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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pennsylvania wind powering Maryland water, sewer plants</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many miles must a utility go before it can save lots of cash?
The answer? It’s blowing in the wind — somewhere in Pennsylvania.
In a move managers say will save millions over the next decade, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is now importing electricity from wind turbines in Stoystown, Pa., to save costs on water treatment in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties.
Energy from 14 giant propellers in the hills approaching Pittsburgh now gets zapped 171 ...]]>
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		<title>Zoning permit approved for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vermont-based Laurel Hill Wind Energy LLC has been granted a zoning permit to build electricity-generating wind turbines in northern Lycoming County, county zoning administrator Fred G. Pfeiffer said Wednesday.
The company plans to build the turbines along a seven-mile section of the Laurel Hill ridge in Jackson and McIntyre townships.
A zoning permit is required for any development or change of use of a property to ensure it is permitted in that zoning district and complies with ...]]>
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		<title>Proposed wind farm on Ice Mountain blows in more concerns</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 22:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamesa Energy USA&#8217;s proposed 10 to 15 turbine wind farm on borough watershed property found its way once again on council&#8217;s agenda last evening. The proposal looks to generate between &#36;3 to &#36;5 million over the projects 30 year life span for the borough.
      Gamesa Project Developer Josh Framel was on hand to answer questions and update the proposed lease agreement with the borough.
      Tyrone ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbines closer to reality</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BP Alternative Energy will begin to seek permits from the state later this month into early June for a wind turbine facility it hopes to have in operation in the southern part of Wyoming County by the end of 2009.
Speaking during a “Mehoopany Wind Energy Project” open house at the Triton Hose Co. in Tunkhannock, Pa., on Thursday, BP Alternative Energy business developer Kevin Davis said that testing with meteorological towers has determined that ...]]>
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		<title>Fayette officials to join windmill dispute</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fayette County commissioners will intervene in a civil lawsuit over proposed windmills in Georges and Springhill townships, but not necessarily because they favor or oppose the project.
Commissioners on Thursday voted 2-1 to file a notice of intervention in the lawsuit, which pits PPM Renewable Energy Corp. of Portland, Ore., against the county&#8217;s zoning hearing board.
PPM, which has offices in Perryopolis, filed the civil suit last month, after the zoning board denied its request for a ...]]>
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		<title>Gamesa wants more room for wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The company planning to construct wind turbines in Logan Township needs supervisors to enlarge the wind zone and to back away from stricter rules, a representative said Thursday.
“It will not financially work with less than 25 turbines,” Tim Vought of Gamesa Energy USA told supervisors.
He showed them a map with 17 turbines in the township’s wind zone south of Route 36 and an additional eight turbines north of Route 36 outside of the wind zone.
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		<title>N. Union may turn to wind</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Union Township may join other regional municipalities that have created or are creating wind turbine ordinances.
At a supervisors’ meeting this week, North Union Township Supervisor Gary Croll said a group from St. Francis University, Loretto, is interested in testing wind capacity with a meteorological tower in North Union. That group is investigating the potential for a commercial wind farm.
He said there is also a resident who may want to erect a personal turbine to ...]]>
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		<title>Windmill supporters bring case to commissioners</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Several people in favor of a windmill project for Wharton, Springhill and Georges townships brought their case Tuesday to the Fayette County commissioners.
Speaking during public comment of the commissioner&#8217;s agenda meeting, people representing carpenter&#8217;s unions and themselves spoke about the need for the county to have the South Chestnut Wind Project.
In February, the county zoning hearing board unanimously denied a special exception request that would have allowed the construction of 18 wind-powered turbines in ...]]>
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		<title>Couple sues wind farm over noise levels</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOLLIDAYSBURG —  A Blue Knob couple is seeking unspecified monetary compensation and is asking a court to intervene to reduce noise and vibration from energy generating turbines in the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm.
A Pittsburgh attorney representing Todd and Jill Stull of Pine Springs Lane, Portage, filed a 14-page civil lawsuit in Blair County court naming Gamesa Energy USA, developers of the wind farm in Portage Township, Cambria County, and Juniata and Greenfield townships, Blair ...]]>
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		<title>Couple goes to court for windmill distress</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Juniata Township couple seeking relief from noisy wind turbines has taken their complaint to Blair County Court.
Todd and Jill Stull, in a lawsuit filed at the courthouse, accuse Gamesa Energy USA LLC and the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm LLC of destroying their quality of life and damaging their health. They’re seeking an injunction ordering the noise to be reduced.
Ever since the wind turbines were built on acreage spanning Blair and Cambria counties, the Stulls ...]]>
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		<title>Leawood company involved in energy project declares bankruptcy</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 May 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Leawood company that hoped to develop a wind-powered energy project in Pennsylvania has declared bankruptcy.
Generation Resources Holding Company LLC, with offices at 118th Street and Roe Avenue, listed &#36;75,052 in assets and &#36;5.86 million in liabilities.
The company owned a 50 percent interest in Stony Creek Windpower LLC, according to the bankruptcy petition. It valued that interest at &#36;75,000. Its remaining assets consisted of &#36;52.44 in accounts at Capitol Federal Savings.
Generation Resources’ biggest unsecured claimant ...]]>
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		<title>Township to conduct windmill sound studies</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unable to agree on an expert to gauge noise from Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm turbines, Portage Township and Juniata Township in Blair County will conduct separate studies.
Portage officials said they likely will hire a company next week to conduct the sound study from their side of Blue Knob Mountain.
“At this next meeting, we should have all of the information and I would hope we can come to some resolution,” Supervisor Ken Trimbath said.
Juniata already has ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbines for Pennsylvania&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winds of change are blowing energy alternatives into central Pennsylvania and stirring up debate along the way.
Central Pennsylvania, with its many blustery ridgetops, is seen as a prime location for wind farms by wind turbine companies and local environmentalists concerned about climate change. But others in the environmental community argue that wind farms would harm forests and wildlife, and local planners worry about sound pollution and blighted landscapes.
Gamesa Energy USA, one of the largest ...]]>
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		<title>Planners: Logan needs tighter turbine rules</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Logan Township should adopt tighter rules governing wind turbines, the township Planning Commission agreed Tuesday.
“I feel this is more restrictive, which is good,” commission member David Rhoa said.
The township recently advertised revisions to its ordinance governing turbine construction and placement, with action scheduled for the May 8 supervisors meeting.
If the revisions are approved, turbine developers will be required to commission an environmental impact study identifying noise and other issues that could surface for nearby property ...]]>
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		<title>Tyrone voters support Gamesa; Secret ballot shows 55 percent in favor of turbines on Ice Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the voters of Tyrone Borough have their way, wind turbines will go on Ice Mountain.
A survey of voters outside the seven borough polling places showed 55 percent favored leasing watershed property to Gamesa USA.
Of the 2,932 registered Democrats and Republicans in the borough, 1,094 participated in the nonbinding, secret ballot poll.
Borough council members tallied the slips after the closing of the polls, with 601 for the lease and 493 against.
Council members Pat Stoner, Virgie ...]]>
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		<title>Township mulls turbine ordinance</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[QUEMAHONING TOWNSHIP — A wind turbine ordinance is back on the table with supervisors now that the new board has settled into their positions.
The issue has languished since May of 2007, when supervisors announced a public meeting to discuss residents feelings on the move.
Monday, resident Mike Kern, of Koontz Road, asked supervisors to reconsider drafting an ordinance during the township meeting. The supervisors agreed that the matter was long overdue.
“We don’t want to stop development ...]]>
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		<title>Saying wind power plan endangers bat, groups notify company of intent to sue</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tiny, endangered Indiana bat lives on Shaffer Mountain in northeastern Somerset County and that should be enough to keep 30 big wind turbines off that ecologically sensitive Appalachian ridge, according to three environmental groups.
The groups &#8212; Sensible Wind Solutions, Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society &#8212; yesterday served the Spanish-owned wind power company, Gamesa Energy, with a notice of intent to sue under the federal Endangered Species Act.
According ...]]>
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		<title>Groups threaten to sue Gamesa over wind plans</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Gamesa Inc. has yet to start work or obtain a state permit for its proposed Shaffer Mountain wind project in Somerset County, three local groups say they’ll sue if the turbine maker proceeds.
Sensible Wind Solutions, Mountain Laurel Chapter of Trout Unlimited and The Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society on Tuesday told Gamesa representatives that federal litigation is coming if they don’t stop the project.
The site is a confirmed habitat of the endangered Indiana bat and ...]]>
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		<title>Windmill opponents to file suit against Gamesa project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of the controversial Shaffer Mountain Wind Farm have issued a notice of intent to file suit against the developer over claims the project will threaten an endangered species living on the site.
John Buchan Jr., one of the founders of Sensible Wind Solutions, said the group mailed the notice today to nearly 500 state and federal lawmakers and officials. It signals their formal intent to file suit with federal and state agencies charged with protecting ...]]>
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		<title>Workers: Wind company not honoring contract</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Gamesa union representative is taking the Spanish wind turbine company to task for failing to establish a contract-mandated incentive package that would reward workers who take part in extra training programs.
Officials at the company, which makes wind-generating towers used to produce electricity, and the United Steelworkers Union both said they were committed to the program.
But Maurice Wigglesworth, a union leader in the company&#8217;s Falls blades plant, said he&#8217;s tired of waiting and so are ...]]>
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		<title>Wind towers at least 1 year away</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[PINE GROVE — A representative from Gamesa Energy USA, Philadelphia, updated the borough council Thursday on the progress of a potential wind farm on Second Mountain and Sharp Mountain in Pine Grove Township.
Sharon P. Barr, a senior project developer for Gamesa, said the wind farms will not be erected for at least a year because of environmental concerns.
In November, the Pine Grove Township Zoning Hearing Board approved the erection of a 197-foot wind monitoring tower ...]]>
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		<title>Haycock eyes rules for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to wind energy, the opinions of Haycock residents blow in all directions.
Folks here were divided Monday over a proposed local law that would allow the installation of energy-harnessing wind turbines on residential properties.
Some fear the turbines will be towering eyesores whose wind-whipping will create a perpetually annoying noise, disrupting the quiet of the rural Upper Bucks township.
“You could use the term visual pollution,” said Greg Seifert, a farmer who worries the turbines ...]]>
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		<title>Ralpho sups discuss code for halfway houses, windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ralpho Township’s code officer is looking to get some regulations on the books before halfway houses or windmill towers make their way to the township.
The issue of halfway houses seems to be discussed all over the place, Howard Howal, code officer, said at Tuesday’s supervisors meeting. “Look at all the trouble Coal Township’s having right now,” Howal noted. “Danville, Columbia County,” he added.
Rumors have been flourishing in Coal Township that a halfway house may be ...]]>
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		<title>Company appeals wind mill decision</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A company denied approvals for special exceptions and variances by the Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board that would have allowed construction of 18 wind-powered turbines in Georges and Springhill townships has appealed the ruling, urging the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas to assume jurisdiction of any additional proceedings.
In the appeal filed Wednesday in the office of Prothonotary Lance Winterhalter, attorneys for PPM Atlantic Renewable Energy Corp. based in Portland, Ore., allege the company ...]]>
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		<title>Wind-powered turbine company alleges bias</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Oregon-based company contends the Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board&#8217;s rejection of its request for a special exception and variances for 24 wind-powered turbines in Georges and Springhill townships was biased.
On Wednesday, PPM Atlantic Renewable Energy Corp. of Portland asked a judge to assume jurisdiction over its request and to reverse the board&#8217;s March 11 denial.
&#8220;Our concern is whether we think this issue can get a balanced hearing or consideration by the zoning hearing board,&#8221; ...]]>
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		<title>Kidder blows down windmill plan again</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The owner of a Kidder Township bed-and-breakfast who hoped to erect a 115-foot-tall wind turbine along Route 534 was denied variances for its construction at a zoning hearing Tuesday.
David Pfeil, who has owned and lived at the Inn at Hickory Run for about three years, was seeking two variances from the township&#8217;s Zoning Hearing Board &#8212; one to allow construction of the windmill in a residential zone and one to allow it to exceed the ...]]>
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		<title>Allegheny Township reviews wind farm plans</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four windmills may line a portion of the horizon near the Allegheny and Stonycreek townships border by the end of 2009.
At their meeting on Monday, township supervisors said that Airtricity Inc., of Connecticut, plans to construct a farm of between 20 and 30 windmills in Allegheny, Stonycreek and Shade townships.
During the meeting, the supervisors reviewed a sketch plan of part of the farm drawn by Musser Engineering Inc., of Central City.
The four windmills planned in ...]]>
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		<title>Energy’s not the issue, it’s money</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Irons’ letter (“Some people welcome alternative energy,” March 20) exposes the winners and losers in Gamesa’s industrial wind game on Shaffer Mountain.
The only winners are those who will gain financially if this wind plant is built.
Gamesa will harvest millions in federal subsidies funded by our tax dollars.
Berwind Corp. and a few private property owners, including Irons, will win as well. They will get &#36;5,000 a year for each wind turbine built on their properties.
Irons ...]]>
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		<title>Commissioners delay action on turbine regulations</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discuss Land Dev. Ordinance
Discussions of changes in the county&#8217;s Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance continued during Thursday&#8217;s meeting of the Potter County Board of Commissioners, with the board delaying action to gather additional information on regulating the controversial wind turbines.
Herb Miller, of the citizens&#8217; group Save God&#8217;s County, suggested that the board question what results energy company AES had gathered from wind studies in northern Potter County.
He added that research his organization had conducted on ...]]>
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		<title>Tyrone residents hear the cons of wind power development on Ice Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some 100 local residents turned out at the Tyrone Area High School auditorium last evening to listen to and gather information regarding Gamesa&#8217;s proposed 10 to 15 turbine wind farm on Tyrone Borough&#8217;s watershed property on Ice Mountain.
The over three-hour public forum was driven by Save Ice Mountain spokesperson Dr. Stan Kotala, which featured four speakers, experts in their related fields, and testimonies from two residents from the Blue Knob area where the operating Allegheny ...]]>
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		<title>Location critical for turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roger Irons is missing the point in his March 20 letter, “Some people welcome alternative energy.”
Joseph Cominsky and the vast majority of Shaffer Mountain residents are for sensible siting of wind turbines.
We oppose turbines on Shaffer Mountain, which would destroy its forests, streams, wildlife and wetlands, not to mention drinking water for thousands.
The effect on drinking water was a recent concern of the state Department of Environmental Protection regarding Gamesa Inc.’s application to place turbines ...]]>
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		<title>Concerns aired over wind farm proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[TYRONE — A jet circling overhead, a neighbor’s thumping bass or a train’s brakes squealing as it rounds a curve.
These are scenarios Todd Stull and Clair Chappell use to describe how the noise of spinning wind turbines have shattered their once idyllic life in the mountains.
“We cannot escape the noise,” Stull said. “This issue cannot be trivialized. It’s nothing short of a pollution problem.”
Stull and Chappell, who live next to the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm ...]]>
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		<title>Ordinance challenge</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susquehanna Wind Farm LLC and Global Winds Harvest Inc. are challenging Newton Township’s ordinance that regulates the construction, maintenance and decommissioning of wind energy facilities. Read more in Friday’s news pages.
The Times-Tribune
27 March 2008
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		<title>Wind farm opponents to hold forum on impact of project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of a proposed wind farm in Taylor Township in Centre County and Snyder Township in Blair County will host a public forum Wednesday to address the effects they think the project will have on neighboring communities and animal habitat.
The forum, “Save Ice Mountain,” will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Tyrone Area High School.
Four environmentalists with expertise in wind farms and ecology will talk and answer questions. In addition, there will be ...]]>
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		<title>51 windmills will top local mountain; Massive project to stretch 10 miles</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ ARISTES — A multimillion-dollar alternative energy project involving 51 wind turbines is under way here and may be completed as early as August.
International power company Iberdrola Renewable Energies and Wisconsin-based Alliant Energy EPC are building the windmills on a mountaintop off Route 42.
Seven of the turbines will be in Conyngham Township, said supervisor Chairman James Tarlecki. The rest, as he understands it, are to extend about 10 miles east and connect to the area ...]]>
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		<title>Debating the need for power</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final round of hearings begin this week over the controversial high-voltage power line proposal that Allegheny Energy will attempt to prove is vitally important for Southwestern Pennsylvania.
As many as 26 expert witnesses are expected to testify during the three-week long technical evidentiary hearings, which will debate the need for the project and explain the routing of the line.
The state Public Utility Commission hearings will aid the regulatory agency as it decides whether to approve ...]]>
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		<title>Noxen man questions wind turbine plans</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Noxen resident challenged members of the Wyoming County Planning Commission last week to address what he called a “potentially catastrophic” situation with a possibility of wind turbines being built in the southern part of Wyoming County.
“It feels like no one is watching out for the big picture of the county,” Doug Ayers said. “I would hope there is some leadership in the room to write editorials or do whatever you can.”
He also asked the ...]]>
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		<title>We&#39;ve Got A Friend In The PA State Senate</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[As most of you know, the ugly thorn in our side, yes those ugly, noisy, landscape-scarring, dark sky-eliminating electric generating wind turbines are also an enemy to none other than State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9th Dist.). St. Sen. Pileggi, who happens to be my State Senator in Chester (and in my former home in Aston Township), strongly opposes the building of these turbines on our State Game Lands and State Forests. After sending ...]]>
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		<title>Planning amendments passed</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wind turbine issue is now out of the Potter County Planning Commissions&#8217; hands and into the hands of the county&#8217;s board of commissioners.
The commission passed the amendments to the Subdivision And Land Development Ordinance (SALDO) pieceby piece Tuesday night during a 4-hour meeting, in which only a few residents voiced their opinions, most of which were more for regulatory purposes than bashing the turbines altogether.
Before the amendment process began, Mark Stevens, a licensed hydrogeologist ...]]>
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		<title>Turbine issue blows into courthouse</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took 37 hours for the wind turbine discussion to blow from the Potter County Planning Commission meeting to the board of commissioners.
For over a year, the planning commission discussed the restrictions that would be placed on the turbines. The amendments were passed Tuesday night and final copy needs to be reviewed before making its way to the courthouse.
Otto Orszagh told the commissioners he had concerns about noise, shadow flicker, aesthetics and other potential negative ...]]>
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		<title>Voters asked to cast ballots on windmills</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tyrone Borough Council has been inundated with letters and petitions in opposition of putting wind turbines atop Ice Mountain, but council members think a simple survey will show what their voters really think.
Officials said they&#8217;ve taken a lot of heat from the people who oppose the windmills, but not all of those people have been their voters. They said with a ballot distributed to voters on election day, they&#8217;ll get the most accurate representation. ...]]>
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		<title>Tyrone Borough Council approves wind farm survey at April 22 primary voting booths</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the consensus of Tyrone Borough council last evening, at the April 22 primary voting booths, borough residents who are registered to vote may check mark an informal survey about his or her thoughts on a proposed Gamesa Energy USA 10 to 15 turbine wind farm on the borough&#8217;s watershed property on Ice Mountain.
      The survey decision comes in the midst of Gamesa increasing payout figures in its proposed ...]]>
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		<title>Noise level study for wind turbines suffers setback</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any proof that the operating noise levels of turbines in the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm are violating local ordinances, as claimed by residents, may be a while in coming.
Paul Heishman, a Mechanicsburg sound expert who agreed last year to analyze the noise at the wind turbines, is no longer able to do the study, leaving local officials searching for a new expert.
“The expert identified at the last meeting is no longer available, and we need ...]]>
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		<title>Wind plan clears hurdle</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Potter County Planning Commission will try once again Tuesday night to reach a consensus on regulating the wind energy industry. Meanwhile, several townships around the county are moving forward on their own.
Planners will meet at 6 pm at the County Extension Office, along Rt. 872 south of Coudersport, to consider an ordinance limiting wind turbine construction.
Meanwhile, the prospects of massive turbines being built in at least one Potter County municipality improved last ...]]>
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		<title>Windmill worries</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the influential and positive clean energy endorsement by federal and state governments plus the revenue gained by individual land owners and local taxing authorities, it is obvious wind turbines are on their way to Tioga County. Though property owners should have the right to do what they want on their own property, placement of wind turbines must not cause an unacceptable problem for adjacent or neighboring home owners who have not signed leases. Two ...]]>
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		<title>Senator Eichelberger expresses his opinion on wind development in PA at town hall meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[      Pennsylvania&#8217;s 30th District Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. held a public town hall meeting last night at the Tyrone Senior Center. Among the many topics brought up in the room of nearly 200 concerned and interested Tyrone residents, neighboring residents and local officials, was wind development not only in Tyrone and the 30th District, but in Pennsylvania in general.
      Senator Eichelberger fielded questions from ...]]>
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		<title>In My Opinion By Kris Yaniello</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night&#8217;s town hall meeting at the Tyrone Senior Center with 30th District Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. was full of great information and answers to many questions and/or rumors that have been circulating in Tyrone over some major issues. Our readers will get a full dose of the highlighted topics Senator Eichelberger addressed the rest of this week in a serious of articles I have prepared. There was too much to write about for ...]]>
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		<title>Mt. View district looks to wind</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[KINGSLEY &#8212; Mountain View School District Superintendent Andrew Chichura believes in safeguarding the environment, even if it initially may cost millions of dollars.
And that is why Chichura and the Mountain View board are exploring whether it would be feasible to power the district&#8217;s schools with wind.
&#8220;It developed from my own personal interest in going green,&#8221; Chichura said.
Representatives from Johnson Controls, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisc. gave a presentation about wind power on Feb. 25 during a ...]]>
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		<title>Wind turbine company lays off 70</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamesa Inc., the Spanish wind turbine company, has laid off dozens of employees at its Falls site in an effort to correct problems in its tower manufacturing operation.
Julius Steiner, the company&#8217;s CEO of U.S. operations, said Wednesday the team producing the wind-generating towers at Falls was underperforming. The employees — many of them were welders — took longer to produce the towers and mistakes increased construction costs, he said.
“The problem was that we weren&#8217;t building ...]]>
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		<title>Windmill foes raise big bucks</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group opposing wind turbines in Somerset County is raising big money to stop Gamesa USA from building 30 of the electricity generators for the controversial Shaffer Mountain Wind Project.
Bedford-based Save Our Alleghenies Ridges raised more than &#36;126,000 from January to October 2007, according to figures released by the Pennsylvania Department of State, which registers nonprofit organizations.
“That’s a good chunk of money,” said James Dellinger, executive director of Greenwatch, a Washington-based nonprofit watchdog group.
SOAR is ...]]>
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