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		<title>Barber to talk about wind in Cherry Valley</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 17:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the best wind in New York State can be found in Cherry Valley, and residents will have an opportunity to learn how the town may be able to capitalize on it with a municipal wind generating project.
The town of Cherry Valley’s Citizens Committee on Renewable and Alternative Energy is sponsoring a presentation next week by town of Caroline supervisor Don Barber.
Caroline town officials have put together a proposal to build a 10-turbine, 2.5 ...]]>
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		<title>Pomfret OKs tower permit</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A two-year special-use permit was issued to Babcock &#038; Brown Renewable Holdings of Houston to erect a meteorological tower on land off Fredonia- Stockton Road.
The tower is designed to measure whether there is enough wind velocity in the area for a wind farm. A public hearing on the permit was held Wednesday night, prior to the regular meeting of the Pomfret Town Board in Town Hall. Three people attended the public hearing and no one ...]]>
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		<title>Town Board considering potential wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 21:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENEVA &#8212; The Town Board Tuesday night took the first step toward having billionaire Tom Golisano&#8217;s energy company build a wind farm here.
After discussing it for about 10 minutes, board members agreed to approve a “host community agreement” with Empire State Wind Energy LLC of Oneida to pursue a project on the Davie-DeBoover farms off County Road 6.
Town Supervisor Mary Luckern, however, told board members that they would later be asked to approve a contract ...]]>
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		<title>Town receives plan for wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 23:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Town of Westfield has received a wind project SUP application from Babcock and Brown, outlining the possible areas which the company would like to set up turbines.
“We filed a permit application in which we request 83 different turbine sites,” said Matt Dallas of Babcock and Brown. “However, it could be much less depending on what size turbines and which sites are approved based on the environmental impact report and many other factors, including wind ...]]>
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		<title>Towns want larger share of wind PILOT agreement</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Jefferson County, towns and school districts continue negotiations on splitting wind power development payments in lieu of taxes, towns have asked for an even larger piece of the pie than an earlier suggestion that included a host community agreement.
Under one recent proposal, towns would receive almost half of the money, at the expense of primarily the county, but also the school districts.
According to a spreadsheet obtained by a Freedom of Information request from the ...]]>
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		<title>PSC looking out for the consumer</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regarding Iberdrola&#8217;s proposed acquisition of Energy East, the Public Service Commission is doing exactly what it was mandated to do by the state Legislature. That is, to keep control of electricity distribution separate from electricity generation — Iberdrola&#8217;s wind developments.
Industrial wind power has not lived up to its claims in real- world operation. Conventional power plants must be kept on constant standby — using fossil fuel and emitting carbon dioxide — for when the wind ...]]>
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		<title>Opponents demand investigation into wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind farm opponents have called on Steuben County District Attorney John Tunney to investigate their wide-ranging allegations against a county agency, municipalities and individual officials.
In a May 5 letter to Tunney, Cohocton Wind Watch’s chief spokesman James Hall demanded an investigation into what he feels are alleged criminal actions. Those include false claims, filing false instruments, bribery of public officials, larceny and fraud.
Those accused of illegal actions are: the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency, SCIDA ...]]>
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		<title>Duanesburg drafts wind turbine rules</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duanesburg officials have drafted Schenectady County’s first ordinance aimed at regulating wind turbine developments.
The Town Board will conduct a public hearing on the proposed regulations on June 12. If adopted, the law would make Duanesburg the first municipality in the county to set standards for wind power projects.
Board members first considered drafting the law while they were reviewing the town’s comprehensive plan last year. Supervisor Rene Merrihew said the proposed ordinance sets easy-to-understand guidelines for ...]]>
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		<title>Burke official must turn over wind-farm paperwork</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Burke official with an option to lease land to a wind-farm company lost his court battle and must answer a subpoena from a Franklin County grand jury.
Town Council member David Vincent must turn over all correspondence, contracts, receipts, leases, purchase agreements, options or communications he has had concerning Noble Chateaugay Windpark, Noble Energy, Jericho Rise Windpark and Burke Wind Power.
&#8220;The grand jury is apparently investigating allegations of possible criminal conduct in the siting of ...]]>
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		<title>Wind project foes seek probe; Environmental group wants criminal investigation of developers, public officials</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steuben County&#8217;s district attorney refused to comment Wednesday on a demand from an environmental group for a criminal investigation of wind farm development in the county.
Cohocton Wind Watch, a group opposed to wind farms already under construction, has called for a grand jury investigation of suspected criminal conduct by wind developers and public officials.
In a May 5 letter to Steuben County District Attorney John C. Tunney, the group says &#8220;several residents and property owners of ...]]>
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		<title>Group asks for criminal probe of Steuben wind projects</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 17:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steuben County’s district attorney refused to comment Wednesday on a demand from an environmental group for a criminal investigation of wind farm development in the county.
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Cohocton Wind Watch, a group opposed to wind farms already under construction, has called for a grand jury investigation of suspected criminal conduct by both wind developers and public officials.
In a May 5 letter to Steuben County District Attorney John C. Tunney, the group says “several residents and property owners ...]]>
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		<title>Lyme council OKs strict zoning law for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Lyme Town Council approved a strict zoning law for wind development that one developer said will make industrial turbine development virtually impossible.
The approval was on a 3-2 vote at a special meeting Tuesday night.
Before the vote, the council received a report from the assessors that invalidated a protest petition from wind development supporters that would have required four votes for passage of the law.
The law creates setbacks from wind turbines of 4,500 feet from ...]]>
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		<title>Giant wind turbines begin to turn in New York</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLINTON, N.Y. — Blades have begun to turn on 121 wind turbines here and in neighboring Ellenburg, a 35-minute drive northwest of Plattsburgh. Saturday, they turned with a soft whush, whush, whush.
“Whush, whush, whush, all day long, all night long — I moved here because it was so peaceful and quiet,” groused Allen Barcombe as he pointed to the nearest tower, jutting up 400 feet into the sky behind his house.
A mile away, Bill Linendoll, ...]]>
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		<title>Arkwright wind hearing draws overflow crowd</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extra chairs had to be brought into Arkwright’s highway barns to accommodate the number of people who turned out for the public hearing on the New Grange Wind Farm draft environmental impact statement (DEIS).
At the outset of the hearing, town attorney Daniel Spitzer said its purpose was to record public statements and opinions on the DEIS, which is part of the required State Environmental Quality Review process.
New Grange will have to respond to these statements, ...]]>
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		<title>Windmills are a hurdle in Spanish utility&#8217;s bid to buy NYSEG</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York State Electric and Gas, which provides electricity to customers in several towns in the northeastern Adirondacks, may soon be owned by a Spanish power company if a deal can be reached with the state Public Service Commission.
NYSEG, which is based in Binghamton and provides electricity and gas to Jay, Wilmington and AuSable Forks as well as much of Clinton County, is a subsidiary of Energy East, a Portland, Maine-based company. Iberdrola, a Madrid, ...]]>
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		<title>N.Y. State Attorney General investigating wind developers</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 12:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago the Franklin County District Attorney, Derek Champagne, issued a press release announcing that his office was working with State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to ensure that municipal officers were not violating state law regarding conflicts of interest.  Mr. Champagne had been deluged with complaints from Franklin County [N.Y.] residents, pointing out that it is not uncommon for town board members to hold contracts with the wind developers even as these very ...]]>
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		<title>Wind witness speaks out</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBION &#8212; When commercial wind turbines were first proposed in Brad Jones’ hometown of Italy, N.Y., he thought it was a good thing.
As an environmentalist, he had looked into purchasing a small agricultural windmill at his farm for its clean, renewable energy.
Then he started asking questions.
Semi-retired, he began to spend close to 40 hours a week researching its potential effects. Others in his community joined in and they began networking with residents in areas facing ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farms sprout in western New York</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wyoming County has 43,000 people, 46,000 dairy cows and a lot of wind.
Planted among the wide fields in the southern part of the county are numerous towering wind turbines — giant white windmills which at their highest stand about as tall as Kodak Tower. The whooshing whine of the long blades, sounding vaguely like a far-off jetliner, is occasionally drowned out by a passing pickup truck.
Noble Environmental Power, a Connecticut-based wind energy company, last year ...]]>
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		<title>OBPA looks at straightening route for wind turbine blades</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Port of Ogdensburg could see many more wind turbine shipments in the years ahead with the number of wind projects being planned in the north country.
An obstacle for the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority to overcome first is finding a solution to straightening out Paterson Street near routes 37 and 68. The sharp curves in the street don&#8217;t make it ideal for trucks hauling wind blades spanning nearly 150 feet to access it.
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		<title>First wind turbine parts arrive at port</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 10:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wolfe Island-bound: Components off-loaded, to be stored at Ogdensburg
OGDENSBURG — Squinting into the late morning sun, two crane operators aboard the Beluga Emotion started to hoist a wind turbine blade from its deck.
The nearly 150-foot-long blade, while dangling in the air, had to be meticulously threaded between the cranes onto waiting trucks built to handle the unusually long parts. The carbon-fiber blade, about one-third the length of the ship, was the first wind turbine part ...]]>
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		<title>Schools await windfarm decision</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[BATH &#8212; Just how tax payments from a windfarm development in Prattsburgh should be divided was argued this week before Supreme Court Judge Peter Bradstreet.
No decision was made in a lawsuit filed by the Prattsburgh and Naples school districts against a payment-in-lieu of taxes agreement approved by the Steuben County Industrial Development Agency in January.
No decision on the claim was made and Bradstreet’s office said there is no timetable when a ruling will be made.
The ...]]>
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		<title>Naples to Prattsburgh: Back off with wind towers</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 09:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supervisor Frank Duserick said the town of Naples is investigating what legal standing it may have to protest the placement of wind turbines planned for neighboring Prattsburgh.
“We’re not against wind towers,” Duserick said. “But we are for appropriate placement of towers. Our concern is they should have put them a minimum of 1,500 feet from the town line.”
Ecogen of West Seneca, near Buffalo, has proposed building up to 53 turbines — though the number could ...]]>
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		<title>Mass. OKs new NStar wind power option</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[NStar electric customers in Massachusetts will be able to buy renewable energy directly from wind farms — including one under development in Maine — under a newly approved billing option.
The state Department of Public Utilities approved the &#8220;NStar [NST] Green&#8221; program on Wednesday.
NStar’s more than 1 million residential customers in eastern and central Massachusetts will be able to buy either half or all their electricity from wind farms in the Northeast. Customers would pay a ...]]>
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		<title>Lawmakers unanimously approve windmill at college</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wind power is coming to Sullivan County Community College, despite protests from a Loch Sheldrake citizen.
The County Legislature today unanimously approved a lease agreement with Environmental Technologies, LLC, a Manhattan-based company that will build a 111-foot-tall wind turbine at the college. The project has already been approved by the Town of Fallsburg Planning Board. The lease says Environmental Technologies must build its windmill within 180 days.
The company will pay &#36;2,000 each year to lease an ...]]>
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		<title>UPC Wind changes name to First Wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a new name on the Cohocton and Prattsburgh wind projects, but no change in operations should be seen.
UPC Wind became First Wind this morning, according to John Lamontagne, director of corporate communications for the company.
“Nobody knew about it because we didn’t tell anyone,” he said.
“It happened about an hour and a half ago,” Lamontagne added during a 9:30 a.m. phone call.
Company president and CEO Paul Gaynor posted a letter on the company’s Web site ...]]>
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		<title>Sullivan lawmakers to decide fate today of college windmill</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sullivan County lawmakers are expected to decide this morning on a contract that would bring an enviro-friendly windmill that could save Sullivan County Community College up to 50 percent on its electricity bill.
Who would argue against that?
Kenneth Walter would. He’s been railing against the project for months now.
Walter, whose family helped establish the college by selling a plot of land to the state in 1965, has said noise from the 111-foot-tall windmill will ruin his ...]]>
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		<title>Neighbor tilts at SCCC windmill; Claims noise would disturb elderly mother</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOCH SHELDRAKE — An enviro-friendly windmill that could save Sullivan County Community College up to 50 percent on its electricity bill. Who would argue against that?
Kenneth Walter would. He&#8217;s been railing against the project for months now, to anyone who will listen.
Walter, whose family helped establish the college by selling a plot of land to the state in 1965, has said noise from the 111-foot-tall windmill will ruin his 89-year-old mother&#8217;s quality of life, since ...]]>
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		<title>Senator slams PSC in deal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schumer calls regulator &#8220;stone-headed&#8221; in wind stance against Iberdrola  
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer criticized the state Public Service Commission on Wednesday for requiring Spanish utility Iberdrola SA to sell its New York state wind farms before they&#8217;ll allow it to acquire Energy East Corp.
&#8220;This is one of the most amazing things that I&#8217;ve seen,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;The PSC is being very stone-headed and not being very practical.&#8221;
Iberdrola is the world&#8217;s largest wind farm developer. ...]]>
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		<title>LIPA committed to renewables, but moving cautiously on tidal, offshore wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long Island, N.Y., has significant tidal energy resources, but the Long Island Power Authority plans to move ahead cautiously as it considers whether and how to exploit them. LIPA also remains interested in offshore wind power, provided that it can be harnessed at a reasonable cost.
Not under regulation by the New York Public Service Commission, LIPA is not formally subject to the state&#8217;s renewable portfolio standard. However, &#8220;LIPA has committed to meeting or exceeding the ...]]>
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		<title>Zoning board to decide extending Reunion’s wind test tower permit</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMONDVILLE — Renewal of the one-year permit for a temporary Reunion Power wind measuring tower on Warnerville Hill will be up to the village Zoning Board of Appeals, town codes officer Gene DeMarco said.
Schoharie Valley Watch, a group opposing industrial wind turbines in the area, also called last week for the existing permit to be revoked, alleging it doesn’t meet zoning law criteria.
The current permit expires Thursday, according to DeMarco, and he said he has ...]]>
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		<title>DEC to head turbine study</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possible precedent:  Agency, in ruling, names itself as lead on Galloo Island SEQR
The state Department of Environmental Conservation has declared itself the lead agency for a state environmental quality review of the proposed Galloo Island Wind Project — a ruling that may set a precedent of state review of future turbine projects.
The ruling by DEC Commissioner Alexander B. &#8220;Pete&#8221; Grannis on Friday afternoon is the first time the state has stepped in to perform ...]]>
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		<title>Naples to get windmill windfall</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company building two wind farms in Cohocton will contribute &#36;50,000 for restoration work at Memorial Town Hall in Naples.
The Town Board voted unanimously last week to accept the cash; otherwise, it would go back to Cohocton for historic preservation projects there.
The &#36;50,000 is part of &#36;200,000 UPC Wind agreed to set aside to compensate for the effect modern wind towers would have on the historic character of the area. Naples qualified for a share ...]]>
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		<title>Iberdrola again threatens to call off merger</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[At odds with PSC staff over wind-farm assets, company says it could scrap deal for Energy East
Officials with Iberdrola SA reiterated Thursday the Spanish company is ready to walk away from its &#36;4.5 billion acquisition of Energy East Corp. if state regulators continue to require the sale of wind-farm assets in New York state.
The issue appears to be the most divisive between Iberdrola and staff at the Public Service Commission, the state agency with final ...]]>
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		<title>More on wind farms: continuing the debate</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the April 15 issue of the Watertown Daily Times, Harvey White asked in a letter if the Wind Power Ethics Group (WPEG) knew the difference between a DEIS and an FEIS (Final Environmental Impact Statement). I would like to answer.
Yes, Mr. White, we do know the difference. We know because we have read the comment letters sent to the Planning Board by the DEC and also the DPS. According to the New York State ...]]>
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		<title>Wind tower zoning approved in Hamlin</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of wind tower opponents walked out of a Hamlin Town Board meeting Thursday night as the town became the first in Monroe County to adopt zoning laws that regulate development of wind power projects.
With one board member recusing himself, the rest voted unanimously in favor of the ordinance.
Town residents became sharply divided during the past year-and-a half over whether the western Monroe County town should allow commercial wind power farms to be built. ...]]>
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		<title>Hamlin sets rules for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMLIN — Voices shouted and tears flowed Thursday night as the Town Board adopted a new law regulating wind farm development.
Councilman Paul Rath recused himself from the vote and debate because he has signed a lease agreement with a wind energy company.
Of the 75 people who attended the meeting, dozens opposed the new regulations, arguing they do not do enough to protect town residents.
The rules require that there be 1,200 feet between a wind turbine ...]]>
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		<title>OBPA closing river access to protect turbine parts</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority announced Wednesday that it is closing public access to the St. Lawrence River from its property on Wall Street.
&#8220;This area is closed because of the anticipated storage of wind turbine components and security requirements,&#8221; OBPA Executive Director Wade A. Davis said in a prepared statement.
The first shipment of wind turbine parts to the Port of Ogdensburg for unloading and storage is scheduled to arrive May 1 to 3. The ...]]>
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		<title>Wind power possibilities in the air again in county</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winds are changing in Tompkins County.
After some notable recent setbacks, wind energy proponents in the county have several projects to look forward to again.
Ithaca College recently received approval to set up a meteorological tower on part of its South Hill property to measure wind and see whether conditions are appropriate for building a wind turbine.
The Enfield wind farm proposal, after being killed by a questionable law late last year, has new life with a ...]]>
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		<title>PSC approves wind farm transmission line</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York State Public Service Commission Wednesday approved the construction plans for a 5.6 mile 230 kV transmission line along with necessary infrastructure improvements needed for the construction of a 127-megawatt Noble Wethersfield wind farm project in Wyoming County.
In granting final approval of the Environmental Management and Construction Plan, the Commission will allow construction of the substation, the switchyard, access roads and the transmission facility. The transmission line will run from Wethersfield, Wyoming County ...]]>
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		<title>Locations of wind turbines has some birders worried</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me when I head for the lakeshore to look for birds.
I live only about a mile, as the crow flies, from the Lake Ontario shoreline. And yet it might as well be a world apart.
There are mornings when I step outside in my Greece housing tract and all is calm and tranquil. But when I arrive at Ontario Beach, the wind is literally howling in off the lake.
And that, in ...]]>
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		<title>Empire State Wind Energy gets positive vibes at board meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOMERSET —  Empire State Wind Energy is not in line to get in the state power grid, but the “small player in a big game” did get the wind at its back Wednesday at a special town board meeting.
Keith Pitman, the chief executive officer of ESWE, received some warm applause after a 90-minute meeting with the town board concerning a Host Community Agreement. The town hall was filled with residents interested in putting wind ...]]>
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		<title>What&#39;s next&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4/9/08 letter, &#8220;Positive benefits outweigh negatives for wind turbines in Perry,&#8221; by Terrence Murphy, chair of the Perry Development Committee (PDC), had many inaccuracies and presumptions that needed to be addressed, so we went to speak with the group at their 4/16/08 PDC meeting. Four people showed up for their meeting, including Mr. Murphy and Mayor Wood (who admittedly helped write the letter). The meeting simply verified what we already knew &#8212; &#8220;It&#8217;s all ...]]>
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		<title>Eminent domain possible for Prattsburgh wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some neighbors in Steuben County could be forced to allow a controversial wind farm project to move ahead.  The town board Monday night voted to use eminent domain if needed to get the job done.
That issue is whether property owners should be forced to grant easements or permission for a cable to run underground connecting the huge wind turbines.  The town board voted three to two to use the power of eminent domain, ...]]>
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		<title>Landowners upset over eminent domain for windfarm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRATTSBURGH, N.Y. &#8212; &#8220;I hate to say it but to me something stinks. That&#8217;s all I have to say,&#8221; said landowner Al Muscianese.
It&#8217;s anger over what Prattsburgh residents are saying is against the law.
“Laws are being broken, deals are being made under the table,&#8221; said another landowner James Hall.
Protests over windfarm
Over the last two years, landowners in Prattsburgh have been fighting against selling their land to a private company looking to build wind farms. But ...]]>
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		<title>Prattsburgh wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some neighbors in Steuben County could be forced to allow a controversial wind farm project to move ahead.  The town board Monday night voted to use eminent domain if needed to get the job done.
That issue is whether property owners should be forced to grant easements or permission for a cable to run underground connecting the huge wind turbines.  The town board voted three to two to use the power of eminent domain, ...]]>
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		<title>Wind-power partnerships funding terrorists</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Petroleum and Acciona Spain are both in business partnerships with other companies that provide technical and financial support to Iran. The support their business partners provide enables Iran to develop weapons of mass destruction and to further its nuclear ambitions.
BP&#8217;s offending partner: ENI, a major Italian energy company. BP and ENI are currently developing a &#36;4 billion to &#36;5 billion liquefied natural gas plant in Soyo, Angola, expected to start production in 2012.
ENI has ...]]>
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		<title>Wind farm project</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:50:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Landowners in the town of Prattsburgh may be forced to sell some of their property for a proposed wind farm project, if the town board votes to use eminent domain.
You have a chance to learn more about the project Monday night.  The key issue is whether the board should help developer, U.P.C. Wind, by using eminent domain to make way for construction of transmission lines connecting the wind towers.
A U.P.C. representative will be making ...]]>
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		<title>Public Service argues utility takeover proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A utility takeover proposal winding its way through the state’s regulatory process will potentially impact the New York operations of one of the world’s largest wind power developers.
Spanish utility company Iberdrola SA wants to acquire regional utility Energy East Corp. for &#36;4.6 billion. It wants to retain its wind power interests as it does so, and build new wind farms as well. Regulators object to this on anti-competitive grounds.
Negotiations between staff of the Department of ...]]>
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		<title>Lyme extends moratorium on wind</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three months more: Move will give seasonal residents a chance to obtain information, share opinions
The Lyme Town Council voted unanimously to extend the town&#8217;s moratorium on industrial wind development for a third time at a special meeting Thursday night.
During the meeting, the council members briefly discussed a protest petition submitted by a group that opposes the proposed zoning law amendment for wind energy facilities. The petition claims it will require a supermajority of the council&#8217;s ...]]>
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		<title>Long Islanders eye plan for South Shore wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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A cross-section of Long Islanders are casting a wary eye at an expansive offshore wind farm proposed for the South Shore, raising questions about its impact on commercial fishing, beach views and electric rates.
Central to all concerns expressed yesterday were the size, expense and need for scrutiny of the project.
&#8220;I hope we don&#8217;t make a decision based on the fact that it feels good&#8221; to support wind energy, said Roger Tollefsen, president of the New ...]]>
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