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		<title>Renowned acoustician denounces double standards in noise regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/10/renowned-acoustician-denounces-double-standards-in-noise-regulations/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Tricks are used to allow wind farms too close to habitations In an email replying to the European Platform against Windfarms (EPAW), world-leading specialist in low-frequency sound Professor Henrik Moller of Aalborg University denounces the improper acoustic measurements carried out by Danish authorities. As a result, he says, the new regulations for wind farm noise are not in line with industrial noise standards. According to EPAW, this effectively constitutes discrimination against wind farm neighbors, which now have less protection than .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Faced with notice of ESA violations, FWS agrees to reconsider Shaffer Mountain biological opinion</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/06/faced-with-notice-of-esa-violations-fws-agrees-to-reconsider-shaffer-mountain-biological-opinion/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The federally endangered Indiana bat won a significant reprieve recently when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that it would reinitiate consultation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Gamesa’s proposed Shaffer Mountain Wind Project in Bedford and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania. As a result, the Army Corps of Engineers will hold its final decision in abeyance pending the conclusion of that consultation, which will determine whether, and with what conditions, the proposed 30-turbine industrial wind project can .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power could kill millions of birds per year by 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/03/wind-power-could-kill-millions-of-birds-per-year-by-2030-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, said today that the build-out of wind energy proposed by the federal government to meet a Department of Energy target of generating 20% of the nation’s electricity through wind power is expected to kill at least one million birds per year by 2030, and probably significantly more. ABC considers the one million estimate, which is based on a 2005 paper1 and widely cited by the wind industry, as likely a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Ridges are not renewable day’: Film, experts call for pause in Big Wind development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/ridges-are-not-renewable-day-film-experts-call-for-pause-in-big-wind-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Thursday’s ‘Ridges Are Not Renewable Day’: Film, Experts Call For Pause in Big Wind Development&#160; Experts to Testify, “Impacts Need to be Assessed&#160;Before Development Continues” On Thursday February 2nd&#160;utility-scale wind opponents from communities across Vermont will head to the State House for “Ridges Are Not Renewable Day.” &#160;They will call on lawmakers to call a “time out” on further utility-scale wind development in the state to give regulators, communities, and experts time to assess impacts from recently constructed projects. As .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Dong Energy abandons attempt to place wind turbines in Kappel</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/dong-energy-abandons-attempt-to-place-wind-turbines-in-kappel/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It took the Kappel Group 5-1/2 years of exhausting struggle &#8211; but it has been worth it! Friday 27 January 2012: Dong Energy* has confirmed that they have abandoned their immense wind turbine project of 40 MW in Kappel. Kappel citizens and the many summer home owners in the area can now breathe a sigh of relief and no longer fear having their sleep and health destroyed by wind turbine noise. One local residents&#8217; association and 39 property owners in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>OFA position statement on Industrial Wind Turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/26/ofa-position-statement-on-industrial-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) supports the intentions of the Green Energy Act. We agree that Ontario needs to secure affordable and renewable energy for its future while reducing green house gas emissions. We encourage efforts to replace imported power, facilitate conservation and stimulate economic development through our energy requirements. However, the situation regarding Industrial Wind Turbines (IWT) has become untenable. The proliferation of wind turbines across rural Ontario has seriously polarized our rural communities. Residents not engaged in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Power Siting Board approves construction of Black Fork Wind Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/ohio-power-siting-board-approves-construction-of-black-fork-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Columbus, Ohio (Jan. 23, 2012) – The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) today approved an agreement that authorizes Black Fork Wind Energy to construct a wind farm along the Crawford and Richland county line. The facility will consist of up to 91 wind turbines capable of generating a combined 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Black Fork plans to begin construction in March 2012 and to have the facility online by December. The company estimates that between $51 and $69 million .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish turnaround on renewable energy?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/spanish-turnaround-on-renewable-energy/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Minister ponders the need for more wind farms ~ The World Council for Nature (WCFN) supports the Spanish government&#8217;s no-nonsense assessment of the energy situation in Spain. In two separate interviews on January 18th and 19th, the Energy Minister of the new government declared that there may be no need in his country for more investment in renewable energy, at least for several years. On Wednesday José Manuel Soria, Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism, said on Spanish television “TVE .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Federation of Agriculture calls on government to suspend wind turbine development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/20/ontario-federation-of-agriculture-calls-on-government-to-suspend-wind-turbine-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Guelph, ON [January 20, 2012] – Escalating concerns about industrial wind turbines have prompted the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) to urge the province of Ontario to suspend further development until farm families and rural residents are assured that their interests are adequately protected. The OFA unveiled its strong stance in a new position statement on industrial wind turbines, released today, that will be presented to government later this month. Since 2007, when the development of industrial wind turbines began .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm forums</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/19/wind-farm-forums/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Senator John Madigan will be holding a series of Public Forums on wind farms with the first one scheduled to be held in South Australia at the Clare Town Hall on January 24. The Forums are being called after the Federal government’s failure to act on the seven recommendations published by the Senate Inquiry into Wind Farms in its final report of June 2011. Senator John Madigan said the lives and health of the residents living near wind farms were .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind company and farm owner sued over proposed project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/wind-company-and-farm-owner-sued-over-proposed-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind developer WPD Canada and a farm that signed a lease to host wind turbines are now both being sued. The claim seeks an injunction and $2 million in damages related to the proposed Fairview Wind Farm in Stayner. &#8220;This claim seems unique because the owner of the proposed farm is also being sued&#8221; said lawyer Eric Gillespie. &#8220;Landowners who decide to allow turbines may need to look carefully at their legal position and potential liability&#8221; he said. The claim .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windwise ~ Massachusetts calls for immediate epidemiological study  on health effects of wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/windwise-massachusetts-calls-for-immediate-epidemiological-study-on-health-effects-of-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Brimfield, MA &#8212; Windwise ~ Massachusetts calls for an immediate epidemiological study on the effects of living near wind turbines, charging that the DEP and DPH have failed the people of Massachusetts with the inadequate study that they released today. Last year, as the departments of environmental protection and public health (DEP and DPH) prepared to convene their wind study panel, Windwise ~ Massachusetts submitted hundreds of studies, reports, personal accounts, video clips, and other materials compiled from around the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study findings whitewash health impacts</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/18/study-findings-whitewash-health-impacts/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The wind science panel has released its findings on the MassDEP website where a brief summary precedes a link to the study&#160;itself. As expected, the report denies the existence of Wind Turbine Syndrome, and also disputes the recent findings in the McPherson low frequency noise study. The panel does call for further research. But rather than delay siting until studies are done, it calls for education, incentives, setback guidelines and compensation. “The Panel suggests that the public be engaged through .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>SEO/BirdLife presenta una nueva guía para la evaluación del impacto de parques eólicos en aves y murciélagos</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/14/seobirdlife-presenta-una-nueva-guia-para-la-evaluacion-del-impacto-de-parques-eolicos-en-aves-y-murcielagos/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[[SEO/BirdLife has a new guide for evaluating the impact of wind farms on birds and bats: The more than 18,000 wind turbines in Spain could be causing an annual mortality of 6 to 18 million birds and bats] Los más de 18.000 aerogeneradores que hay en España, podrían estar causando una mortalidad anual de aves y murciélagos comprendida entre los 6 y 18 millones de individuos Durante hoy y mañana se celebrará en Jerez de la Frontera el primer congreso .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation group announces opposition to electricity mandate referendum</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/12/conservation-group-announces-opposition-to-electricity-mandate-referendum/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The state&#8217;s leading sustainable energy &#038; conservation group has echoed Governor Paul LePage in voicing opposition to a possible statewide referendum. LePage denounced the measure in his January 7th radio address. &#8220;This would be an environmental and economic disaster for Maine,&#8221; said Chris O&#8217;Neil, President of Friends of Maine&#8217;s Mountains (FMM), which is focused on protecting Maine&#8217;s mountains and citizens from the impacts of grid-scale industrial wind turbine developments. Among other shortcomings in the legislation, FMM sees its passage as .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse of power against anti-windfarm movement</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/10/abuse-of-power-against-anti-windfarm-movement/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Legal Advisor to the European Platform Against Windfarms (EPAW), George Watson is being investigated by the UK government under special powers which are only to apply to criminal/terrorist activities, claims the Platform. A letter, reproduced below, has been sent to Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, denouncing this improper use of the legislation, and announcing legal proceedings against the UK government. A formal complaint has been made to the Metropolitan Police. According to EPAW, Mr Watson .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Leading bird conservation group responds to proposed eagle take permit</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/07/leading-bird-conservation-group-responds-to-proposed-eagle-take-permit/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently considering an application from West Butte Wind Power LLC for a permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. The permit would allow for the incidental take of a limited number of Golden Eagles at their proposed facility in central Oregon. This application is the first of its kind for a wind project; historically, many industry developers have ignored permitting altogether and built wind farms at sites with little or no .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Landfill wind turbine bid exceeds reasonable budget</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/landfill-wind-turbine-bid-exceeds-reasonable-budget/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[After City Council’s approval to find a builder for the proposed wind turbine at the Saskatoon Landfill, the Administration is no longer in a position to recommend the project. At the close of Requests for Proposal on Thursday, December 15, 2011, Saskatoon Light &#038; Power received only one bid to construct a wind turbine at the landfill. The lone submission was well beyond the limits of what would be a viable alternative electricity generation project for the City. “This is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Eagle in peril in the US;  STEI opposes licenses to kill</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/the-golden-eagle-in-peril-in-the-us-stei-opposes-licenses-to-kill/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Save the Eagles International (STEI) is hereby issuing a biodiversity warning concerning the United States. Contrary to dubious studies financed and controlled by vested interests, the population of golden eagles in the Western States is on the decline. Wind farms are the main cause. The issuing of licenses to kill will accelerate the decline towards extinction. At the large wind farm of Altamont Pass, California, 116 golden eagles (GE) have been reported to be killed by turbine blades yearly. This .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Eagle in peril in the US</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/06/the-golden-eagle-in-peril-in-the-us/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[STEI opposes licenses to kill Save the Eagles International (STEI) is hereby issuing a biodiversity warning concerning the United States. Contrary to dubious studies financed and controlled by vested interests, the population of golden eagles in the Western States is on the decline. Wind farms are the main cause. The issuing of licenses to kill will accelerate the decline towards extinction. At the large wind farm of Altamont Pass, California, 116 golden eagles (GE) have been reported to be killed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>US Forest Service approves Vermont wind power facility</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/us-forest-service-approves-vermont-wind-power-facility/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[RUTLAND, Vt.–The U.S. Forest Service has approved the construction of a 15-turbine wind energy facility on the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont today, which will provide enough electricity to power about 13,000 homes annually. Today’s announcement marks the culmination of an environmental analysis and record of decision for the proposal to construct and operate a commercially viable, utility-scale wind energy facility on the national forest in the towns of Searsburg, and Readsboro next to the Searsburg Wind Facility operated .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>BLM issues greater sage-grouse conservation guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/29/blm-issues-greater-sage-grouse-conservation-guidance/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management today issued two Instructional Memorandums (IMs) that will help guide both immediate and longer-term conservation actions aimed at conserving the greater sage-grouse and its sagebrush habitat in 10 western states – aimed at benefitting the species while maintaining a robust economy in the West: The Interim Management IM provides immediate direction for the management of greater sage-grouse habitat while the agency works on updating multiple land use plans. The measures in this IM represent a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>FCWTAG submits concerns about impacts of Infigen wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/22/fcwtag-submits-concerns-about-impacts-of-infigen-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[“Three days ago, we submitted a report to the New South Wales Department of Planning, stating our well founded concerns about the impacts of Infigen’s proposed wind turbine development in our area,” stated Dr Alan Watts. It included a report from Mr Steven Cooper, a highly respected NSW Acoustician, who collected his own acoustic data from Capital Wind Development, also owned by Infigen. This preliminary data clearly shows that not only is the Capital Wind Development regularly breaching the current .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bowers wind project still alive despite earlier denial vote</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/bowers-wind-project-still-alive-despite-earlier-denial-vote/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Bowers Wind Project Still Alive Despite Earlier Denial Vote On December 7th, one day before the expiration of the time allowed in which to make a permitting decision under the so-called &#8220;expedited wind permitting law,&#8221; LURC voted to table First Wind&#8217;s request to withdraw their &#8220;Bowers&#8221; application. In a stunning decision, LURC agreed to give the developer an additional 90 days to draft a &#8220;written description of its plans for reconfiguring the Bowers Wind Project to address the concerns expressed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Leading bird conservation group formally petitions feds to regulate wind industry</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/14/leading-bird-conservation-group-formally-petitions-feds-to-regulate-wind-industry/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Petition presents a viable alternative to inadequate, unenforceable voluntary guidelines drafted by the government (Washington, D.C., December 14, 2011) American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, today formally petitioned the U.S. Department of the Interior to protect millions of birds from the negative impacts of wind energy by developing regulations that will safeguard wildlife and reward responsible wind energy development. The nearly 100-page petition for rulemaking, prepared by ABC and the Washington, D.C.–based public interest law firm .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed wind farm in Washington&#8217;s most important Marbled Murrelet area scrubbed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/08/proposed-wind-farm-in-washingtons-most-important-marbled-murrelet-area-scrubbed/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Plans to build a 32-turbine wind farm near the coast of Washington in a key breeding area for a threatened seabird have been halted to the relief of conservationists. The decision by Energy Northwest and three public utility districts was based on a softening of the wind power market and likely wind farm operating conditions that might have been suggested by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to ensure protection of the Marbled Murrelet – a bird whose population .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local environmental group prevails in Tomales met tower lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/08/local-environmental-group-prevails-in-tomales-met-tower-lawsuit/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[NextEra Withdraws Wind Project in Rural West Marin. Marin County, CA &#8212; On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, the Marin County Board of Supervisors set aside permits it granted a year ago for two 197-foot tall meteorological (&#8220;met&#8221;) research towers in rural West Marin, proposed by NextEra Energy Resources, Inc., a multibillion-dollar energy corporation based in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra is the largest wind energy developer in the U.S. and Canada. The Board of Supervisors also set aside the project&#8217;s categorical .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lowell protestors stop work at site due to environmental destruction</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/lowell-protestors-stop-work-at-site-due-to-environmental-destruction/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Lowell, VT – Early Monday morning a group of concerned citizens wearing shirts that read, “Ridges are Not Renewable” protested the Lowell wind project by occupying land currently being disputed between Green Mountain Power and the neighboring property owner. While on the disputed land, the protesters stopped construction vehicles with large signs, warning them “Road Closed: Due to Environmental Destruction” and redirected through “Detour To Honest Energy Policy.” The road closure and detour lasted for roughly an hour. Orleans County .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Saskatoon Wind Turbine Coalition to address Saskatoon City Council tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/saskatoon-wind-turbine-coalition-to-address-saskatoon-city-council-tonight/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Press Release by the Saskatoon Wind Turbine Coalition Tonight at Saskatoon’s City Council meeting, concerned citizens representing the Saskatoon Wind Turbine Coalition will be addressing Council, on Saskatoon Light and Power’s proposed tall wind turbine at the Saskatoon landfill. Fresh from celebrating Council’s deferral of the awarding of a contractor from the December 19th meeting to the January 16th 2012 Council meeting, the Saskatoon Wind Turbine Coalition’s message tonight will be to call for responsible decision making on behalf of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit targets &#8220;illegal&#8221; $117M federal loan guarantee for Kahuku Windfarm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/lawsuit-targets-illegal-117m-federal-loan-guarantee-for-kahuku-windfarm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[News Release from Briggs Law Corp, Upland, California, December 1, 2011 On November 28, 2011, CAlifornians for Renewable Energy (CARE) and Michael Boyd filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to challenge more than two dozen federal loan guarantees illegally issued by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate 26 loan guarantees for utility-scale renewable-energy projects, including guarantees to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>McGuinty government rejects Ontario PC bill to restore local decision making powers on industrial wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/03/mcguinty-government-rejects-ontario-pc-bill-to-restore-local-decision-making-powers-on-industrial-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 13:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[QUEEN’S PARK — Efforts by Tim Hudak and the Ontario PC Caucus to give local residents a voice on the construction of massive industrial wind farms in their community were thwarted today, as Hudak as his Caucus colleagues stood alone in voting in favour of legislation to restore local decision making powers to cities and towns. Those powers were stripped when the McGuinty government passed The Green Energy Act in 2009, allowing industrial wind farms – the height of 40-storey .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate backs Runciman&#8217;s call for wind farm moratorium</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/01/senate-backs-runcimans-call-for-wind-farm-moratorium/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Senate of Canada today unanimously backed a motion by Senator Bob Runciman calling on the province of Ontario to institute a moratorium on wind-farm development along eastern Lake Ontario until the impact on birds and bats can be studied. Senator Runciman (Ontario &#8211; Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes) noted that the region from the eastern tip of Wolfe Island to the western end of Prince Edward County is a crucial route for migratory birds and bats. He is concerned .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Canada supports Senate motion for moratorium on wind projects in Important Bird Areas</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/30/nature-canada-supports-senate-motion-for-moratorium-on-wind-projects-in-important-bird-areas/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[November 28, 2011 (Ottawa) &#8211; Conservation group Nature Canada today announced its support of a Senate motion calling for greater protection of Important Bird Areas in Canada’s Upper St. Lawrence-Eastern Lake Ontario region. The motion, announced today by Senator Bob Runciman, calls for “a moratorium on the approval of wind energy projects on islands and onshore areas within three kilometres of the shoreline in the Upper St. Lawrence-Eastern Lake Ontario region, from the western tip of Prince Edward County to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario Senator calls for moratorium along eastern Lake Ontario</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/29/ontario-senator-calls-for-moratorium-along-eastern-lake-ontario/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[There is an urgent need for a moratorium on wind energy projects along the shores of eastern Lake Ontario until ways can be found to better protect birds and bats, Senator Bob Runciman told a news conference on Parliament Hill this morning. Runciman was joined at the event by Ted Cheskey, manager of bird conservation programs for Nature Canada, Rosemary Kent, president, and Cheryl Anderson, vice-president of the Prince Edward Point Bird Observatory. Runciman is introducing a motion in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of Maine&#8217;s Mountains appeals Saddleback wind permit</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/23/friends-of-maines-mountains-appeals-saddleback-wind-permit/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Friends of Maine&#8217;s Mountains (FMM) has filed an appeal with the Bureau of Environmental Protection (BEP) opposing the permit issued by Maine&#8217;s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to Saddleback Ridge Wind, LLC. They are concerned for the protection of Maine citizens and for nearby Mount Blue State Park. In October of 2010, Patriot Renewables of Boston applied to the DEP to construct the Saddleback Ridge Wind project; a grid-scale industrial wind facility in Carthage, Dixfield and Canton. The proposed project .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pattern abandons Yolo County wind power project for environmental reasons</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/22/pattern-abandons-yolo-county-wind-power-project-for-environmental-reasons/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ &#8212; Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced its intention to abandon development of its Yolo County wind project due to the potential for impact on sensitive local bird species, including golden eagles and bald eagles. The 100 megawatt (MW) Yolo County project, located near Sacramento, was in mid-stage development and had not yet entered construction. &#8220;This would have been a strong source of wind power for California, which needs more renewable energy, but .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Statement on arrests at Lowell Mountain site</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/17/statement-on-arrests-at-lowell-mountain-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Lowell, Vt.-Two members of the mountain occupiers group were on the mountain today for routine monitoring activities, and were arrested and charged with criminal contempt of court. As a group, the mountain occupiers do not believe these individuals were in violation of the court order, and we are surprised that law enforcement chose to arrest them. There was no intention on the part of this group or the individuals involved to violate the restraining order. This arrest clearly documents the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Patrick-Murray administration launches new clean energy program</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/17/patrick-murray-administration-launches-new-clean-energy-program/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The following information was released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP): The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) today announced the launch of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP)/Department of Energy Resources (DOER) Clean Energy Results Program, an innovative new initiative that will advance the Patrick-Murray Administration&#8217;s goals for creating sources of renewable energy and encouraging energy efficient development. Clean Energy Results Program Web Page Questins and Answers Activities and Goals The Clean Energy Results .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Community threatened by wind farm staff</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/14/community-threatened-by-wind-farm-staff/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[URGENT ACTION Members of an indigenous community in Oaxaca, southern Mexico, have been threatened by security staff from a wind farm construction company. The company has been building on their land. Two human rights defenders have also received death threats. Their lives are a risk. On 21 October, around fifty workers from a wind farm company arrived on land belonging to the indigenous Zapoteca community of Unión Hidalgo in Oaxaca state. The workers destroyed the fence surrounding the land. According .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rumford citizens give wide approval to wind ordinance</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/10/rumford-citizens-give-wide-approval-to-wind-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Friends of Maine&#8217;s Mountains (FMM) applauds the people of Rumford for decisively approving their Wind Facility Ordinance by a vote of 1,137 to 465. Chris O&#8217;Neil, President of FMM, speculated that the voter turnout in Rumford was greater than expected on Tuesday, November 8th because of the interest in adopting a protective ordinance. &#8220;With two wind projects nearing completion before the end of this month and another project recently receiving a permit in the town of Carthage, people in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public scoping opens on Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/09/public-scoping-opens-on-quaking-aspen-wind-energy-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Rock Springs Field Office kicks-off a 30-day public scoping period by publishing a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register for the proposed Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project. The Quaking Aspen Wind Energy Project is a proposal by Evergreen Wind Power Partners, LLC to construct up to 100 wind turbines with a nameplate capacity of 250 megawatts of energy to be transported by approximately 14 miles of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke, mirrors and public deceit</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/08/smoke-mirrors-and-public-deceit/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Questioning of the Department of Health and Ageing during Senate Estimates last week cast great doubt over the legitimacy of positioning wind farms in rural areas and the wind energy conglomerates which recommended them. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) was questioned about its decision to wait to correct its statement “There is currently no published scientific evidence to positively link wind turbines with adverse health effects,” to the public until May 2012. Senator Madigan said the council’s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental group urges caution in signing petition</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/08/environmental-group-urges-caution-in-signing-petition/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, November 8th, Maine Citizens for Clean Energy workers will be at polling places statewide, seeking signatures for a referendum which, if enacted, would mandate where utilities buy the electricity that they supply to Maine customers. The referendum would also force utilities to &#8220;invest&#8221; in energy efficiency measures. &#8220;This will be an environmental and economic disaster for Maine,&#8221; said Chris O&#8217;Neil, president of Friends of Maine&#8217;s Mountains, an environmental organization which is leading the way in protecting Maine&#8217;s mountains .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Local resident&#8217;s appeal upheld in South Australian Supreme Court: AGL&#8217;s &#8220;Hallett 2&#8243; wind turbines noncompliant with EPA noise guidelines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/06/local-residents-appeal-upheld-in-south-australian-supreme-court-agls-hallett-2-wind-turbines-noncompliant-with-epa-noise-guidelines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[16 out of 34 turbines currently turned off overnight by AGL. The appeal by Mt Bryan resident Bill Quinn has been upheld in the South Australian Supreme Court, against the ERD (Environment, Resources &#038; Development) Court decision last year to approve AGL&#8217;s Hallett Stage 3 Wind Development. However, there was no determination of the merits of any of the grounds of appeal. Amongst these grounds of appeal was a challenge to the EPA SA Wind Farm Noise Guidelines, and specifically .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group forms in response to the proposed wind farm in Shelburne</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/05/group-forms-in-response-to-the-proposed-wind-farm-in-shelburne/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Shelburne Falls, MA &#8211; A group formed in response to the proposed wind farm in Shelburne and has been providing various town boards with information, putting up posters, distributing pamphlets, asking the Boards and residents to become more informed about industrial scale wind farms. The project in Shelburne would be sited on Mt Massaemont, overlooking the village of Shelburne Falls. The developer, Frederick Field of Littleton, MA would like to build eight 470 foot tall wind turbines he states will .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Someone has to pay for the &#8220;green fiesta&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/someone-has-to-pay-for-the-green-fiesta/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2011 Someone has to pay for the “green fiesta” Spanish electricity giant Iberdrola warns of another bubble The president of Iberdrola, Ignacio Sánchez Galán, declared Thursday in Madrid that the brakes should be applied on the development of thermosolar energy in Spain, because it is &#8220;economically inefficient&#8221;.He warned that this immature technology may create “a new bubble” similar to that of the photovoltaic, with a cost to the Spanish consumers of €2 billion annually (1). .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The Oceana County Planning Commission: Facts show Scandia Wind, LLC plans for Lake Michigan industrial wind farm were not feasible in Oceana County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/02/the-oceana-county-planning-commission-facts-show-scandia-wind-llc-plans-for-lake-michigan-industrial-wind-farm-were-not-feasible-in-oceana-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[HART, Mich.&#8211;(EON: Enhanced Online News)&#8211;The following is a statement from the Oceana County Planning Commission. The Oceana County Planning Commission today released information that in-depth research and investigation into energy company Scandia Wind LLC’s proposed plans for a large scale, industrial Lake Michigan-based wind farm was not feasible as presented by the company. Members of the Commission and others determined that the technology specified by Scandia Wind could not be built anywhere in the area, and therefore the company would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-windfarm protesters to stage national rally in Ayr</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/01/anti-windfarm-protesters-to-stage-national-rally-in-ayr/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Scotland’s first national conference against the scourge of windfarms will be held in Ayr on Friday 11th November. Bringing together over 300 anti-windfarm protesters from the Borders to Caithness and from Tiree to the Cairngorms, the conference is being organized by CATS (Communities Against Turbines Scotland) and will be chaired by Labour’s Mike Pearson MSP. Speakers at the all-day event will include Professor Iain MacLeod, Vice-President of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS) and Chairman of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm developer seeks appeal to take decision from local council</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/01/wind-farm-developer-seeks-appeal-to-take-decision-from-local-council/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Moorhayes Action Group (MAG), a community group made up of over a hundred local residents, were told today that the planning decision (11/00325/FUL)on two 35 metre (over 112ft) industrial turbines proposed at Charlton Musgrove, was being appealed. The developer Keens Cheddar cited that their grounds to take the appeal to the planning inspectorate were due to the delay by South Somerset District Council (SSDC) on making a final decision in October 2011. The Council delayed their decision due to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/01/study-evaluates-bat-deaths-near-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MADISON &#8211; It&#8217;s something of an ecological murder mystery &#8211; countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them? A new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison links on-the-ground sleuthing and clinical diagnostic techniques to sketch a better picture of how the bats are dying. UW-Madison forest and wildlife ecology professor David Drake and former master&#8217;s student Steven Grodsky have conducted environmental assessments, funded by the renewable energy company Invenergy and Wisconsin Focus .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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