman Kristin Ruesch said a Focus on Energy program geared toward renewable energy was over budget and not cost effective. But she said they&#8217;re still analyzing how it may be restored later this year. The suspended program, introduced in 2002, offers monetary incentives to businesses and residents to install .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County committee in Green Bay says taxpayers should pay for medical bills of people living near a new wind energy farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A county committee in Green Bay says Wisconsin taxpayers should have to cover the medical bills of people who got sick after a new wind energy farm opened near their homes. The Brown County Human Services Committee said the state allowed a quote, &#8220;irresponsible placement&#8221; of industrial wind turbines at the Shirley Wind Farm south of Green Bay in the town of Glenmore. The facility opened in 2010, and nearby residents have complained of anxiety, weight loss, depression, and higher .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Aid for wind turbine victims sought</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/aid-for-turbine-victims-sought-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Brown Co. panel: State should pay medical bills for those near wind farm Wisconsin should pay the medical bills of Brown County residents who were made ill by industrial wind turbines, some county supervisors say. Saying the state allowed &#8220;irresponsible placement&#8221; of industrial wind turbines in the Glenmore area, the Brown County Human Services Committee has approved a measure to ask the state to pay emergency aid to families living near the Shirley Wind Farm. The request, which seeks an .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Committee: Taxpayers should pay medical bills of people sickened by wind energy farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[GREEN BAY &#8212; A county committee says Wisconsin taxpayers should have to cover the medical bills of people who got sick after a new wind energy farm opened near their homes. The Brown County Human Services Committee said the state allowed a, &#8220;irresponsible placement&#8221; of industrial wind turbines at the Shirley Wind Farm south of Green Bay in the town of Glenmore. The facility opened in 2010, and nearby residents have complained of anxiety, weight loss, depression, and higher risks .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Aid for turbine victims sought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin should pay the medical bills of Brown County residents who were made ill by industrial wind turbines, some county supervisors say. Saying the state allowed &#8220;irresponsible placement&#8221; of industrial wind turbines in the Glenmore area, the Brown County Human Services Committee has approved a measure to ask the state to pay emergency aid to families living near the Shirley Wind Farm. The request, which seeks an unspecified amount until the &#8220;hardships are studied and resolved,&#8221; could come before the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would allow communities to establish wind turbine setbacks</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/bill-would-let-local-officials-control-wind-turbine-siting-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MADISON — The long stalemate over windmill siting rules could become a moot point if the Legislature approves a new bill that keeps the power over turbine placement in the hands of local officials. Sen. Frank Lasee, R-Ledgeview, recently introduced a bill that would allow officials in cities, villages, towns and counties to establish the minimum distance between a wind turbine and a home — even if those rules are more restrictive than any the state tries to enact. &#8220;Local .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bay View wind turbines proposed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/bay-view-wind-turbines-proposed-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE &#8211; Will they be an eyesore on the lakefront? Big wind turbines could be going up in Bay View. The wind turbines will be visible from as far away as Veterans Park. &#8220;I am not here to sell this wind turbine to you as the answer to all of our energy problems,&#8221; said Matt Howard, the city&#8217;s energy sustainability director. He believes wind turbines near the Port Authority property could help reduce energy cost at city owned buildings. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would let local communities set wind power rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/bill-would-let-local-communities-set-wind-power-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In the latest strike at wind energy in Wisconsin, Sen. Frank Lasee, R-DePere, is proposing legislation to allow local communities to set their own requirements for siting wind turbines instead of adhering to a statewide standard. The measure would allow cities, towns or villages to establish their own rules regarding how close wind towers could be erected to homes or other structures. &#8220;Local communities should be able to create their own rules for public safety,&#8221; Lasee said in a statement. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine bill introduced</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/08/wind-turbine-bill-introduced/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[GREEN BAY &#8211; While the state continues to try to iron out uniform regulations when it comes to the use of wind energy, one area lawmaker is taking matters into his own hands. But wind supporters feel it&#8217;ll ultimately cost the state jobs. Large wind turbines are becoming a common sight across the nation, as communities turn to the renewable energy for power. But projected wind farms in Wisconsin hit a bit of a snag early last year, when the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill allows communities more control over wind turbine setbacks</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/bill-allows-communities-more-control-over-wind-turbine-setbacks/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Madison, WI – State Senator Frank Lasee (R) of De Pere, WI introduced a bill allowing local communities to create their own minimum setback requirements for wind turbines. Current law doesn&#8217;t allow local communities to establish distances from property or homes that 500 feet tall wind turbines can be located. &#8220;Local communities should be able to create their own rules for public safety,&#8221; Lasee said. &#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t leave it to bureaucrats in Madison to make these decisions that affect home .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill gives local control for determining wind turbine rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/bill-gives-local-control-for-determining-wind-turbine-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A Wisconsin lawmaker is introducing legislation that allows local communities to create their own minimum setback requirements for wind turbines. According to Sen. Frank Lasee, current law doesn&#8217;t allow local officials to establish distances from property or homes that 500 feet tall wind turbines can be located. &#8220;Local communities should be able to create their own rules for public safety,&#8221; Lasee said. &#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t leave it to bureaucrats in Madison to make these decisions that affect home values and people&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renewable energy does not come cheap</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/renewable-energy-does-not-come-cheap/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A new wind farm is complete in Columbia County and it will soon be killing more birds than a Sarah Palin Thanksgiving photo op. Or, for you heavy metal fans, more mosquito-eating bats than Ozzy Osbourne ever killed. It’s the largest wind farm in Wisconsin, 90 turbines spread over 17,000 acres of farmland. It is expected to generate 162 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 45,000 homes. We Energies was expected to spend $363.7 million on the project, although it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County wind power debate entering fifth year</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/county-wind-power-debate-entering-fifth-year/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A legal, and neighbor-against-neighbor, battle in northeastern St. Croix County continues as the pros and cons of wind-generated power are debated. The issue has already been brewing for four years and it may not be settled anytime soon as we enter the fifth year of the controversy. Talk to anyone and they will, in general terms, talk about wind power as a good, efficient and cheap energy source for the times — that’s the easy part. But then, try finding .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developer files to build 102-MW Wisconsin wind farm despite suspended siting rules</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/30/developer-files-to-build-102-mw-wisconsin-wind-farm-despite-suspended-siting-rules/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Emerging Energies of Wisconsin LLC has filed an application with Wisconsin utility regulators seeking to construct a 102.5-MW wind project, despite suspended wind siting rules that have roiled the state&#8217;s wind industry. The application comes at a time when state rules for wind power remain in limbo, following the March decision by a Wisconsin legislative committee to suspend wind farm siting rules as they were set to go into effect. The rules had been approved by the Wisconsin Public Service .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm plan returns</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/wind-farm-plan-returns/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A proposal to build a wind farm in western Wisconsin is back despite the opposition of local government officials, who rescinded permits for the project and adopted a moratorium on wind projects. The proposal from Emerging Energies of Wisconsin was filed with the state Public Service Commission. It&#8217;s the first proposal for a large wind farm filed with the state this year. Hubertus-based Emerging Energies is seeking to build 41 turbines that would generate 102.5 megawatts of power in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study shows harm from wind turbine in Massachusetts</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/study-shows-harm-from-wind-turbine-in-massachusetts/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A study has been done on the East Coast measuring the low-frequency noise coming off the blades of an industrial wind turbine in Falmouth, Mass., and entering people’s homes and making them sick. This study is science-based and was completed by licensed acoustic experts. They are asking for what we here in Wisconsin are asking for — objective, science-based epidemiological health studies of operational wind projects. Why aren’t the wind corporations calling for these needed studies? Because they know what .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm proposal is first in 2 years; Commission gets application for St. Croix County project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/28/wind-farm-proposal-is-first-in-2-years-commission-gets-application-for-st-croix-county-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MADISON — Developers have applied to the Public Service Commission for a permit to build a large new wind farm in western Wisconsin, the first application of its kind in more than two years. Emerging Energies applied this month to build Highland Wind Farm, a 41-turbine, 102.5-megawatt project in the St. Croix County towns of Forest and Cylon, about 25 miles east of the Minnesota border. The application comes as new wind siting rules remain in limbo in the PSC, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm idea zapped back to life</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/23/wind-farm-idea-zapped-back-to-life/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MADISON – The clock began ticking Friday on state regulators to review an application to construct a 102.5 mega-watt wind energy farm in the towns of Forest and Cylon. By statute, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission has 30 days to determine if the application submitted by Highland Wind Farm LCC is complete, and if so, then six months to approve or deny it. If necessary, a circuit court can grant the PSC a six-month extension. The HWF project has been .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to review state decision on out-of-state wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/17/supreme-court-to-review-state-decision-on-out-of-state-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Keeping a case filed by utility customers alive, the state Supreme Court will review the state&#8217;s process for approving energy projects proposed to be built in other states. The court decided to accept the case involving a wind farm Alliant Energy Corp. built in Minnesota to help it meet its requirements under the Wisconsin renewable portfolio standard. The Madison utility argued, and the Public Service Commission agreed, that the extensive siting approval process required of in-state energy projects shouldn&#8217;t apply .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County Board opposes power lines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/16/county-board-opposes-power-lines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The La Crosse County Board on Thursday formally opposed two proposed high-voltage power line projects that would route through the county. “There isn’t a need for this line,” said Supervisor Marilyn Pedretti, who introduced the resolution objecting to the CapX2020 and American Transmission Company 345-kilovolt lines. Though mostly symbolic, the county’s stance will be recorded with the Public Service Commission as it considers applications for the two projects in the coming year. The $450 million CapX2020 line would extend about .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin Supreme Court to take on Bent Tree Wind Farm case</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether regulators properly approved the Bent Tree Wind Farm in Albert Lea, Minn. Two groups representing energy consumers have filed a petition against the Public Service Commission. Wisconsin regulators gave Wisconsin Power and Light permission to build the $450 million farm in Albert Lea in 2009. &#8220;From our standpoint, we filed what was needed, went through the process,&#8221; said Alliant Energy Spokesperson Steve Schultz. &#8220;It was approved by the Public Service Commission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents OK with wind turbines; Mount Pleasant vote Dec. 12</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/13/residents-ok-with-wind-turbines-mount-pleasant-vote-dec-12/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents who were opposing the machines at Waxdale have assurances from SCJ, clearing the way for approval. Now that residents have their concerns resolved, SC Johnson may very well have their wind turbine project approved. Mount Pleasant trustees will vote on SCJ&#8217;s proposal at the Dec. 12 Village Board meeting. SC Johnson is asking for a conditional use permit to install two wind turbines in the northwest corner of their Waxdale manufacturing plant property. The facility is on 16th Street, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Pleasant approves SC Johnson wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/13/mount-pleasant-approves-sc-johnson-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MOUNT PLEASANT &#8211; Amid some opposition from neighbors, SC Johnson is set to build two of the largest wind turbines in Racine County at its Waxdale manufacturing facility, a project expected to supply about 15 percent of the facility&#8217;s electricity usage. In a 6-1 vote, the Village Board approved the conditional use petition on Monday to erect the turbines at the facility, 8311 16th St. Trustee Harry Manning dissented, expressing concerns over the size &#8211; about 415 feet tall &#8211; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Power line projects advance, despite opposition</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/09/power-line-projects-advance-despite-opposition/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The operator of the Midwest wholesale power market on Thursday endorsed construction of 17 high-voltage power line projects across the region that would cost $5.2 billion in the coming years. The projects are driven by a push to improve the flow eastward of renewable energy from the windy Plains states as well as to improve the ability of low-cost power to flow across the Midwest, said Clair Moeller, vice president of the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator. The price tag .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Catching up: Wind turbine regulations still up in air</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/catching-up-wind-turbine-regulations-still-up-in-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Officials with the Public Service Commission are still holding on to a set of wind siting rules that were supposed to go into effect almost nine months ago. The rules were sent to PSC in March. Lawmakers hoped the agency could work out a compromise between the wind industry and its critics and have the new rules in place by now. Kristin Ruesch, PSC spokeswoman, said the agency had little luck in bringing the two sides together. The issues separating .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines to Mount Pleasant Board, no Plan Commission OK</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/29/wind-turbines-to-mount-pleasant-board-no-plan-commission-ok/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Whether or not SC Johnson&#8217;s proposed wind turbines become a reality now rests with the Mount Pleasant Village Board. At the Nov. 23 Planning Commission meeting, members ended with a tie vote and one abstention, effectively taking no action but allowing the issue to move forward for trustees to decide. Commission member Davis Driver said he was uncomfortable voting on SC Johnson&#8217;s proposal without having had a chance to review the new plan and information presented by Tom Joy, a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota wind farm suit forwarded to high court</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/29/minnesota-wind-farm-suit-forwarded-to-high-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the legality of the process used by state regulators to approve a Minnesota wind farm. In 2009, two customer groups challenged the Public Service Commission&#8217;s decision to grant a permit for Wisconsin Power &#038; Light Co. to build the $460 million Bent Tree Wind Farm in Minnesota to meet Wisconsin&#8217;s renewable energy standard. The project was large enough that it should have been subjected to the same review as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Court may clarify agency review process for out-of-state public utility sites</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/28/court-may-clarify-agency-review-process-for-out-of-state-public-utility-sites/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A state appeals court has asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to clarify the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s (PSC) review and approval process for public utility proposals that seek to build out-of-state facilities serving Wisconsin. The PSC approved a public utility’s application to build a wind farm facility in Minnesota after reviewing the proposal under Wis. Stat. section 196.49. Consumer groups – including the Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group – sued to require that PSC apply a more demanding application process for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judges kick wind farm case to Wisconsin Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/24/judges-kick-wind-farm-case-to-wisconsin-supreme-court/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The 4th District Court of Appeals wants the state Supreme Court to decide if stricter approval criteria should have applied even though the facility is located in Minnesota.]]></description>
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		<title>Cascade removes meeting notices from its website</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/16/cascade-removes-meeting-notices-from-its-website-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Facing a lawsuit alleging an array of open meetings violations, the Village of Cascade has responded in part by restricting public access to village government, removing meeting agendas and minutes from their website. &#8220;They&#8217;re not required to, but if they really are trying to demonstrate a commitment to open government in the face of an open meetings lawsuit, to start providing less access and information to the citizens seems to be an odd step to take,&#8221; said attorney Matthew Fleming. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Village of Cascade facing lawsuit over alleged open meetings violations</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/16/special-report-village-of-cascade-facing-lawsuit-over-alleged-open-meetings-violations/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Cascade officials were more than happy to talk publicly about their two wind turbines last summer, when the 120-foot generators made the village the first in the state to power its wastewater treatment plant solely by wind. But one resident says village government was too quiet in the months leading up to construction, alleging in a lawsuit that the seven-member board violated state open meetings law by repeatedly discussing the $500,000 expenditure using vague agenda items that gave residents no .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines can end up being costly</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/15/wind-turbines-can-end-up-being-costly/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m writing in response to Duke Behnke&#8217;s Oct. 30 column on Kaukauna High School&#8217;s wind turbines. Often when wind turbine or solar energy projects are reported, the cost is given but rarely any information on economic payback or recovery of cost. In this case, the two turbines cost $150,000 and generate 24,000 kilowatt hours of power. We don&#8217;t know the regular cost of power to the school. If it&#8217;s in the likely range of 10 cents per kilowatt hour, it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Dead bats at wind farms perplex researchers, developers</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/14/dead-bats-at-wind-farms-perplex-researchers-developers/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines popping up around the Great Lakes are getting a reputation among webbed-winged night prowlers as large, spinning murderers. Bats are dying at wind farms across the U.S. Research has shown far more bat deaths than bird deaths, which perplexes wind farm owners and researchers alike. Researchers in southeastern Wisconsin are seeing 10 bats deaths for every one bird death at local wind farms, said Melissa Behr, a veterinary pathologist at the University of Madison-Wisconsin. It makes sense that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Village of Cascade facing lawsuit over alleged open meetings violations</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/13/village-of-cascade-facing-lawsuit-over-alleged-open-meetings-violations/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Cascade officials were more than happy to talk publicly about their two wind turbines last summer, when the 120-foot generators made the village the first in the state to power its wastewater treatment plant solely by wind. But one resident says village government was too quiet in the months leading up to construction, alleging in a lawsuit that the seven-member board violated state open meetings law by repeatedly discussing the $500,000 expenditure using vague agenda items that gave residents no .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cascade removes meeting notices from its website</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/13/cascade-removes-meeting-notices-from-its-website/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Facing a lawsuit alleging an array of open meetings violations, the Village of Cascade has responded in part by restricting public access to village government, removing meeting agendas and minutes from their website. “They’re not required to, but if they really are trying to demonstrate a commitment to open government in the face of an open meetings lawsuit, to start providing less access and information to the citizens seems to be an odd step to take,” said attorney Matthew Fleming. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ground is broken for Milwaukee&#8217;s first wind turbine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/ground-is-broken-for-milwaukees-first-wind-turbine/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Ground was broken Thursday morning for Milwaukee&#8217;s first wind turbine located at the Port of Milwaukee. The new 150-foot tall turbine will be located just north of the Port Administration Building on Lincoln Memorial Drive. It&#8217;s expected to cost $600,000 to complete. Most of the project will be paid for by federal stimulus funds. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was joined by members of his Green Team and other community and business leaders. Wisconsin suppliers to the wind turbine company were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The mysterious link between bats and wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/the-mysterious-link-between-bats-and-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[For years researchers have been puzzled by the number of bats killed by wind turbines. Birds, yes. But bats, in theory, should be able to avoid the towers because of their innate sonar systems that orient them in space. Nonetheless, they die in the thousands, in far greater numbers than birds. Some research found that they died because the enormous changes in pressure as the blades sweep through the air ruptured their delicate ear drums, causing a hemorrhage known as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines: No</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/02/wind-turbines-no/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I urge residents of Mount Pleasant to oppose the SC Johnson wind farm proposal. I agree with Dr. Soto&#8217;s point (Oct. 30 Journal Times) that wind is a clean and renewable resource, but it also produces light and noise pollution as well as health problems which are related to wind generators. That is the reason they are normally located in nonresidential areas. A better solution would be solar panels which would produce power during peak usage periods thereby reducing the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/01/study-evaluates-bat-deaths-near-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MADISON &#8211; It&#8217;s something of an ecological murder mystery &#8211; countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them? A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison links on-the-ground sleuthing and clinical diagnostic techniques to sketch a better picture of how the bats are dying. UW-Madison forest and wildlife ecology professor David Drake and former master&#8217;s student Steven Grodsky have conducted environmental assessments, funded by the renewable energy company Invenergy and Wisconsin Focus .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Get the facts before making siting decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/28/get-the-facts-before-making-siting-decisions/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[How would you feel if you or your kids started feeling sick? What if you or your kids suddenly started having headaches, ear aches, nausea, dizziness or couldn&#8217;t sleep well anymore in your own home and you knew it wouldn&#8217;t ever go away? This is happening right now in Wisconsin. Families who had happy, healthy lives found themselves suffering illnesses that started after wind turbines were built near their homes. Scientific evidence indicates that there are health impacts that are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State Sen. Frank Lasee backs up his wind turbine bill</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/25/state-sen-frank-lasee-backs-up-his-wind-turbine-bill/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Tom Hallquist of Oshkosh recently wrote a letter to the editor (Oct. 19, &#8220;Ban may hurt energy independence&#8221;). It appears that the headline for the letter caused confusion. My bill requires that the Public Service Commission use a scientific study to recommend a safe setback from people&#8217;s homes and animal dwellings. Wisconsin residents have told us about their health problems that have started when wind turbines were constructed near their homes. Families and their children have experienced constant nausea, headaches, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition to wind turbines near Racine</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/opposition-to-wind-turbines-near-racine/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Residents in the Village of Mount Pleasant, located near Racine, are speaking out against plans to build three wind turbines at an SC Johnson facility there. The company is seeking approval from the Village to build the turbines, which would generate up to 10 million kilowatt hours of electricity. It’s enough to provide the company’s Waxdale facility with about 15-percent of its energy needs. Resident Tom Joy says the noise would be like having a lawn mower running all the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine issue turns slowly</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/wind-turbine-issue-turns-slowly/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[In Columbia County, the biggest wind farm in the state is nearly complete. Ninety turbines are being erected by Wisconsin contractors including the Boldt Co., Edgerton Contractors and Michels Corp., in a $367 million project. On a typical day this year, about 175 workers have been on the job, pouring foundations, constructing towers and hoisting turbines and blades into place. The activity comes despite a stalemate on wind turbine siting that wind power supporters say threatens to make the We .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds want utility project costs to be shared</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/feds-want-utility-project-costs-to-be-shared/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A vote last week by federal energy regulators clears a path for utility customers throughout the Midwest to pick up the $5 billion cost for 17 major power line projects across the region. That means Wisconsin ratepayers won&#8217;t be paying as much for three new high-voltage power lines that American Transmission Co. has on the drawing board. But they will be asked to pay for 14 other big power lines proposed from North Dakota to Indiana. Wisconsin accounts for about .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The fight over wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/the-fight-over-wind-power/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Industrial wind turbines are becoming more and more prevalent in Wisconsin. As of December 2010, there were 314 commercial turbines in the state, 209 of them in and around the district of state Sen. Frank Lasee, R-DePere. But Lasee does not think those turbines will necessarily have a positive impact on Wisconsin. He proposed stricter regulations on wind turbines in Wisconsin&#8217;s legislature, citing potential health concerns when the turbines are installed too close to residences. The &#8220;Health Studies for Wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy grant called into question</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/23/energy-grant-called-into-question/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[America has become a nation of takers. The great French political economist Frederic Bastiat wrote in 1848: &#8220;Government is the great fiction through which everyone endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.&#8221; Taking is a true zero-sum game and it is destructive. It destroys the incentive producers have to produce while simultaneously creating a politically dependent class — the most vile of which is currently on display in Manhattan in the form of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators. We .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power amendment shot down</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/22/wind-power-amendment-shot-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[An effort to push forward with new rules for siting wind towers in Wisconsin has failed. On a largely party-line 60-30 vote, the Republican-controlled Assembly on Thursday voted down an amendment that would have cleared the way for an expansion of wind generated electricity here. The rules for siting of wind turbines were approved by the state Public Service Commission under former Gov. Jim Doyle. But implementation of those rules has been suspended under a directive from Gov. Scott Walker. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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