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		<title>Wise decision</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[We congratulate all involved — county commissioners and the county Planning Department — for the county’s tall structure ordinance, which commissioners unanimously approved Monday night. 
As Lori Wynn says today in a front-page story, it took nine months of public hearings, multiple drafts and countless e-mails, but Carteret County finally has an ordinance regulating wind turbines and communication towers. 
Developer and property owner Nelson Paul of Raleigh envisioned the project, Golden Wind Farm. He proposed three, 1.5-megawatt turbines on a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind law gets OK</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — It’s taken nine months of public hearings, multiple drafts and countless e-mails of information, but Carteret County finally has an ordinance regulating wind turbines and communication towers. 
And though there were some concerns about regulating commerce, requiring bonds and potentially having utility-scale turbines Down East, the County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Monday night the ordinance that everyone agreed needed to be passed. 
“There are some parts of this ordinance that I don’t necessarily agree with … I .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/19/wind-law-gets-ok/</link>
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		<title>Carteret County approves rules for tall structures</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT &#8212; It may not be perfect, but a new Carteret County ordinance regulating tall structures such as wind turbines and communication towers got the unanimous support of county commissioners. 
Commissioners noted concerns and reservations, but when it came time to vote, they acknowledged a need to put regulations in place and to do so before the Dec. 3 expiration of a moratorium on the permitting of such structures. 
The nine-month moratorium was enacted to give the county time to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/19/carteret-county-approves-rules-for-tall-structures/</link>
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		<title>An unwritten permitting clause in North Carolina</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[One man&#8217;s tale speaks volumes about the difficulties that can be encountered when planning wind developments. 
Nelson Paul and his wife, Dianna &#8212; owners of a 33-acre corn and soybean farm in Bettie, N.C. &#8212; had a dream to build the Golden Wind Farm in Carteret County. Carteret is a 1,341 square-mile coastal county, of which 821 square miles are water, with a population of about 60,000. There is plenty of wind blowing in Carteret that is ideal for electricity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/18/an-unwritten-permitting-clause-in-north-carolina/</link>
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		<title>County ready to vote on law</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Nov 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — The long-awaited tall structures ordinance that will regulate wind turbines and communication towers in the county is set to receive a vote Monday night from the County Board of Commissioners. 
The board will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. in the boardroom of the administration building. 
And revisions to the charter of the County Public Water Access Committee for an additional voting member will be removed from the consent agenda and brought up for discussion by the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/11/16/county-ready-to-vote-on-law/</link>
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		<title>The true Pickens plan</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[“Rose smells a rat,” was the title of a short essay on NRO (National Review Online) by Henry Payne, Monday afternoon. The subject was Charlie Rose’s revealing Sunday night’s interview with T. Boone Pickins that personifies avarice. If you didn’t see it, please read this: 
“Honestly, I’m here for America,” said Mr. Pickens to Rose. 
“‘What’s the balance between doing something for America and doing something for Boone?’ retorts Rose. ‘Oh, let’s not talk about that,’ replies Pickens. Oh, but .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/30/the-true-pickens-plan/</link>
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		<title>Tall structures debated</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT &#8212; Deborah Golden applauded Carteret County&#8217;s proposed tall structures ordinance this week and sees it as a positive step in regulating the utility-scale wind turbines she fears could end up in her community. 
Golden lives across the highway from a proposed project to locate three utility-scale wind turbines on 33 acres in the Bettie community and said she worries about impacts from noise and vibrations as well as possible danger to nearby homes if a turbine were to break .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/22/tall-structures-debated/</link>
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		<title>Citizens air concerns in hearing; ordinance approval still pending</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Oct 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — With lots of information still to digest, materials to read and some changes to be made, the County Board of Commissioners took no action Tuesday night on the proposed tall structures ordinance that will regulate wind turbines and communication towers in the county. 
So the floor was opened to public comments as planned for the special meeting in the boardroom of the administration building scheduled for the sole purpose of holding a public hearing on the ordinance. 
Seven .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/10/22/citizens-air-concerns-in-hearing-ordinance-approval-still-pending/</link>
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		<title>CRC discusses aesthetic impact of offshore wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sunset Beach &#8212; On a day when the North Carolina coast was buffeted by gusts approaching 40 mph, it seemed only appropriate that coastal regulators spent much of Thursday talking about how to turn that wind into energy. 
But a regulatory roadmap on how to harness that estimated 1,400 megawatts of natural, renewable and domestic energy in the state’s coastal and sound waters remains as choppy as the surf just down the road from where the N.C. Coastal Resources Commission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/26/crc-discusses-aesthetic-impact-of-offshore-wind-farms/</link>
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		<title>Prospect of offshore wind turbines causing a stir</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[
The prospect of offshore drilling raises concerns about the beauty of our coasts. The idea of wind turbines brings up similar issues.
The North Carolina coastal resources commission will meet tomorrow to discuss offshore wind energy options for our area.
Andy Wood, Education Director of the Audobon society and supporter of wind energy said &#8220;Generating electricity from wind is sustainable because we aren&#8217;t extracting coal from the ground or oil and burning those things, producing carbon dioxide gas and other pollutants and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/25/prospect-of-offshore-wind-turbines-causing-a-stir/</link>
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		<title>CRC to decide process for approving wind-to-energy operations</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2004, the N.C. Solar Center set up a wind monitoring tower at the N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher for a yearlong test. 
The idea was to see if there was enough of a sea breeze to help reliably and economically power some of the aquarium’s operations. 
The answer, at least in those days when oil was bubbling around &#36;45 a barrel, was no. 
But today, with oil hovering around &#36;100 a barrel and the interest in domestic and renewable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/24/crc-to-decide-process-for-approving-wind-to-energy-operations/</link>
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		<title>State to air Brunswick&#39;s plans for wind</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SHALLOTTE, N.C. &#8212; North Carolina&#8217;s Coastal Resources Commission is going to take a hard look at wind energy when it meets in Brunswick County this week. 
The commission first heard a presentation on wind energy three years ago, Chairman Bob Emory said, but with a report on alternative energy due to the General Assembly early next year, the look is going to be harder this year and the urgency to learn about it will be greater. 
The commission was to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/22/state-to-air-brunswicks-plans-for-wind/</link>
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		<title>Carteret engineers wind turbine rules</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carteret County planners were hit with both praise and criticism this week as work continued on a draft ordinance that would regulate wind turbines and other tall structures in the county. 
A resident who has followed the development of the ordinance closely and called for provisions protecting the public&#8217;s safety defended the results of their work. 
&#8220;Recent criticism of this draft ordinance seems to suggest that the planning commission should compromise public safety in order to accommodate the fact that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/20/carteret-engineers-wind-turbine-rules/</link>
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		<title>Wind draft work done</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — The County Planning Commission was able to finish Thursday reviewing the wind turbine section of the draft tall structures ordinance but still has to go over the communication towers portion. 
The commission agreed during its special meeting in the boardroom of the administration building to keep the maximum setback for the tallest of utility-scale wind turbines at 3,300 feet. And after three hours of deliberation, the board was ready to make a recommendation on the wind turbine section .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/20/wind-draft-work-done/</link>
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		<title>Plan takes some flak</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Sep 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — The County Planning Commission is due to take on the draft tall structures ordinance again Thursday, but a Down East property owner who has a proposed wind farm waiting in the wings says the newest setback regulations for utility-scale wind turbines are too constraining. 
The planning commission meets at 5 p.m. Thursday in the boardroom of the administration building in hopes of approving a recommendation for the tall structures ordinance, which addresses wind turbines and communication towers, to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/09/17/plan-takes-some-flak/</link>
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		<title>Wind plan another green boondoggle</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Those who think T. Boone Pickens’ energy plan (substitute wind electricity for natural gas electricity and natural gas for gasoline) is the holy grail for kissing off domestic drilling or consuming coal and oil, should think again.  
Natural gas replenishment still requires drilling, frequently in oil rich terrain, such as off shore and Alaska.  
Wind fluctuates. Power grids require a tight match between power demand and supply to avoid disastrous blackouts. As wind power contributions increase so do .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/27/wind-plan-another-green-boondoggle/</link>
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		<title>Planners grind away on wind rules</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — The wind turbine section of the county’s draft tall structures ordinance is going back to the planning department for changes in setbacks for utility scale turbines, waivers and more after a thorough reading Thursday night by the County Planning Commission.
The issue garnered mixed feelings from the public during the planning commission’s special meeting in the boardroom of the administration building, as some supported the draft ordinance and the proposed setbacks in it while others felt their earlier comments .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/25/planners-grind-away-on-wind-rules/</link>
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		<title>Location is key</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m writing to ask folks who care about our county’s future to contact Carteret County planning commissioners and attend the meeting on Aug. 21 at 5 p.m. at the commissioners’ boardroom and urge them to SPEAK UP and tell the commissioners to be extremely careful when they finally adopt the new ordinance governing “wind turbines,” not windmills.
As chairman of Responsible Citizens for Responsible Energy (RCRE), our stand has never been to ban wind turbines from Carteret County. As our name .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/17/location-is-key-2/</link>
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		<title>Turbine setback waiver rejected</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Planners: Current rules reasonable 
Currituck planners decided Tuesday to uphold the county&#8217;s new wind energy ordinance and oppose a request to exempt small wind turbines from setback requirements.
Dean Karico of East Coast Windpower asked the Currituck Planning Board to recommend approving a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that exempts small-system wind turbines from property line setbacks.
The current ordinance allows small-scale residential turbines, up to 120 feet in height, on lots at least 20,000 square feet. However, the turbine .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/15/turbine-setback-waiver-rejected/</link>
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		<title>The Dark Side</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fear not my Jedi brethren, I have not succumbed to the dark side. But I believe a healthy dose of skepticism is called for before blindly leaping aboard the wind-power train, confident it is headed for the Holy Land of power independence where electricity flows abundant, cheap and pure like milk and honey in the Promised Land.
I would simply like simple answers to simple questions, i.e., what happens when the wind doesn’t blow?; what happens when the wind blows too .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/13/the-dark-side/</link>
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		<title>Power line foes to have a say</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[RAEFORD — Victory may be a long shot, but Earl Hendrix is geared up for the fight.
For more than eight months, Hendrix, a 76-year-old Hoke County farmer, has been protesting Progress Energy’s 230-kilovolt power line expected to run through 21 miles of private land in the county.
The route, which begins in Richmond County and travels through Scotland and Hoke to end in Cumberland County, will affect 77 property owners in Hoke County and 29 in Cumberland County.
To Progress Energy, the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Round and round we go</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Wind Working Group (NCWWG) has created its own Model Wind Ordinance for Wind Energy Facilities in North Carolina. We have gone from the fox guarding the hen house to the fox designing the hen house.
According to North Carolina Wind Energy at Appalachian State University’s Web site, “The North Carolina Wind Working Group is an alliance among environmental groups, policy makers, industry members, educators, and citizen action groups who actively pursue wind power options by promoting supportive legislation .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/06/round-and-round-we-go/</link>
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		<title>Energy Center helps draft wind-energy policy for state</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Appalachian State University’s Energy Center helped craft a model wind-energy ordinance for use across the state.
The ASU Energy Center, which helped draft a county-level ordinance in 2006, was part of a Wind Working Group that included North Carolina State University and the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association. The Watauga County ordinance had similar features to the state model, said Brent Summerville of the ASU Energy Center.
“It’s similar, because it allows small wind turbines to be a permitted use and it goes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/08/03/energy-center-helps-draft-wind-energy-policy-for-state/</link>
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		<title>Draft law nearly done</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — A complete version of the draft ordinance regulating wind turbines and communication towers was presented Thursday to the County Planning Commission, and while the ordinance now addresses noise, shadow flicker and more, there are still several steps to go before the draft is proposed to county commissioners.
Planning Commission Chairman Harry Archer said now that a significant amount of research has been done and an initial draft has been developed, comments obtained during three public comment meetings recently will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/21/draft-law-nearly-done/</link>
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		<title>N.C. state budget proposal includes some local goodies</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Study of the potential energy payback from siting wind turbines in the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds is part of the &#36;21.4 billion state budget that was passed this week.
Also, northeastern North Carolina would receive millions toward construction of the mid-Currituck County bridge, renovation of the historic Mattamuskeet Lodge in Hyde County and construction costs for new buildings at Elizabeth City State University.
The budget is awaiting Gov. Mike Easley&#8217;s signature.
&#8220;This budget was all about sustaining a strong economy and the importance .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/10/nc-state-budget-proposal-includes-some-local-goodies/</link>
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		<title>Mistaken assumptions</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In regard to two issues reported in last Friday’s article about the Carteret County Planning Board’s public meeting in Smyrna, first, regarding the increasing size of utility-scale wind turbines:
It took many of us awhile to get our minds around the immense size of the 1.5-megawatt (MW) utility-scale wind turbines when we first learned about the proposed wind energy project in Bettie. Remember the graphic that ran in The News-Times back in February, showing the huge 463-foot wind turbine dwarfing the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/07/04/mistaken-assumptions/</link>
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		<title>Panel hears more wind options</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:38:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[SMYRNA — After a public comment meeting Wednesday with the County Planning Commission, it seems many Down East residents agree there is enough open land in Carteret that utility-scale wind turbines don’t need to be in residential areas.
The planning commission held its third and last public comment meeting in the gymnasium of Smyrna Elementary School, where more than 30 county residents, most from Down East communities, showed up to listen or voice their opinions on the county’s developing ordinance on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/29/panel-hears-more-wind-options/</link>
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		<title>Wind rules focal point</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 19:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[With size and health impacts of potential wind turbines in the county, as well as proposed setbacks, the top concerns Wednesday during a special meeting of the County Planning Commission, the wind turbine portion of the county’s proposed tall structures ordinance is proving to take priority over communication towers.
The commission met at the Western Park Community Center to get comments on the proposed tall structures ordinance, which includes wind turbines and communication towers, from residents in the western part of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/30/wind-rules-focal-point/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines debated</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 11:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CEDAR POINT &#8212; When Joseph Betz of Cape Carteret bought property near Bogue Field, he moved into his home expecting to hear the sound of military aircraft flying overhead.
That was his choice.
But Betz said the Golden Wind Farm project proposed for a community in Down East Carteret County would be an imposition for which residents haven&#8217;t asked.
&#8220;For the people down there, it is not an existing condition,&#8221; he said.
Betz was one of the speakers at a Wednesday night community meeting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/30/wind-turbines-debated/</link>
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		<title>Numbers necessary to stop wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 09:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I first heard about industrial wind turbines trying to be slipped into coastal North Carolina, I remember thinking: Everyone in every state that is being threatened and fighting this issue with their own town councils and state officials should band together and file a federal class-action lawsuit and bring the issue to a halt.
To do this would mean we would have to have a specific number sign on as part of the class from each area (state) being threatened. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/26/numbers-necessary-to-stop-wind-turbines/</link>
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		<title>Counties deflate wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 10:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Local opposition is knocking the wind out of efforts to promote renewable energy, but whether coastal ordinances that halt or tightly regulate electricity-generating windmills have them down for the count remains to be seen. The latest setback came in March, when Carteret County imposed a nine-month moratorium. In January, Currituck County started restricting where they can be built.
&#8220;We&#8217;re faced with something we know little about,&#8221; says Doug Harris, chairman of the Carteret County commissioners. &#8220;We&#8217;re looking at something that, from .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/19/counties-deflate-wind-power/</link>
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		<title>Plan calls for input; Three sessions are scheduled on tall structures</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 10:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT — While Thursday evening’s special meeting of the County Planning Commission was intended to provide the board with the cell tower section of the tall structures ordinance, the floor was again opened to public concerns regarding the controversial wind turbines.
Also at the meeting in the boardroom of the administration building, the commission set up the three community meetings that the nine-month moratorium on the permitting of tall structures, like wind turbines, calls for.
Slated for May 28, June 19 and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/17/plan-calls-for-input-three-sessions-are-scheduled-on-tall-structures/</link>
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		<title>State clears coastal wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Raleigh entrepreneurs Nelson and Dianna Paul cleared the first hurdle Thursday toward building the state&#8217;s largest wind power plant in Bettie, east of Morehead City.
The state Utilities Commission approved the proposed project &#8212; on condition that the wind farm is permitted by Carteret County and also cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The county has imposed a moratorium on wind farms as officials there try to establish regulations for the structures in coastal areas. The three turbines proposed by Paul would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting wind of proposed turbine rules</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT &#8212; Carteret County planners got a look this week at a first draft of proposed rules for wind turbines, but they are letting the public have a say before they finalize anything.
Public meetings will be held in the western, central and eastern areas of the county in May and June to present the proposed rules to the public and get citizen input.
&#8220;The more people who are involved, the more people who participate, the better the end result,&#8221; said Planning .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/21/getting-wind-of-proposed-turbine-rules/</link>
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		<title>County planners get first look at windmill rules</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT— The County Planning Commission got the first peek Wednesday at a budding ordinance that will eventually regulate wind turbines and other similar tall structures.
While no action was taken and no discussion was held on the matter during the board’s special meeting in the boardroom of the administration building, the board was given what has been drafted so far for the wind energy portion of the Tall Structures Ordinance to take home and study.
Assistant Planning Director Jim Jennings said the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/18/county-planners-get-first-look-at-windmill-rules/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines also cause noise pollution</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although I applaud Mr. Hendershot’s analysis of the effects of wind turbines on our environment, he misses a major point.
Despite the spurious (not his) assertions that wind mills are “pretty,” (no doubt promulgated by less than &#8230; let it go with that), has anyone considered the noise?
Even forgetting the scars to the terrain, you cannot displace the amount of air needed to generate electricity without the constant, 24-a-day humping of “whump, whump, whumping,” that would accompany it.
No less the destruction .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tilting at wind turbines: wind farms in national forest raises red flags</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is it impossible to dream of national forests as reachable stars — as places of unbearable beauty and solace to the human soul and places of sanctuary to the beasts and the birds we share the planet with?
“Man of La Mancha” aside, I have concerns regarding large-scale wind farms anywhere and the idea of locating projects with 15 or more turbines (the Deerfield Wind Project in Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont, is proposing 17) in national forests across the country .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/03/19/tilting-at-wind-turbines-wind-farms-in-national-forest-raises-red-flags/</link>
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		<title>Commissioners look at county recreation needs and revisit wind-energy ordinance</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Continuing to work through a heavy load of issues, County Commissioners met again in an extended work session March 3.
Topics for discussion included the proposed Land Transfer Tax and plans to build a new athletic field in the Beaver Creek community to help offset the need for more athletic fields.
&#8220;We need ball fields and we need soccer fields that seems to be more and more what Parks and Recreation is hearing because soccer is getting to be a big thing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Coast Law needed to block wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[JLF report outlines problems linked to wind power
RALEIGH – North Carolina needs a “Coast Law” to protect residents from wind turbines that ruin local landscapes, harm wildlife, and pose potential health risks, all while providing an unreliable source of electricity. That’s the key conclusion of a new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report.
“The legislature should make a new ‘Coast Law’ a top priority,” said report author Daren Bakst, JLF Legal and Regulatory Policy Analyst. “That type of law would prohibit construction .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>E-mails reflect history of wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Couple: Officials slow to voice concerns
BEAUFORT &#8212; A Raleigh couple whose proposal to construct a windmill farm in Down East Carteret County has drawn recent controversy say the moratorium the county has now put in place for wind turbines and other towers was the first indication they had from the county of its concerns.
The Carteret County Board of Commissioners approved a nine-month moratorium this week on the permitting of electricity-generating wind turbines, towers and other tall structures while the county .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Carteret commissioners adopt moratorium on windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Carteret County commissioners adopted a moratorium Monday on issuing permits to build windmills.
The action followed a public hearing in which an impassioned and overflow crowd mostly agreed the county needs more information.
A total of 17 signed up to speak for and against the concept of wind energy in a hurricane-prone county. They focused specifically on the location and plans for the proposed Golden Wind Farm near the community of Bettie. That proposal is now before the N.C. Utilities Commission.
The moratorium .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms: Where&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Clean-energy generators popular if not too close to home
Though most people agree that North Carolina needs to develop cleaner energy sources, the enthusiasm apparently ends at the backyard.
Carteret County residents turned out at a public hearing Monday night to raise questions about the prospect of living near wind turbines that would dwarf the Cape Lookout lighthouse and stand taller than the Wachovia building in downtown Raleigh.
After hearing residents&#8217; concerns about the proposal to build a commercial-scale wind farm in coastal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Project generates ill wind</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT &#8212; The same areas along the North Carolina coast recognized for the winds that can generate power are also prone to hurricane-force winds that generate a force of their own.
That&#8217;s a concern for Carteret County resident Stephanie Miscovich, who lives near the site of a proposed wind energy project that would put three wind turbines in the Down East community of Bettie.
&#8220;We&#8217;re known for our winds but we&#8217;re also known for our extreme winds, and we need to take .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Carteret sets public hearing on tower moratorium</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BEAUFORT &#8212; Down East resident Hilda E. Davis left the Carteret County administration building Wednesday knowing that towering projects like the power-producing windmills proposed for her community are now getting the attention of the county.
The Board of Commissioners has set a public hearing for 6 p.m. March 3 to receive public comments on the &#8220;possibility of imposing a moratorium for any approvals for the construction or erection of towers, electric generating windmills, and similar type of tall structures in Carteret .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Coastal wind farm proposed; Carteret project ruffles neighbors</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[There may be gold blowing in the wind if a Raleigh couple succeeds in building a wind farm in Carteret County to help meet North Carolina&#8217;s need for renewable energy.
Nelson and Dianna Paul are seeking permission from the N.C. Utilities Commission to build three windmills in coastal Carteret County that would generate 4.5 megawatts of electricity &#8212; enough to provide power for about 900 homes. By far the state&#8217;s largest commercial-scale wind farm to date, it would sell power to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Raleigh pair propose commercial windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Raleigh couple, Nelson and Dianna Paul, are seeking permission from the Public Utilities Commission to build North Carolina&#8217;s first three commercial-scale wind mills on coastal property they own.
The turbines would generate 4.5 megawatts of electricity &#8212; enough to provide power for about 900 homes. The power would be sold to Progress Energy to help it provide more green energy.
The utilities commission did not vote on the proposal today, and it may not take action for a couple of months. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines sprout as wind power draws attention in N.C.</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[CAMDEN COUNTY, N.C. &#8212; Ted Vogel, alternative energy officer for Blackwater, looked up toward the state&#8217;s most powerful wind turbine.
Atop a 120-foot-tall tower near the building where the security company builds Grizzly armored personnel carriers, the turbine&#8217;s three blades spun into a slow rotation, pushed by a stiff north wind.
&#8220;There you go,&#8221; Vogel said.
It was a minor demonstration of the 50-kilowatt wind turbine, but over the next year it is expected to produce about 110,000 kilowatt hours &#8212; enough to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Currituck County commissioners OK ordinance regulating wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fears of spoiled views and banged-up birds have led to years of appeals and at least one outright ban of wind turbines in some places.
A different story has played out in Currituck County over the past five months, leading to one of the first countywide wind energy ordinances in North Carolina. Approved unanimously by the Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, the ordinance makes erecting a single wind turbine up to 120 feet tall a relatively easy process.
Larger projects would require .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Currituck eyes wind turbine ordinance</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[County proposal sets more limitations

Currituck commissioners tonight will consider a new ordinance that could pave the way for the installation of electricity-generating wind turbines throughout the county.
Commissioners are being asked to consider two proposals that would allow residents and business owners the ability to generate their own electricity.
One, recommended by county staffers and the Currituck Planning Commission, requires the applicant to receive a special-use permit to install a wind turbine. Under the proposal, wind turbines would be subject to setback, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine interest grows in Currituck;  County mulls rules for wind-power generators</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Currituck’s strong coastal winds are quickly turning the county into a magnet for companies hoping to sell electricity-generating wind turbines.
Several companies have expressed interest in selling wind turbines in Currituck, including one headquartered in Spain and another from Maryland.
County Planning Director Ben Woody said some of the companies are interested in installing turbines for use at single-family homes.
“They would be small turbines that just generate power for that particular house,” he said.
But others are interested in selling larger turbines capable .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/11/25/turbine-interest-grows-in-currituck-county-mulls-rules-for-wind-power-generators/</link>
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