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		<title>Wind farm construction set to begin next spring</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Construction of the &#36;300 million Beech Ridge Energy wind farm is tentatively set for next spring, officials told the Greenbrier County Commission Tuesday.
Dave Groberg, vice-president of Beech Ridge Energy, said barring any unforeseen setbacks, such as delays caused by lawsuits, the Public Service Commission should enter their final order issuing a building permit sometime this fall.
“We have met all of our preconstruction conditions set by the Public Service Commission, “Groberg said. “But hearings will be held by the PSC prior .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Starcher: Property owners shafted in windfarm case</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Justice Larry Starcher, who cast the lone dissenting vote in last month’s landmark windfarm 4-1 decision, believes Greenbrier County property owners are getting the shaft in regard to the &#36;300 million Beech Ridge Energy Windfarm.
Starcher issued his two-page dissenting opinion last Tuesday and chided his colleagues for voting in favor of upholding two Public Service Commission decisions which gave Chicago-based Invenergy, the parent company of Beech Ridge, the green light to build over 100 wind turbines on forested ridges in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Financing details revealed by Nedpower / Shell WindEnergy</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over &#36;185 million senior secured financing that will support construction and operation of NedPower Mount Storm LLC was arranged in November 2007. Dominion Power and Shell WindEnergy have joint 50/50 ownership of the project. Interestingly the original cost was estimated at &#36;300M alone, but some of that missing funding is coming from the US government subsidies. However with the weakened dollar to the Euro and the purchase of Spanish turbines from Ganesa along with the jump in diesel prices effecting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The future of GW National Park</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[How would you like the George Washington National Forest to look in 50, or even 100 years?
The Forest Service met with residents down in Augusta County to determine just that, and a highly debated issue was whether wind farms will be on the horizon&#8230; literally.
Some are mountain bikers, others hikers, wilderness advocates, and some have just lived here a while, but in round two of public input, forest officials wanted to hear everything.
Henry Hickerson, Deputy Forest Supervisor, says, &#8220;I think .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials hear wind farm proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. &#8212; The 23 wind turbines proposed for placement in the Pinnacle area of Mineral County would generate approximately &#36;373,000 in annual tax revenue for the county, according to U.S. Windforce representative Jim Cookman.
Of that amount, Cookman, who is the vice president for project development with U.S. Windforce of Wexford, Pa., estimated that approximately &#36;107,000 would go to the county and &#36;265,000 would go to the county school system.
Cookman and Dave Friend, vice president for sales and marketing for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>How will the windmills benefit Randolph&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since 1980, I have spent every summer in Elkins and have made a lot of friends in Randolph County and at the Augusta Heritage Center. I have been honored by the townspeople by their treating me as a local.
So, it&#8217;s not difficult for me to keep up on area events, the most controversial being the proposed wind-turbine project, of which I have already heard an earful.
From what I have learned, I, too, have to oppose this project.
These are not small .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy at Dolly Sods</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[We recently heard from William H. “Marty” Martin, one of our favorite researchers.  Marty has been studying the life cycle of the timber rattlesnake for 25 years.    He regularly visits several dens that have been in existence on the Allegheny Front for thousands of years &#8212; to check on the emergence of snakes in the spring.  Marty had been concerned about the possible disruption of the snake dens by the construction of the Ned-Power Industrial .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit to be filed to protect wildlife from NedPower industrial wind project near Dolly Sods Wilderness</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[On May 8th 2007, eleven citizens’ groups filed a Sixty Day Notice of Intent to Sue regarding the company NedPower Mt. Storm, and its corporate owners Dominion Resources, and Shell Wind Energy.  The Notice alleges violations of the Endangered Species Act, involving the West Virginia northern lying squirrel, the Indiana bat, and the Virginia big-eared bat.  The Notice also raises concerns about impacts to bald and golden eagles and migrating birds that are protected under the Migratory Bird .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Against the Wind: Why WVHC’s Opposition to Wind Turbines on the Allegheny Front Should not be Dimissed as a NIMBY… and other midnight reflections…</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am working this summer for the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy (WVHC). At some point, visit their website www.wvhighlands.org. My job is to set up informational tables at festivals to spread awareness of mountain top removal and the work WVHC has done and continues to do to stop it. Until recently, I’m reluctant to admit, I was ignorant of the monumental advances the WVHC has made to keep West Virginia wild and wonderful.
The group was formed in the 60s with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines may spark comments</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[WOODSTOCK — Area residents who fear they won&#8217;t be able to see the forest for the wind turbines will get the opportunity to speak their mind.
The U.S. Forest Service will kick off a series of public meetings this month as part of the process to revise its master plan for the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. The first meeting, and the only one in the area, is from 7 to 9 p.m. July 14 at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School.
The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>AES and one NIABY</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine looking out the window one morning and seeing a herd of elephants in your yard. They say, &#8220;Hi, we&#8217;re now part of your garden.&#8221; Or coming home and finding the entire roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers crammed into your house. They announce, &#8220;Hi, we&#8217;re now part of your household. What&#8217;s for dinner?&#8221;
That&#8217;s kind of how I felt when I saw the AES advertisement announcing they were part of the community.
At the public forum held by the Randolph County Commission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Supremes approve Greenbrier wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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The West Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the West Virginia Public Service Commission that approved construction and operation of a 124 turbine wind farm on in Greenbrier County.
The operator, Beech Ridge Energy, LLC proposed to construct 124 wind turbines sized at 1.5 Megawatts, mounted on 262 foot tubular steel towers, in addition to 150 pole structures for the transmission line with a total project cost of &#36;300 million. The turbines will span approximately 23 miles along various .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Court backs PSC on wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Public Service Commission acted properly when it approved a proposal to build 124 giant wind-power turbines along 23 miles of Greenbrier County ridges, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Justices issued a unanimous, unsigned opinion that turned down challenges of the PSC decision filed by opponents of the &#36;300 million Beech Ridge Energy LLC project.
&#8220;We believe that the commission did not ignore or revise its rules, nor did the commission improperly interpret an unambiguous regulation,&#8221; the court said in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Court upholds windfarm decisions</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Supreme Court Monday denied the efforts of state and local anti-windfarm activists and upheld two decisions by the Public Service Commission that granted a conditional building permit in 2006 for a &#36;300 million Greenbrier County windfarm.
The court’s landmark decision, the first to test the PSC’s new siting certificate regulations, largely focused on the PSC’s jurisdiction to grant the permit and could significantly impact the future of wind energy in West Virginia.
During oral argument before the high court in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Court backs PSC on Greenbrier wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Supreme Court on Monday said that the Public Service Commission acted within its authority in approving a proposal to build 124 giant wind-power turbines along 23 miles of Greenbrier County ridges.
The court issued a unanimous, unsigned decision that turned down challenges of the PSC decision filed by opponents of the Beech Ridge Energy LLC project.
Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy argued that the PSC ignored its own permit regulations and did not obtain adequate information about the wind project&#8217;s .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits, problems of wind turbines debated; Formal application to place structures on Great North Mountain not yet filed</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One thing going for proponents of wind energy is that Interstate 81 appears to remain environmental enemy No. 1 in Shenandoah County.
A round of applause from the audience of about 175 people rang out Tuesday night when someone referenced the problem of interstate noise at a Shenandoah Forum event at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School. The topic, though, was wind energy, specifically a proposal to construct 131 wind turbines along the county&#8217;s western ridgelines in the George Washington and Jefferson National .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine forum</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[People in Shenandoah County had the opportunity to hear both sides of the wind turbine debate Tuesday night at a public forum. They turned out to learn more about what potential impacts, good and bad, the turbines would have.
Impacts to land, wildlife, and the local economy are just a few of the considerations.
Douglas Kelley was one of about 250 people looking to understand a plan to put about 130 turbines on the Virginia-West Virginia border in the George Washington National .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Forum on wind turbines tonight: Shenandoah group hosts Woodstock talk</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A community forum on the pros and cons of wind turbines along the Virginia-West Virginia border will be held tonight at Peter Muhlenberg Middle School in Woodstock.
The Shenandoah Forum, a group of central Valley residents working to foster discussion about growth and development in Shenandoah County, is hosting the event, which will run from 7 to 9 p.m.
The discussion was triggered in March by a proposal by FreedomWorks LLC, a renewable-energy firm from Harpers Ferry, W.Va., to study the impact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding wind industry hits bats, turbulence and lawsuits</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Climatewire: The prospect of thousands of endangered bats flying to their deaths in West Virginia wind turbines soon could get consideration in federal court because of Judy Rodd.
The 63-year-old is the president of Friends of Blackwater Canyon, which recently joined 10 other groups in filing a “notice of intent” with the Fish and Wildlife Service to sue a wind company on Endangered Species Act grounds. The organizations warned of potential turbine kills of the Indiana bat, Virginia big-eared bat and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/12/expanding-wind-industry-hits-bats-turbulence-and-lawsuits/</link>
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		<title>Wind farming is not a panacea</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The proposal by environmentalists for an alternative to strip mining no doubt was sincere.
A group of residents from the coalfields asked the Raleigh County Commission to support a proposed wind farm on Coal River Mountain.
They worry that their hills will be topped in the pursuit of the coal that is used to generate half of the electricity in the United States.
&#8220;I live in the west end of the county, which has been heavily impacted by coal mining,&#8221; Lorelei Scarbro of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/09/wind-farming-is-not-a-panacea/</link>
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		<title>One of the costs of wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Nearly all species of North American birds are in decline. More bluntly, they are currently on the path to extinction. The litany of causes is familiar: habitat loss, housecats and other exotic predators, towerkill, the list goes on.
Our Appalachian highlands are under another, brand-new threat to our birds’ continued existence. If not challenged, all of the ridgetops in our formerly unbroken forests will very soon be covered in wind turbines, fragmenting the habitats of birds and bats and causing their .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/05/one-of-the-costs-of-wind-power/</link>
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		<title>Coal River residents suggest wind farm over mining</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind farming or strip mining? Which energy extraction method should be used on Coal River Mountain?
Residents of Clear Fork, Marsh Fork and other Raleigh County areas, with the support of environmental and community organizations such as Coal River Mountain Watch, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Appalachian Voices and the Sierra Club, asked the Raleigh County Commission Tuesday to support a proposed wind farm, which they say offers more long-term economic, social and environmental benefits to the county.
“I live in the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/06/04/coal-river-residents-suggest-wind-farm-over-mining/</link>
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		<title>Stuck propeller stops traffic in Chambersburg</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three tractor-trailers carrying blades for wind turbines were on U.S. 30 west through Chambersburg, Pa., on Monday when it was discovered the loads were too long to make it around the fountain on Memorial Square. 
The blades, each more than 100 feet long, were being shipped from the manufacturer near Philadelphia to a wind farm near Mount Storm, W.Va., according to the driver of one of the escort vehicles. 
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation normally routes the wind generator loads .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/20/stuck-propeller-stops-traffic-in-chambersburg/</link>
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		<title>Groups sue wind project to protect bats, birds</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 10:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Eleven citizen and environmental groups in West Virginia and Maryland have filed a 60-day notice about their intent to sue a wind power project.
They say the huge turbines from the NedPower Mount Storm project would kill endangered bats and squirrels near the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area.
The groups also will sue corporate owners Dominion Resources and Shell Wind Energy for violating the Endangered Species Act, according to Judy Rodd, director of Friends of Blackwater Canyon, based in Charleston.
Rodd said wind power .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/18/groups-sue-wind-project-to-protect-bats-birds/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbines proposed for Green Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Attention, hunters on Green Mountain and all local citizens. Please show your concern. See Web site ResponsibleWind.org, which is a group trying to protect the Blackwater Falls Area and Allegheny Front.
In this newsletter they said that the turbines have disrupted the bear and rattlesnake habitat and the animals are seen in lower areas near homes. The turbines cause noise pollution and visual pollution of the beautiful mountains. The U.S. government has halted many projects due to bird deaths or potential .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/14/wind-turbines-proposed-for-green-mountain/</link>
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		<title>Citizens groups plan to sue NedPower Mt. Storm, Dominion Resources, Shell Wind Energy</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 10:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Late last week, eleven citizens groups filed a Sixty Day Notice of Intent to Sue NedPower Mt. Storm and its corporate owners Dominion Resources, and Shell Wind Energy for violations of the Endangered Species Act involving the “takes” of the West Virginia northern flying squirrel, the Indiana bat, and the Virginia big-eared bat.
The letter, sent to the Fish and Wildlife Service, NedPower and the West Virginia Public Service Commission, also raises concerns about impacts to bald and golden eagles and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/11/citizens-groups-plan-to-sue-nedpower-mt-storm-dominion-resources-shell-wind-energy/</link>
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		<title>Following Rick Webb</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Saturday morning at the Spring Review and Sustainable Fair: University of Virginia research scientist Rick Webb began his presentation on wind energy pros and cons and was promptly interrupted. Through a thicket of questions and counter-questions he made his way to the next point. New questions arose. Later points were anticipated. Divergent claims were made. Finally, a frustrated majority demanded that questions wait until Rick had finished. So he did, and for long afterwards remained at the front of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/09/following-rick-webb/</link>
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		<title>Conservancy shifts policy on wind energy</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Board of Directors has made a significant shift in its policy on wind energy projects. Instead of focusing only on a proposed project’s impact upon the natural environment, the policy now will broaden the focus to include consideration of the role of the wind energy in overall energy policy.
This shift appears in the policy adopted at the April 20 Board meeting: The West Virginia Highlands Conservancy opposes all large, utility scale wind energy projects in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/09/conservancy-shifts-policy-on-wind-energy/</link>
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		<title>State PSC tours wind farm site</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The State Public Service Commission spent the day taking tours of 12 different sites that could be impacted by a proposed wind farm along Laurel Mountain in Randolph and Barbour Counties.
One of the first sites of the day was the Randolph County courthouse. But because of its location and the placement of some of the buildings around it, seeing the wind turbines from the courthouse should not be an issue.
The next site was the Montrose Post office. On a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/08/state-psc-tours-wind-farm-site/</link>
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		<title>Public speaks out on windmill project; mixed views offered at Elkins meeting</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 22:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elkins City Council chambers was packed Wednesday afternoon for a West Virginia Public Service Commission public hearing as people spoke for and against the AES proposed windfarm project on Laurel Mountain.
The meeting started with Chris Callas, the attorney representing AES, and WVPSC Staff Lawyer Carrie DeHaven presenting opening statements.
“I am here to assist AES to obtain a citing certificate to construct a wind power project on Laurel Mountain.” Callas said. “It is a good place for wind power. It is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/08/public-speaks-out-on-windmill-project-mixed-views-offered-at-elkins-meeting/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbine hearings held in Barbour and Randolph counties</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 09:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[People were given the opportunity to voice their opinions about AES Laurel Mountain&#8217;s plan to build wind turbines in Randolph and Barbour counties.
ELKINS &#8212; The Public Service Commission held a public hearing session Wednesday afternoon on plans to build wind turbines on Laurel Mountain in Randolph and Barbour counties.
A lawyer representing AES Laurel Mountain gave a brief introduction before people on both sides of the issue addressed the crowd.
AES plans to build about 65 wind turbines on Laurel Mountain. Supporters .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/05/08/wind-turbine-heaerings-held-in-barbour-and-randolph-counties/</link>
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		<title>Wind turbine details presented at open house</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 21:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. &#8212; While concerns that wind turbines on Green Mountain will ruin the viewshed were the most voiced topic, area residents had an opportunity to consider a lot of information about the proposed project during an open house at the Wind Lea Conference Center Monday.
&#8220;I think they are wonderful as long as they are somewhere else,&#8221; said Scott Clay of the project which proposes 30 turbines along the ridge that is Green Mountain overlooking New Creek Valley in Mineral .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windforce sets open house in Keyser on turbine proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. &#8212; Information about wind generation and the first wind turbine project proposed for Mineral County will be available at a public open house on Monday, from 7:30 PM &#8212; 9:00 PM at the Wind Lea Banquet and Conference Center.
U.S. Windforce, headquartered in Wexford, Pa., has proposed the development of the Pinnacle wind farm southwest of Keyser on Green Mountain.
&#8220;The purpose of the open house is to share information about the project,&#8221; said Mary Green of Ann Green Communications, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PSC sets public hearings on wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The West Virginia Public Service Commission has scheduled two public hearings on the proposed wind farm by AES for the Laurel Mountain ridgeline between Randolph and Barbour counties. Comments will be accepted beginning at 1 p.m. May 7 at Elkins City Hall and at 7 p.m. at the Barbour County Courthouse.
An evidentiary hearing in the case is set for Aug. 4-8 at the PSC headquarters in Charleston. If the PSC grants AES’ siting permit, nearly 65 wind turbines could line .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PSC sets public hearings on proposed wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Public Service Commission has scheduled two public hearings on a proposed wind farm along the Laurel Mountain ridgeline.
AES Laurel Mountain of Arlington, Va., wants to build up to 65 wind turbines along 8 miles of the ridgeline in Barbour and Randolph counties.
Comments will be accepted beginning at 1 p.m. May 7 at the Elkins City Building and at 7 p.m. May 7 at the Barbour County Courthouse.
An evidentiary hearing in the case is set for Aug. 4-8 at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Money vs. energy</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[If the providers of wind projects are so magnanimous and are so eager to save us from “the energy crisis,” why did the applications for wind farms drop 93 percent when it was thought the U.S. government was not going to extend the green tax credits beyond 2008? It is very evident that they are only interested in the money they will get for the tax credits and not their desire to provide a green energy source — a source .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill economics</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Your windmill debate coverage is much appreciated. Your quote of Joel Martin of the West Virginia Green Energy Alliance (WVGEA) shows a very articulate reasoning, but he is sure in his mind that his project is justified and that the state Public Service Commission will approve it. He should not be so sure. The wind towers are so noticeable and prominently placed that their vision impact is enormous. Mr. Martin’s tone sounds like PSC approval is “inevitable.” (It did not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blowing in the wind; alternative energy may be on Horizon for Shenandoah Valley</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Harpers Ferry, West Va. company has recently begun the process of attaining permits to start construction of a turbine wind generation facility along the western horizon of the Central Shenandoah Valley.
In this and upcoming articles, we will explore the background and future ramifications of such a development in order to present you with all the information that you’ll need to make informed decisions. While there are many federal and state laws which will directly affect the future of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/09/blowing-in-the-wind-alternative-energy-may-be-on-horizon-for-shenandoah-valley/</link>
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		<title>More needs to be addressed on windmills issue</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I attended the Elkins City Council meeting on March 6 to observe the debate over the proposed wind farm to be located on Laurel Mountain. An informational presentation was given by Joel Martin of the West Virginia Green Energy Alliance, a pro-wind advocate group. Martin, who owns land where windmills may be located, was seated with Barry Sewitzer, AES Development manager, and Bob Muir of AES Alternative Energy-Wind Division LLC.
As Martin was speaking, an associate was passing out printed information .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>AES is not a public utility</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The AES Corp. has provided a &#36;10,000 deposit to the West Virginia Department of Transportation to assist in several ways with the construction of a haul road for transporting wind turbines to be placed on Laurel Mountain in Randolph and Barbour counties. In response to our letter objecting that this assistance in the purchase of right-of-way could be perceived as eminent domain, West Virginia highway engineer Marvin G. Murphy responded that AES is a public utility and has the right .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy sneaking in under cloak of darkness</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[In December 2004 it was announced that an application for siting an industrial wind energy project in Pendleton County had been filed with the West Virginia Public Service Commission. Because I had no idea of the affect the proposed project would have on our county, I embarked on a monumental fact-finding project to determine what industrial wind energy projects are all about and whether the claims advanced by the project developers and the industry were valid.
I started my fact finding .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Area site is touted for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Shenandoah Mountain is fit with high-quality breezes and a location near population centers, a necessary combination for wind farms such as the one being sought by a West Virginia firm, a wind expert said.
Frank Maisano, a spokesman for a coalition of wind-energy developers in the region, said Monday that a proposal from FreedomWorks LLC to construct 131 wind turbines on the mountain can be a success because East Coast residents are lacking such a source of renewable power.
&#8220;If you look .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind project for GWNF would extend into Hardy County</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A second industrial wind energy project has been proposed for construction in the George Washington National Forest along the Shenandoah Mountain ridgeline bordering Virginia and West Virginia, according to Friends of Beautiful Pendleton County officials.
FreedomWorks LLC, based out of Delaware with offices in Harper’s Ferry, has proposed 131 turbines that would extend from Rockingham County along the state line at Shenandoah County and Hardy County, according to FOBPC Vice President Larry Thomas, who discovered the project while searching the Federal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Valley targeted for wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Unidentified firm seeks to build in national forests
Parts of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests could be gone with the wind.
An unidentified company has applied to the Federal Aviation Administration to construct 90 440-foot wind turbines in Virginia and another 41 in West Virginia, according to the FAA&#8217;s online database. The proposed site is national forest land in Rockingham and Shenandoah counties, as well as Hardy County, W.Va. The application was received March 18 and is listed as a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines in George Washington National Forest&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A company is looking to put up more than 100 wind turbines in the George Washington National Forest. Critics are already claiming that the move would not be worthwhile and forest officials caution that it is too soon to be alarmed.
Officials with the George Washington National Forest are not naming the company involved because they say this plan is just in its infancy. The turbines, 131 of them, could stretch across a large area of the forest near where Hardy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Is a wind farm in the valley&#39;s future&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A renewable energy firm hopes to build 130 wind turbines on Shenandoah Mountain in the George Washington National Forest, including sections of Rockingham and Shenandoah counties and Hardy County, W.Va.
Last week, FreedomWorks LLC, based in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., asked the Federal Aviation Administration to study the impact of building wind turbines up to 440 feet high along the mountain on the border between Virginia and West Virginia.
The company has also been involved in large wind farm developments in New Mexico, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/03/26/is-a-wind-farm-in-the-valleys-future/</link>
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		<title>Company begins filing initial turbine applications</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Big wind turbines could eventually be producing electricity from the high ridges of the George Washington National Forest.
An unnamed company has started the application process to build 131 of the massive wind turbines in the national forest in Rockingham County and along the border between Virginia’s Shenandoah County and Hardy County in West Virginia.
“We’re in the pre-application stage” with the company proposing to build the turbines, Chris Rose, a spokesman for the George Washington &#038; Jefferson National Forests, said Monday. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm proposed in Shenandoah</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Big wind turbines could eventually be producing electricity from the high ridges of the George Washington National Forest.
An unnamed company has started the application process to build 131 of the massive wind turbines in the national forest in Rockingham County and along the border between Virginia&#8217;s Shenandoah County and Hardy County in West Virginia.
&#8220;We&#8217;re in the pre-application stage&#8221; with the company proposing to build the turbines, Chris Rose, a spokesman for the George Washington &#038; Jefferson National Forests, said yesterday. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>AES secures lease options</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although the West Virginia Public Service Commission has not yet ruled whether to grant AES’ siting permit to construct up to 65 wind turbines on the Laurel Mountain ridge between Barbour and Randolph counties, the company has already secured agreements with landowners to move forward if approved.
According to property records at the Barbour and Randolph County courthouses, AES has entered into lease option agreements with 11 land owners including Coastal Timberlands Co., Heartwood Forestland L.P., Myles Family Foundation, Polino Enterprises .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/03/24/aes-secures-lease-options/</link>
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		<title>Read the AES application</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’d like to recommend some light reading for long winter nights to residents of Randolph and Barbour counties, especially those folks along Harrison Avenue on the west side of Elkins. Download the AES Laurel Mountain Wind Project application from the Public Service Commission and pick a chapter. You might have to wait for this 1,381-page document. And the PSC has made it nearly impossible to download its three 10.4, 67.3 and 110MB-sized volumes on a dial-up connection, which the majority .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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