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		<title>Pinnacle Wind Farm complaints continue</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/02/02/pinnacle-wind-farm-complaints-continue/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER &#8211; Eight Mineral County residents, all with their homes a short distance from the 23-turbine Pinnacle Wind Farm, voiced their concerns about the noise emitted from the turbines during a Community Advisory Panel meeting on Monday evening. Brad Christopher, Edison Mission Group (EMG) site manager for the wind farm, said the noise issue was first reported in November and EMG is working on a solution for “noise reduction.” He explained about a part, designed by Mitsubishi, manufacturer of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Politician-driven initiatives being done at our expense</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[At last we have at least two concerned, thinking, intelligent adults who use experience and common sense to address current issues. The excellent letters were submitted by Dorothy Biggs of Westernport (“Allegany and Garrett counties sitting atop a green minefield,” Jan. 25 Times-News) and by Chris Hagen of Edgewater (“Politicians attacking the rich to prey upon people’s envy,” Jan. 25). I too believe politicians are jeopardizing water supplies wherever fracking is allowed. Common sense says man, regardless of the studies .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Green Mountain sounds off on noisy wind turbines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — A majority of those in attendance at the Community Advisory Panel meeting on Monday night agreed — there is an issue with noise emitting from the wind turbines at the Pinnacle Wind Farm on Green Mountain. Green Mountain residents described a variety of noises from a hammer, to a whoosh, to a low-pitched, consistent vibration. “I don’t like it better anymore than you do,” said Brad Christopher, Edison Mission Energy project manager. “I’ve stayed up there; I know what .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Noise from wind turbines ruins people&#8217;s lives</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/31/noise-from-wind-turbines-ruins-peoples-lives/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have lived in the Cross area of Mineral County for my entire life and have done so because of the peace and quiet of the area. However, over the past months, things have changed, and the reason is the windmills on the mountain across from my home. The windmills cause an extremely loud disturbance to the point of lying down at night to have a good nights sleep is impossible. I recently attended a Mineral County Commission meeting, hoping .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama admin sweats legal response as turbines kill birds</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/obama-admin-sweats-legal-response-as-turbines-kill-birds/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[MOUNT STORM, W.Va. &#8212; Turn the final bend on Route 42 as it snakes up Mount Storm and a towering turbine appears, its blades swooshing in the winter gusts. Dozens more of these giants crown this remote mountain ridge 150 miles west of Washington, D.C. Dominion and Shell WindEnergy&#8217;s NedPower Mount Storm facility &#8212; 132 turbines in all &#8212; generates up to 264 megawatts, enough to power around 66,000 homes. But there&#8217;s a problem: The whirring blades kill birds. A .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Edison looking at muffler system for Pinnacle Wind Farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/27/edison-looking-at-muffler-system-for-pinnacle-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:27:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER &#8212; Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International, has announced commissioning of the Pinnacle Wind Farm at NewPage located on Green Mountain, near the Maryland-West Virginia border. The 23-turbine wind farm has a maximum generating capacity of 55 megawatts (MW), enough electricity to meet the average needs of about 14,000 homes. In announcing that the wind farm has been formally commissioned, Edison officials noted that the next meeting of the Community Advisory Panel will be 6 p.m. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mineral County leaders approve signing wind farm decommissioning agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/25/mineral-county-leaders-approve-signing-wind-farm-decommissioning-agreement/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — The Mineral County commissioners on Tuesday approved the signing of the decommissioning fund and escrow agreement for Pinnacle Wind Farm LLC. The copy of the original request was sent to the law firm Steptoe and Johnson, according to Mike Bland, county coordinator. “The only changes that were made in the agreement basically transfer the rights to the wind as the assets to the agreement to KeyBank National Association. It doesn’t change our rights to assets and how .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Mineral leaders again examine wind turbine decommissioning</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/24/mineral-leaders-again-examine-wind-turbine-decommissioning/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — The Mineral County commissioners will yet again discuss the decommissioning fund and escrow agreement consent for Pinnacle Wind Farm at their meeting today. A company in the process of refinancing will be signing any rights it has to assets in the decommissioning fund from Pinnacle Wind Farm LLC over to the bank financing project, according to Mike Bland, county coordinator. “That doesn’t change how the decommission fund works for us,” said Bland. “Any rights they had to that money .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Making sense of eagles vs. turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/15/making-sense-of-eagles-vs-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have a soft spot for birds of prey, particularly eagles. So earlier this week, when I read that officials of a wind power company had asked for a permit that would allow the company&#8217;s wind turbines to kill a given number of golden eagles each year, I became concerned. Bald and golden eagles are protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940. It struck me as odd that representatives of a &#8220;green&#8221; industry would ask permission .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power: Is it worth it?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/11/wind-power-is-it-worth-it/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The heavily funded and admittedly effective US industrial wind lobby portrays its product as descending from old-world windmills. Close your eyes and you’ll surely imagine these magnificent machines gently turning in the breeze . each kilowatt arriving at your reading lamp courtesy of a rosy-cheeked Hummel child. Existing solely to save the planet by generating clean, affordable and environmentally friendly electricity, you can be sure that any addition to the plant owner’s bank account is purely accidental. Hogwash! In reality, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Edison VP responds to W.Va. noise complaints</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/09/edison-vp-responds-to-w-va-noise-complaints/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — In response to residents’ complaints about noise levels at the Pinnacle Wind Farm on Green Mountain, the project owner has asked the turbine manufacturer to come up with a muffler system to further curtail the noise, according to Charley Parnell, vice president of public affairs for Edison Mission Energy. “We realized there was an issue. We are taking everything seriously and are doing everything we can do to be a good neighbor in the community,” said Parnell. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine noise mars quality of life</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/05/turbine-noise-mars-quality-of-life/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have lived in the Cross area of Mineral County my entire life and have done so because of the peace and quiet of the small community. However, over the past months, things have changed, and the reason is the windmills on the mountain across from my home. The windmills cause an extremely loud disturbance to the point that lying down at night to have a good night&#8217;s sleep is impossible. I recently attended a county commission meeting, to see .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power not looking as &#8216;green&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2012/01/02/wind-power-not-looking-as-green/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 11:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Green&#8221; depends greatly on your point of view in terms of energy sources. As they tout wind power as the answer to all America&#8217;s energy needs, President Barack Obama and other liberals ignore that. Here in West Virginia, many residents of the Potomac Highlands worry wind turbine towers will drive away the region&#8217;s economic lifeblood &#8211; tourism. In Mineral County, 75 people signed a petition asking that a wind farm near them be shut down between 10 p.m. and 7 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power far from trouble-free</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/30/wind-power-far-from-trouble-free/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Green&#8221; depends greatly on your point of view in terms of energy sources. As they tout wind power as the answer to all America&#8217;s energy needs, President Barack Obama and other liberals ignore that. Here in West Virginia, many residents of the Potomac Highlands worry wind turbine towers will drive away the region&#8217;s economic lifeblood &#8211; tourism. In Mineral County, 75 people signed a petition asking that a wind farm near them be shut down between 10 p.m. and 7 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents protest noise from wind farm, ask for attention to roads</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/residents-protest-noise-from-wind-farm-ask-for-attention-to-roads/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER – A Tasker Road resident who says the noise from the 23 wind turbines at Pinnacle Wind Farm often wakes him up at night presented the Mineral County Commissioners Tuesday with a petition seeking relief from the situation. Richard Braithwaite also told the commissioners that the 75 persons who signed the petition are unhappy with the repair and/or resurfacing of both Pinnacle and Tasker roads now that the bulk of heavy construction is concluded. Brad Christopher, site manager with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spiggle urges commissioners to endorse petition</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/15/spiggle-urges-commissioners-to-endorse-petition/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER – Former Mineral County Commissioner Wayne Spiggle, a member of the Allegany Highlands Alliance, appealed to the Mineral County Commissioners Tuesday to not only forward a petition protesting the noise from the Pinnacle Wind Farm to the West Virginia Public Service Commission, but to also endorse the requests included within the document. The petition, presented to the commissioners by Tasker Road resident Richard Braithwaite and containing 75 signatures, asks that the wind turbines be shut down between10 p.m. and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Keyser residents sign petition to stop more industrial wind development</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/14/keyser-residents-sign-petition-to-stop-more-industrial-wind-development/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — Richard Braithwaite, who lives near Pinnacle Wind Farm on Green Mountain, presented the Mineral County Commission with a petition signed by 75 Keyser residents asking the commissioners to develop a policy stating that they will not sign a decommission agreement for more industrial wind development in the county. Braithwaite presented the petition to the commissioners at their public meeting Tuesday. The West Virginia Public Service Commission requires wind companies to negotiate a decommissioning agreement before a wind developer can .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Keyser homeowners disturbed by wind turbine noise</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/09/keyser-homeowners-disturbed-by-wind-turbine-noise/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, WV &#8211; Green Mountain in Keyser has been known a peaceful and idyllic place to live, but in the past month, residents say all that&#8217;s changed because of 23 new wind turbines that they say are piercing the silence. &#8220;The noise, it sounds like a subway in our yard,&#8221; says resident William Shillingberg. &#8220;A jet flying around, or a train coming through,&#8221; says another resident, Donald Ashby. &#8220;It&#8217;s like someone is setting out front of your house with the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>PSC decision gives renewable energy credits to utilities</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/09/psc-decision-gives-renewable-energy-credits-to-utilities/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[If an electric utility is under long-term contract to purchase power from, say, a non-utility hydroelectric generator, who owns the newfangled renewable energy &#8220;credits&#8221; that are created when that power is generated? That question of the modern electricity era can be worth millions of dollars, even tens of millions. It has had to be resolved in states across the nation and, on Nov. 22, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia decided it in favor of the utility. But it .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t escape the whining of the windmills</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/12/05/you-cant-escape-the-whining-of-the-windmills/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The noise from these windmills on Green Mountain is so great that it is impossible to live near them. When the wind is from the east there is a constant loud whining that can be heard from inside your home and if it is from the west it sounds like a train running. The vibrations are so great from the windmills they rattle the windows in my and other neighbors’ homes. The only time there is no noise is when .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pinnacle continues to misrepresent turbines&#8217; actual power production</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/29/pinnacle-continues-to-misrepresent-turbines-actual-power-production/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[If you repeat a half truth often enough, people will often accept it as the whole truth. That seems to be the strategy of the promoters of the Pinnacle wind turbine project This is what Pinnacle is saying and the paper keeps reporting. &#8220;When completed, the Pinnacle Wind Farm will generate approximately 55 megawatts of electricity , enough power for over 14,000 households, according to Edison. (&#8221; Turbines turn at Pinnacle,&#8221; recent first-page article in the News Tribune.) This a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents complain of noise generated by turbines on Green Mountain</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/27/residents-complain-of-noise-generated-by-turbines-on-green-mountain/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — Wind turbines at the Pinnacle Wind Farm on Green Mountain are being tested and already residents are expressing concern about noise, according to Wayne Spiggle, who is a member of the Allegheny Highlands Alliance. Richard Braithwaite and his brother Gary Braithwaite, who live near the Pinnacle Wind Farm, have been experiencing noise from the wind turbines. If you are standing directly under the turbines, you can’t hear them, according to Spiggle. “The noise from the windmills is so unbelievable. It .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm opposition group hopes to educate public</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/27/wind-farm-opposition-group-hopes-to-educate-public/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER, W.Va. — Although members don’t oppose a specific wind farm, Allegheny Highlands Alliance is one of the groups that opposes wind farms in general, according to member Wayne Spiggle of Short Gap. The group is a consortium of citizen/environment organizations from five states, and one of its goals is to inform the public about the science and the truth of wind farms. Wind energy is too costly for the taxpayer; too inefficient to keep its promises to generate electricity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm moving toward Dec. 31 goal; roads still a concern for neighbors</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/18/wind-farm-moving-toward-dec-31-goal-roads-still-a-concern-for-neighbors/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PINNACLE &#8211; The goal of having the Pinnacle Wind Farm at NewPage commissioned by Dec. 31 continues for Edison Mission Energy and was a topic of discussion at a recent Community Advisory meeting. Joe Bocian, Edison project manager, told those at the meeting, &#8220;It is almost done,&#8221; adding that all 23 turbines are up, the substation and switchyard have been tested, and the site is clean. A.L.L. Construction, the primary civil contractor for the project, is presently in the process .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pump storage … the industrial wind side show’s latest prop</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/17/pump-storage-the-industrial-wind-side-shows-latest-prop/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A November 7 article in the State Journal (West Virginia) is titled “Wind Power and Pumped Hydro Storage: A Natural Pair.” &#160;What may seem very promising on the surface requires a bit of understanding, so before I comment, I’d like to provide this video of the Bath County Virginia pump storage facility for your review. [video available at source] Impressive, don’t you think? &#160;On-demand electricity from water power. &#160;Ready to take care of the peak demand times as an “on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More strict regulations</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/12/more-strict-regulations/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The massive wildlife kill (almost 500 birds) at the Laurel Mountain Wind project in early October is another reason why the wind industry needs to be held to stricter regulations. Since Laurel Mountain was negligent in letting eight high-pressure sodium lights burn, they should be held accountable. Such gross negligence should have consequences that will give the industry reasons to not make the same mistake again. Kerlinger and Curry documented the multiple fatalities of 33 birds at the Mountaineer Wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bird kill at Laurel Mountain industrial wind facility</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/08/bird-kill-at-laurel-mountain-industrial-wind-facility/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On October 1st and 2d, approximately 500 birds were killed in an accident at the new Laurel Mountain industrial wind facility, according to Division of Natural Resources Ornithologist Rich Bailey. The fatalities occurred by collision and exhaustion at the Laurel Mountain substation, where the lights were left on during foggy weather. Over thirty species of mixed migratory songbirds were included, primarily blackpoll warblers. A Green Heron was also a victim and is mentioned here to emphasize the general nature of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Twisted laurel</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/08/twisted-laurel/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Red Clay Ramblers used to stop in Elkins on their way from North Carolina to anywhere else, and Tommy Thompson, who grew up near Charleston, would sing his haunting West Virginia ballad, “Where the Twisted Laurel Grows.” Our Ramblers LP is worn out and gone but I can still hear his plaintive growl. It came to my mind again in late October, when we joined a tour of the AES Laurel Mountain wind power project. This whole endeavor of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian wind farms inefficient, deadly</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/07/appalachian-wind-farms-inefficient-deadly/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The following was written as an open letter to Ken Salazar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior: Secretary Ken Salazar has announced a plan to promote outdoor recreation and conservation in WV. He emphasizes programs in Canaan Valley and the New River Gorge. I’m a native of Davis, WV and I&#8217;m delighted that outdoor recreation and conservation will be enhanced there. Likewise, I have friends who live near the New River Gorge. This area is in some turmoil .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s better when the wind turbines are still</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/03/its-better-when-the-wind-turbines-are-still/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I recently attended the open house at the new AES Laurel Mountain wind farm that straddles the border between Randolph and Barbour counties in West Virginia. Before a short tour of this wind turbine facility that began generating electricity in July, there was welcoming talk by the wind farm’s general manager, John Arose, followed by a question and answer session. Frank O’Hara, from the watchdog citizens organization Allegheny Front Alliance, asked about a rumored bird kill of between 500 and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group reports on bird kills at West Virginia wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/11/02/group-reports-on-bird-kills-at-west-virginia-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With the deaths of nearly 500 birds at the Laurel Mountain wind facility earlier this month, three of the four wind farms operating in West Virginia have now experienced large bird fatality events, according to American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization. “Wind energy has the potential to be a green energy source, but the industry still needs to embrace simple, bird-smart principles that would dramatically reduce incidents across the country, such as those that have occurred .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group reports on bird kills at West Virginia wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/31/group-reports-on-bird-kills-at-west-virginia-wind-farms-2/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[With the deaths of nearly 500 birds at the Laurel Mountain wind facility earlier this month, three of the four wind farms operating in West Virginia have now experienced large bird fatality events, according to American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization. “Wind energy has the potential to be a green energy source, but the industry still needs to embrace simple, bird-smart principles that would dramatically reduce incidents across the country, such as those that have occurred .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of migrating birds die at Laurel Mountain wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/30/hundreds-of-migrating-birds-die-at-laurel-mountain-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[ELKINS, W.Va. &#8212; Lights left on at a power substation on a foggy night during the fall migration season are believed to be responsible for the deaths of nearly 500 songbirds earlier this month at the new AES Laurel Mountain wind farm near Elkins. &#8220;From a bird conservation perspective, it was a very bad event,&#8221; said Kelly Fuller, wind campaign coordinator for the American Bird Conservancy, a national bird conservation group headquartered in The Plains, Va. More than half of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Marshall researcher: Wind costs, efficiency bigger hurdle than reliability</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/29/marshall-researcher-wind-costs-efficiency-bigger-hurdle-than-reliability/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A researcher at Marshall University says there are still hurdles to overcome in adjusting the traditional, inflexible electrical grid to accept wind energy in Appalachia. Wind, a relatively small contributor to the state&#8217;s energy portfolio, has recently experienced some growth in the state. Increasing concerns about cost to the system and other hurdles have slowed the proliferation of wind generators in the state and nationwide. &#8220;As the amount of installed wind has increased, it has been observed that the marginal .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Massive bird kill at West Virginia wind farm highlights national issue</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/29/massive-bird-kill-at-west-virginia-wind-farm-highlights-national-issue/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[(Washington, D.C., October 28 2011) With the deaths of nearly 500 birds at the Laurel Mountain wind facility earlier this month, three of the four wind farms operating in West Virginia have now experienced large bird fatality events, according to American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization. “Wind energy has the potential to be a green energy source, but the industry still needs to embrace simple, bird-smart principles that would dramatically reduce incidents across the country, such .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blackpoll Warbler kill at wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/27/blackpoll-warbler-kill-at-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The massive Laurel Mountain Wind Farm, near Elkins, West Virginia was just opened officially with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, but it&#8217;s already making news in a most ungreenfriendly way. Word is leaking out regarding a massive kill of migratory songbirds that took place about two weeks ago at one of the turbine farm&#8217;s installations. According to the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, 484 birds perished after striking a structure associated with this twelve mile string of 61 mountaintop turbines. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents tour wind farm site</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/10/24/residents-tour-wind-farm-site/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AES has 25 years of experience in wind power generation projects. Aside from West Virginia, Arose said the company has projects in California, Oregon, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas and Indiana. He said the company is one of 60 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Index. He said it has 29,000 employees world-wide and more than $40 billion in assets.]]></description>
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		<title>Dec. 31 deadine for Pinnacle turbines to spin</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/09/18/dec-31-deadine-for-pinnacle-turbines-to-spin/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER &#8211; In just over three months or even sooner, the blades of the 23 turbines sitting atop Green Mountain at the Pinnacle Wind Farm at NewPage will be rotating and the project will be operational. That information was part of an update on the Mineral County wind farm presented at the recent Community Advisory Panel meeting. According to Joe Bocian, project manager, “The deadline for the turbines to be operational is Dec. 31.” Giving assurance to the large crowd .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Groups claim wind energy detrimental to West Virginia</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/23/groups-claim-wind-energy-detrimental-to-west-virginia/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Members of the Allegheny Highland Alliance and Allegheny Front Alliance say benefits of wind energy are few and far between. Although wind energy production is increasing in the Mountain State, two groups argue that it might ultimately be detrimental. Every energy source has its critics ranging from the oil and gas industry to the wind industry and although these sources have their benefits, there is a downside to the equation. Wind, for example, has many benefits such as the fact .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tractor-trailer loses load on I-79</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/08/23/tractor-trailer-loses-load-on-i-79/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It probably wasn&#8217;t the sort of thing that came up when Don Quixote was going for his learner&#8217;s permit. If you literally go tilting at windmills, as one truck driver found out Monday afternoon on Interstate 79, you&#8217;re going to be in for some heavy hassle &#8212; and a heavy traffic jam. The driver was hauling the base of a windmill, the kind used in wind farms across the country, when a support pin in the middle of trailer holding .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Community wind: County agency asked to develop policy for projects where local ownership plays a major role</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/31/community-wind-county-agency-asked-to-develop-policy-for-projects-where-local-ownership-plays-a-major-role/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 09:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LEWISBURG — A local, tri-county development agency has been asked by the Appalachian Regional Commission to develop a policy that could be used regionwide for community wind projects. In the publication “Community Wind 101: A Primer for Policymakers,” author Patrick Mazza writes, “Community wind in its most essential definition is wind development in which local ownership plays a major role. It encompasses a broad range of formats, from private partnerships among rural landowners, to projects by consumer-owned utilities, schools and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm officials assure residents roads will be fixed</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/30/wind-farm-officials-assure-residents-roads-will-be-fixed/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 11:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[KEYSER &#8211; Defining the phrase “fix the roads” created a lengthy discussion between officials of the Pinnacle Wind Farm and several homeowners living in the area where the turbines and related materials are being transported to the construction site of the wind farm. Donnie Ashby, a member of the Pinnacle Wind Farm Community Advisory group, and living within miles of where the 23 turbines will start operating commercially by the end of 2011, had a question he wanted answered during .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind energy didn&#8217;t help car dealer</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/21/wind-energy-didnt-help-car-dealer/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[It couldn&#8217;t have come at a worse time. Lester Raines, the owner of the Honda dealership in South Charleston, says not only were seven brand new cars damaged Wednesday evening but also his building now has no telephone or internet connection. A large load truck traveling down Route 60 in front of Raines&#8217; dealership was too tall to make it under the utility lines that cross the road. The truck was carrying a piece of a windmill that caught the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>George Washington National Forest plan would prohibit hydrofracking</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/07/06/george-washington-national-forest-plan-would-prohibit-hydrofracking/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale in the George Washington National Forest would be greatly restricted under a draft management plan for the forest, the largest single federal landholding in the Bay watershed. The draft plan, which is open to public comment until Sept. 1, would prohibit horizontal drilling &#8211; the type of drilling usually done to exploit the deep Marcellus pockets &#8211; in the 1.1 million-acre forest. The current management plan has no such restriction. &#8220;We heard a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind generates frustration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I read, with interest, the article in Monday, June 20&#8242;s The Inter-Mountain, &#8220;Windmills starting to spin&#8221;&#8230; I was particularly pleased to read that there will be an open house in the fall and I hope they will let us &#8220;wind energy detractors&#8221; attend as well. It is important for Randolph and Barbour County residents to get a close-up look at the destruction and ridge reconfiguring that took place to gouge out the roadways necessary for the long and heavy loads .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>A national challenge</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/27/a-national-challenge/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Though the renewable energy plants on BLM&#8217;s pending applications list are in the West, the tension between preservation and energy generation is national in scope. Rick Webb, a senior scientist in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, has been fighting a proposed wind installation in the Allegheny Mountains for seven years. Highland New Wind Development is moving forward with plans to place turbines on the privately owned Tamarack Ridge along the border between Virginia and West .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Build a wind turbine; they will cut you a check</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/27/build-a-wind-turbine-they-will-cut-you-a-check/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Contrary to the assurances made to your readers by a wind turbine executive (“Future of U.S. wind power is promising,” May 9, Times-News), the economics of the wind industry is based on public welfare. An Oct. 25, 2010, memo to President Obama from Secretary Summers, unearthed by the Wall Street Journal, reviews state and federal perks to big wind (tax credits, uniquely lowered property taxes, doubly accelerated depreciation, guaranteed premium pricing, etc.) but focuses on a program that allows developers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pendleton Commission considers wind energy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/23/pendleton-commission-considers-wind-energy/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Pendleton County Commission heard varying comments from landowners concerning a proposed wind energy facility during a public hearing Tuesday. It is suggested that the site be located in Rockingham County, Virginia, and Pendleton County, between Camp Run Road and Rough Run Road. The area on Cow Knob is five miles of privately owned land surrounded by the National Forest. County Commissioner Gene McConnell emphasized that the Public Service Commission, not the County Commission, has control over the wind turbine .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Pendleton asked to create wind energy ordinance; New project would straddle Va.-W.Va. state line</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/23/pendleton-asked-to-create-wind-energy-ordinance-new-project-would-straddle-va-w-va-state-line/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FRANKLIN, W.Va. — Once again, the Allegheny Highlands is gearing up to debate the merits of commercial wind energy — this time for a project on Shenandoah Mountain. Solaya Energy LLC has been monitoring wind resources along a five-mile stretch of the ridgeline there to determine whether it‟s a good site for roughly 23-25 industrial wind towers. At this point, the company believes the location has strong potential. The ridge site, Cow Knob, follows the Virginia/West Virginia state border between .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Once burned, twice shy next door</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/06/23/once-burned-twice-shy-next-door/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Pendleton County residents learned their lessons about the wind industry the hard way five years ago. Upon hearing recently another industrial project was planned for one of the county ridges, they were prepared. Solaya Energy LLC, and the private landowners who hope the company will erect wind towers on their property, requested Pendleton County Commissioners coordinate a meeting Tuesday so they could share information about their project, and ask the county create an ordinance governing wind energy facilities in Pendleton. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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