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		<title>Town officials weigh options in wake of turbine noise violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Following Tuesday&#8217;s announcement that Fairhaven&#8217;s two wind turbines violated state noise regulations at times during months of testing, some town officials are hoping the industrial-sized machines can be turned off at night. Board of Selectmen Chairman Charlie Murphy had called for a meeting in April between the Board of Health and selectmen to look into turning the turbines off between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. On Wednesday, he said the study&#8217;s findings have only strengthened his resolve to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fairhaven eyes partial turbine shutdowns; Wind direction, night hours considered after troubling state report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Following Tuesday&#8217;s announcement that Fairhaven&#8217;s two wind turbines violated state noise regulations at times during months of testing, some town officials are hoping the industrial-sized machines can be turned off at night. Board of Selectmen Chairman Charlie Murphy had called for a meeting in April between the Boards of Health and Selectmen to look into turning the turbines off between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. On Wednesday, he said the study&#8217;s findings have only strengthened his resolve to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fairhaven wind turbine dispute gets louder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The wind turbines in Fairhaven were spinning again Wednesday morning, but the big question is: for how much longer? Tuesday night&#8217;s Board of Health meeting erupted in angry shouts. This after the state Department of Environmental Protection showed the wind turbines often exceed legal noise limits. Fairhaven resident Louise Barteau said, &#8220;I think the people of Fairhaven have suffered long enough and I think they deserve better. (Q: And you want these shut down now?) I want these turbines shut&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Our View: Data shows need for action on wind turbines in Fairhaven</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[State testing shows that the two industrial turbines on Arsene Street in Fairhaven at times violate state noise regulations. It doesn&#8217;t happen all the time and testing is not finished, but this news is certainly enough for town officials to take notice — and to take action. The state Department of Environmental Protection took 24 tests at five locations around the turbines — based on the preponderance of complaints — and found excessive noise five times at three of the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State finds Fairhaven turbines in violation of noise regulations</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/22/state-finds-fairhaven-turbines-in-violation-of-noise-regulations/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Fairhaven&#8217;s two industrial-sized wind turbines are in violation of Massachusetts noise regulations, according to preliminary results of a sound study conducted by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The announcement at a meeting Tuesday night prompted opponents to demand the turbines be shut down. DEP Deputy Commissioner Martin Suuberg told the Board of Health that noise from the turbines exceeded state regulations in five of the 24 periods during which the DEP conducted testing. DEP started its sound&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines to stay in Falmouth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Voters soundly rejected a question on Tuesday&#8217;s ballot that would have funded the removal of two town-owned wind turbines. Forty-one percent of registered voters — 9,873 out of 24,158 — turned out to cast ballots on 18 questions, including Question 2, which would have authorized the decommissioning, dismantling and removal of the turbines and the repayment of grants, prepaid renewable energy credits and other costs associated with removal. The question was rejected 6,001 to 2,940, with 67 percent voting against&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Falmouth Annual Town Election results: Town says NO on Question 2; YES on Question 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Falmouth town voters have spoken and, for now, it looks as though Wind 1 and Wind 2 will keep turning at the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility. With 100% of all 9 precinct results in, the May 21 Annual Town Election summary report states that 6,001 people (67.12%) voted NO and 2,940 (32.88%) voted YES on Question 2 &#8211; the ballot question on whether the town should fund removal of the industrial-sized turbines that have divided the communtiy since they were&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vote to determine fate of Falmouth wind turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With the two 400-foot-tall turbines slowly spinning in the background, Falmouth resident Rob Laird talked about climate change, and how he first thought the machines would be part of the solution. &#8220;&#8216;This is great,&#8217;&#8221; he remembered thinking. &#8220;&#8216;This is going to solve lots of problems. And look, it&#8217;s right in my backyard. And that&#8217;s kind of neat because it&#8217;s this new cool thing coming along.&#8217; And then they turned it on. And it wasn&#8217;t 20 minutes after that I called&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bad move bears: AG complaint alleges BOH violated open meeting law, took illegal gifts</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/21/bad-move-bears-ag-complaint-alleges-boh-violated-open-meeting-law-took-illegal-gifts/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON- Only an hour after the Kingston Board of Health (BOH) recessed their April 22 public hearing on shadow-flicker—the BOH was back in session at a Kingston bar, with a quorum, dining next to the top executives of the LLC managing three of Kingston’s four skyscraping wind turbines. An ethics complaint, filed with Attorney General Martha Coakley by KJ.com News Editor Bradford Randall, formally alleges that the Kingston BOH violated the Open Meeting Law (G.L. c.30A~18-25) on the night of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Independence turbine owners refusing to cooperate with sound study</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/20/update-independence-turbine-owners-refusing-to-cooperate-with-sound-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON — Tomorrow night, selectmen are expected to finalize a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection asking for assistance with compliance testing for the Independence wind turbine in the aftermath of its owners’ refusing to participate in a long-awaited acoustic monitoring study. At their meeting tonight, members of the Board of Health agreed to approve the letter and intend to sign it after selectmen approve it. Chairman Joe Casna said he’s in disbelief that KWI would wait until&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Coakley eyes balance between environment, high energy bills</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/20/coakley-eyes-balance-between-environment-high-energy-bills/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With an eye toward lowering energy costs for Bay Staters, Attorney General Martha Coakley wants to thresh out why bills are high, and what could be done to lower them. Ahead of an energy summit in Norwood Monday morning, Coakley told the News Service that she wants to see how the state could better carry out environmentally friendly energy policies with an eye on the bottom line. “I would like to start the conversation on Monday about where we are&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Falmouth turbine removal up for vote</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/19/falmouth-turbine-removal-up-for-vote/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 11:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Linda Davis supported building and paying for two town-owned wind turbines when the project came before voters at town meetings between 2007 and 2009. But as the complaints from neighbors living near the turbines grew since the first one started spinning in 2010, Davis had second thoughts and began poring over her notes and reviewing videos of those meetings. &#8220;Clearly, very few people asked questions, and everyone was on board,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;It became clear this year to me and&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Cod community to vote on status of wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/cape-cod-community-to-vote-on-status-of-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Next week, voters in Falmouth, Massachusetts decide whether to spend $14 million to tear down two wind turbines &#8211; or turbines if you prefer. The Cape Cod town installed these turbines just three years ago in an effort to produce renewable energy and cut costs. Nearby residents says the turbines are a health hazard and that the only cure is to take them down. Sean Corcoran of member station WCAI has more. (SOUNDBITE OF WIND TURBINES)&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence inconclusive as to whether turbines affect property values</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/18/evidence-inconclusive-as-to-whether-turbines-affect-property-values/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 11:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Since the controversy started over the wind turbines more than three years ago, property values in the surrounding area have been a major concern for residents. But whether there is actually cause for concern is an open question. Patricia Favulli, acting assessor for the Town of Falmouth, has seen no evidence that home values have been affected. In the years following the installation of Wind 1 at the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility, she said, homes have sold for close to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Independence turbine owners refusing to cooperate with sound study</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/independence-turbine-owners-refusing-to-cooperate-with-sound-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON — In an about face, the Independence turbine owners at Kingston Wind Independence are refusing to participate a long-awaited acoustic monitoring study. This information was not available at press time. This week the turbine owners released a statement accusing local residents of making “false, baseless and inflammatory statements” in the media. They did not say they won’t be participating in the study. They left that to Alicia Barton, chief executive officer and executive director of the Massachusetts Clean Energy&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Independence turbine owner accuses residents of making false statements</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON — Kingston Wind Independence LLC, the owner of the Independence wind turbine, accuses local residents of making “false, baseless and inflammatory statements” in the media while also saying the company’s legal department is “keeping tabs” on public statements they make to protect the company’s reputation. At the same time they issued the press release that includes what they describe as “fact check information,” the company’s management announced it will not take questions and declined to make any further comment.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Can wind turbines make you sick?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/can-wind-turbines-make-you-sick/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 15:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[No easy answers as turbines pop up around the world. After years of complaints about noise and health effects, on May 21, 2013 residents of Falmouth, MA will vote on whether or not to tear down both of the town’s wind turbines. (Credit: Mass. Office of Energy &#038; Environmental Affairs) When it comes to renewable energy, wind is the leader of the pack. Wind energy in the U.S. grew by a whopping 30 percent in 2012, and the U.S. is&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Shifting winds: Even after turbines have been up and running in communities, the battle rages on to shut them down</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/17/shifting-winds-even-after-turbines-have-been-up-and-running-in-communities-the-battle-rages-on-to-shut-them-down/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[One year ago today, Kially Ruiz says he received his first noise complaint about the new turbine his company built and operates under an agreement with the town of Kingston. The problem was, the turbine did not actually begin operating until the following day. In the ensuing 365 days, the battle between Ruiz’s company, Kingston Wind Independence LLC (KWI), and a small but very vocal cadre of residents near the 262-foot turbine has escalated to the point that the quasi-public&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Selectmen urge yes votes on Questions 1 and 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Falmouth Board of Selectmen is encouraging residents to vote yes on Questions 1 and 2 on the May 21 ballot. Question 1 will ask voters to authorize the town to borrow money to fund a Comprehensive Wastewater Treatment Plan and the design of a water filtration system, which would help with both drinking water and coastal water quality. Question 2 will ask voters to authorize the town to borrow money to fund removal of Wind 1 and Wind 2&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kingston: Independence turbine owner warns residents they’re keeping tabs on “false” statements</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/kingston-independence-turbine-owner-warns-residents-theyre-keeping-tabs-on-false-statements/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The company that operates a wind turbine in the Town of Kingston says residents “have been making false, baseless, and inflammatory statements.” Kingston Wind Independence LLC owns a turbine on Cranberry Road and recently issued a three-page press release in response to comments made by Kingston residents who want the turbine shut down because they say they’re adversely affected by the structure. A group of residents say shadow flicker, which is created when the blades of the turbine rotate, makes&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Zoning Board of Appeals declares Wind 1 a nuisance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/14/zoning-board-of-appeals-declares-wind-1-a-nuisance/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 21:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals decided 4-1 on May 9 that Falmouth’s Wind 1 turbine located at the town’s Wastewater Treatment Facility is a nuisance. Neil Andersen of 211 Blacksmith Shop Road appealed the earlier denial by Falmouth Building Commissioner, Eladio Gore. The board’s ruling comes before the town’s May 21 Annual Town Election that includes a ballot question, Question 2, that asks voters to support funding the removal of both Wind 1 and Wind 2. MA DEP previously found&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rowe sets budget at annual meeting</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/14/rowe-sets-budget-at-annual-meeting/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ROWE — Annual town meeting voters approved $3.3 million in spending for the coming fiscal year. They also approved a town licensing restriction for delinquent taxpayers and supported a year-long wind turbine moratorium Monday night at the fire station. The only measure voters defeated was an article to change the town treasurer’s position from an elected office to an appointed one. Those who voted against the measure argued that changing the treasurer’s position to an appointment would upset the checks&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fiscal fibbing and inciting Falmouth voters</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/fiscal-fibbing-and-inciting-falmouth-voters/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Who’s telling the truth and who’s crying “Fire”? The two groups (‘Healers’ and ‘Friends’) are in final throws of a controversial campaign over question 2. Why the alleged $25 million cost from the ‘Friends”? That’s a far cry from $14 million. The ‘Friends’ likely derive this figure from the projected revenue gain, that could otherwise be lost, if turbines were to operate without restrictions for the next 18 years. Projecting a financial outcome is certainly necessary. But $25 million? I&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>First Wind plugs into solar power; one site is in Warren</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/first-wind-plugs-into-solar-power-one-site-is-in-warren/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 06:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[After more than a decade of finding places to harvest energy from the air, First Wind’s latest expansion plan involves staring straight at the sun. The Boston-based wind farm developer is on the hunt for solar power opportunities across its current footprint of New England, Hawaii, Utah and Washington. First Wind is furthest along on its solar energy plans in its home state. The company has its corporate office here, and 65 of its 200 workers. But it has no&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Heath voters hail &#8216;benign perfect storm&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/13/heath-voters-hail-benign-perfect-storm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[HEATH — While most towns face budget increases each year, Heath’s circumstances have allowed for a 4.08 percent drop in next year’s expenses approved at Saturday’s annual town meeting. A number of reasons resulted in a “benign perfect storm” for the upcoming fiscal year, according to Moderator Douglas Wilkins. The total budget approved was $1.9 million, $83,969 less than the current year’s. Finance Committee members cautioned that future budgets will again rise, with several town vehicles coming due on the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A tricky road to green: Communities searching for right balance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/11/a-tricky-road-to-green-communities-searching-for-right-balance/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[NEWBURYPORT — The road to &#8220;green&#8221; can be an unfamiliar landscape. Alternative energy solutions to traditional fossil fuel, such as wind and solar, have brought in their wake looming steel towers, complete with spiral blades and a glistening mosaic of graphite-tinted rectangles carpeting tracts of land. The transition can be a challenge for many cities and towns, especially those without zoning laws in place to accommodate such development. Many communities are still trying to come up with the right balance&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lack of wind halts Scituate wind turbine studies</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/11/lack-of-wind-halts-scituate-wind-turbine-studies/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Sound engineers hired to find out whether Scituate’s wind turbine is too noisy haven’t started testing yet because the weather hasn’t cooperated, the turbine’s owner said. Gordon Deane of Palmer Capital says Tech Environmental of Waltham is waiting for windier overnight conditions before it tests the noise emitted by the 390-foot-tall turbine, which is off the Driftway. Palmer Capital and Solaya Energy make up Scituate Wind LLC, which owns the turbine. A group of residents have complained that the noise&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Falmouth board&#8217;s wind turbine vote perplexes officials</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/11/falmouth-boards-wind-turbine-vote-perplexes-officials/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 12:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Town officials are unsure about the next step in Falmouth&#8217;s wind turbine tumult after a town board declared turbine noise coming from the town wastewater treatment plant to be a nuisance. The Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals decision overturned Building Commissioner Eladio Gore&#8217;s determination that noise from Wind 1 and Wind 2, the 1.65-megawatt turbines at the town&#8217;s wastewater facility off Blacksmith Road, did not constitute a nuisance. But abutter Neil Andersen, of 211 Blacksmith Shop Road, appealed that decision&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Falmouth ZBA rules wind turbines are a nuisance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/falmouth-zba-rules-wind-turbines-are-a-nuisance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind turbine opponents scored at least a moral victory last night, when the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals voted to uphold a noise complaint against Wind 1 by abutter Neil P. Andersen of Blacksmith Shop Road. “Our town bylaw does not exempt the town from causing a nuisance,” Matthew J. McNamara, chairman of the zoning board, said before the 4-1 vote to overturn an earlier denial of Mr. Andersen’s complaint. “We’re told that the burden of proof is on Mr.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Longer renewable energy contracts could deliver savings to Massachusetts consumers</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/longer-renewable-energy-contracts-could-deliver-savings-to-massachusetts-consumers/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 22:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is leading the New England states in securing energy produced from resources such as the wind and the sun, as it tries to meet legislative mandates for renewable energy. But the commonwealth is also part of a coalition of states considering massive bids for renewables that could reshape the New England energy market. This week, Massachusetts utilities opened up initial bids from wind power generators for contracts that would last as long as 15 or 20 years. The contracts&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Falmouth board labels turbines a &#8216;nuisance&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/10/falmouth-board-labels-turbines-a-nuisance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 12:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FALMOUTH — The zoning board of appeals declared two town-owned wind turbines a nuisance in a 4-1 vote Thursday night. The decision overturned Building Commissioner Eladio Gore&#8217;s determination that noise from the turbines did not constitute a nuisance. Turbine abutter Neil Andersen, of 211 Blacksmith Shop Road, appealed that decision in November, and the board closed that hearing last week. &#8220;I personally feel like this is a nuisance to Mr. Andersen,&#8221; said board member Scott Zylinski. &#8220;Otherwise, why would he&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to town government put on hold, turbine bylaw approved</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/changes-to-town-government-put-on-hold-turbine-bylaw-approved/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Also on Saturday, the Planning Board's extensive changes to the wind turbine bylaw were approved.
 
Town Planner William Roth said the revised bylaw would set the maximum tip height at 265 feet and limit output to 660 kilowatts. He said wind turbines are typically 80 meters but would be about 50 meters under the changed bylaw.
 
Mr. Roth said the bylaw would apply to municipal projects, too, which would "have to go through the same bylaw," instead of being "by right" as they are now. He said the changes also include more regulation of noise, including a noise analysis before a turbine goes online. The bylaw also regulates shadow and flicker effects and requires avian studies.
 
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		<title>Fairhaven selectmen will seek meeting with Board of Health</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/fairhaven-selectmen-will-seek-meeting-with-board-of-health/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Martin Suuberg, a commissioner with the Department of Environmental Protection, has asked to meet with the Board of Health to discuss the sound study of the two industrial turbines on town land. Patricia Fowle, health agent, said Wednesday, the meeting will take place on Tuesday, May 21. She said the whole meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will be devoted to the discussion with the DEP. The Department of Environmental Protection has been conducting a sound study to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OKH appeal continues: Dennis turbine ruling</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/okh-appeal-continues-dennis-turbine-ruling/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ORLEANS DISTRICT COURT — The Old King’s Highway Historic District Commission has filed an appeal of Orleans District Court Judge Brian Merrick’s decision in the Aquacultural Research Corporation turbine case with the Appellate Division of the Massachusetts District Court. The OKH Commission seeks to reverse Merrick’s ruling that the Commission exceeded its authority in overturning the Dennis OKH Committee&#8217;s decision to allow the turbine on ARC’s property off Chapin Beach Road in Dennis. On April 22 Merrick denied motions filed&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>DeTerra rejoins Board of Health as chairman, sets public hearing on turbines with DEP</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/deterra-rejoins-board-of-health-as-chairman-sets-public-hearing-on-turbines-with-dep/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FAIRHAVEN — Members of the Board of Health unanimously re-elected Peter DeTerra as chairman Wednesday night, restoring a familiar order to a board whose makeup has been uncertain since Fairhaven&#8217;s April 1 election. &#8220;I&#8217;m glad to be back conducting business and serving the public,&#8221; DeTerra said after the one-hour meeting Wednesday. DeTerra was declared the winner of a recount in the Board of Health race two weeks ago, edging challenger John Wethington by a single vote. The town&#8217;s two industrial-sized&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Shelburne extends wind turbine moratorium</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/shelburne-extends-wind-turbine-moratorium/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SHELBURNE — In the second half of a four-hour annual town meeting, residents unanimously approved a one-year extension of the town’s wind-turbine moratorium and bought the Highway Department a new, used pick-up truck and a reversible, power-angled snow plow. Voters also bought $4,000 worth of new voting booths, to bring the town into compliance with state election requirements, and spent $10,000 to cover consulting costs for centralizing the management and backup of town hall computers. That sum, from stabilization money,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gomez stresses military, family background</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On Cape Wind, Gomez was more confident.
 
"Massachusetts already has some of the highest energy costs here," he said about his position on federal loan guarantees for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm. "I don't think the government should be subsidizing something like Cape Wind."
 
Reaction to his appearance was mostly positive.]]></description>
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		<title>Public hearing on proposed wind turbine bylaw</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/08/public-hearing-on-proposed-wind-turbine-bylaw/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[RUTLAND &#8212; The Planning Board is holding a public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 14, in Community Hall Annex to discuss a proposed wind turbine bylaw that voters will consider at the May 18 annual town meeting. The purposes of the bylaw is to provide by special permit for the construction and operation of wind facilities and to provide standards for the placement, design, construction, modification and removal of wind facilities that address public health, safety, minimize impact on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New group forms to encourage Yes on Falmouth&#8217;s Question 2</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/08/new-group-forms-to-encourage-yes-on-falmouths-question-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A group of Falmouth citizens has created a website, healourtown.com, that urges residents to vote yes on Question 2 in the May 21 town election. The ballot questions asks voters to support and fund the selectmen’s attempts to remove the two wind turbines from the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility, and to authorize the town to borrow money in order to do so.]]></description>
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		<title>Health impact of turbines difficult to demonstrate</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/health-impact-of-turbines-difficult-to-demonstrate/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 03:52:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Neighbors of the three largest wind turbines in Falmouth have reported a variety of health complaints since Wind 1 started turning in March 2010, followed by the Notus Clean Energy turbine in June 2010 and Wind 2 in February 2012. But whether turbines are hazardous to human health remains a controversial topic, not only in Falmouth but around the world. In a literature review of wind turbine health effect studies published last year, Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vote Yes on Question 2</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/vote-yes-on-question-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 18:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It is unfortunate that what began as such a noble cause has unfolded as a monumental error. Falmouth was among the leaders of communities with vision when it took advantage of state and federal incentives to buy and erect turbines in West Falmouth. Getting the turbines up was a long process that needed to clear a number of hurdles, including Town Meeting votes and FAA approvals. Falmouth was breaking new ground in the energy field and its turbines promised to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Insurance companies balk at long-term sureties for wind turbines</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/their-kingdom-for-a-bond-insurance-companies-balk-at-long-term-sureties-for-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PLYMOUTH — The name is bond – surety bond. And bonds usually come with a dollar sign and multiple 0s. For some projects, the town bylaws require surety bonds – money set aside to cover any cost to the town in the event a developer doesn’t finish a project or, in this case, if a wind turbine needs to be decommissioned. The stipulation is designed to allow the town to complete a project if the developer can’t or won’t. Wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>First Wind acquires development rights to solar projects in three Mass. towns</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/06/first-wind-acquires-development-rights-to-solar-projects-in-three-mass-towns/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[First Wind is known for developing wind farms. But the firm&#8217;s first power plant in its home state will most likely end up being solar-powered. The Boston company has a number of wind turbine projects in northern New England, but it abandoned plans for what would have been its first wind farm in Massachusetts two years ago. Now, First Wind is getting into the solar business, after buying the development rights to solar projects in three Massachusetts towns earlier this&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Can you spare a cup of coffee?</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/06/can-you-spare-a-cup-of-coffee/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The summer is just around the corner and once again Falmouth will become the jewel of the cape with its beautiful beaches , interesting shops and miles of peaceful bike paths. Growing up, I always looked forward to going to Falmouth. Crossing over “the bridge “ was a passage to carefree and tranquility. Unfortunately a dark cloud is hanging over the community of Falmouth and until the cloud is removed there will never be tranquility. The dark cloud is all&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind moratorium extension on Shelburne agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 11:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Annual town meeting voters will decide Tuesday night whether to extend the town’s wind turbine moratorium for another year, add a third full-time police officer, and whether to approve a new telecommunications bylaw. The town meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Last year’s annual town meeting was dominated by talk of a commercial-scale electricity-generating wind turbine facility on Mount Massaemet, which resulted in a ban on “industrial scale” wind turbines and a one-year moratorium on so-called “on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Energy Center explains how flicker study is conducted, Kingston town planner challenged</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/05/clean-energy-center-explains-how-flicker-study-is-conducted-kingston-town-planner-challenged/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KINGSTON — The first site-specific flicker study that includes the Independence wind turbine is underway. The results to be presented in a report to the Board of Health and the community at large, possibly by June 10, will quantify the locations and number of hours where shadow flicker is likely to occur. But how is a flicker study like this one that started April 23 conducted? Massachusetts Clean Energy Center spokesman Catherine Williams answers that question. The Clean Energy Center&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar projects increasingly meeting local resistance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 10:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Just over a month after forming, a group of West Bridgewater residents convinced key town officials that a proposed $10 million ground-mounted solar farm project would destroy the character of their neighborhood on East Street. The residents argued that the 3.3-megawatt installation proposed by Boston-based nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp. on 50 acres of open farmland would be ugly, devalue their properties, and cause health problems, even after the nonprofit suggested scaling it back to 1.5 megawatts. But it wasn’t the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fairhaven delays government changes pending study</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 09:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Town Meeting also approved a bylaw to halve the height and power output of future Fairhaven wind turbines.
 
The article passed despite objections made by multiple members of Windwise, a turbine opposition group, who said the constraints were not strong enough.
 
Curt Devlin had argued that the bylaw contained a "loophole" because it allowed an exemption to setback requirements for a proposed turbine as long as project neighbors signed off on it.
 
"Imagine being one of five neighbors resisting that," he said. "There would be a lot of peer pressure."]]></description>
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		<title>Lenox Town Meeting approves land protection around Yokun Ridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 04:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LENOX &#8212; In a cliffhanger climax to a nearly three-hour annual town meeting, a supermajority of voters approved a conservation restriction to legally and permanently protect 948 scenic acres of Yokun Ridge, including Lenox Mountain, from residential, commercial or industrial development through a partnership between town government and the Berkshire Natural Resources Council. The agreement preserves the rights of the Water Department to upgrade and expand the waterworks by written notification to the Conservation Commission and the Natural Resources Council,&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Zoning board to vote on assertion that turbines are excessively noisy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to vote Thursday on an appeal directed at one of the two town-owned wind turbines on Blacksmith Shop Road, West Falmouth. Neil P. Andersen of Blacksmith Shop Road filed the appeal in November, asking the zoning board to overturn Building Commissioner Eladio R. Gore’s ruling that Wind 1 did not present a nuisance by virtue of excessive noise—a ruling issued in response to a complaint by Mr. Andersen. The board opened its public&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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