document.write("<table border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=0 align=center bgcolor=#000066><tr><td><table border=0 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 align=center bgcolor=#EBF5FF><tr><td><table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=center bgcolor=#EBF5FF><tr><td align=center><a style='border:none\;text-decoration:none' href='http://www.wind-watch.org/news/'><img src='http://www.wind-watch.org/nwwlogo-50-med.jpg' border=0 alt='National Wind Watch'><br><font size=+1 face='sans-serif' color=#00000F><b><i>News</i></b></font></a></td></tr><tr><td><font face=serif>");


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/wind-farm-plans-stir-up-storm-over-military-radar/" title="The U.S. military is growing increasingly concerned that proposed wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America&#8217;s skies, a problem that is stalling the alternative energy projects around the country. A top U.S. general told Congress on Thursday that federal agencies need to work better together on a formal vetting process for the wind projects to prevent them from being built where they will interfere with radar defenses. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, head of U.S...."><font color=#000066>Wind farm plans stir up storm over military Radar</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/expressing-concerns-for-proposed-wind-farm/" title="I am expressing my concern for those citizens who live on, or near, the escarpment between Westfield and Ripley. Many of them don’t realize that unless they start acting immediately, the Westfield and Ripley Town Boards will quietly sacrifice their quality of life. With the introduction of 80 400-foot wind turbines into their front yards, this area would change from quiet, scenic agricultural, to noisy, obtrusive industrial. Residents may experience flickering shadows inside their homes, swishing, thumping noise from these massive..."><font color=#000066>Expressing concerns for proposed wind farm</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/middleburg-heights-planning-commission-oks-wind-turbine/" title="MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS — After nearly three hours of discussion March 10, the Planning Commission approved the plans for a wind turbine at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. The vote was 5-2, with members Anthony Crea and Carol Herman voting against the project. The county received a $1 million grant to erect the 600-kilowatt, 275-foot turbine. Plans are to put it near the main parking lot off Bagley Road. Before the vote, the commission heard objections to the project from American Tower Corporation, which has..."><font color=#000066>Middleburg Heights Planning Commission OKs wind turbine</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/glacier-hills-wind-park-easement-search-angers-neighbors/" title="Neighbors irritated by We Energies’ continued search for Glacier Hills Wind Park easements have won the right to review changes to a project the state approved two months ago. “If they don’t need easements to build the project, then why are they still bothering nonparticipants?” said Friesland resident Gary Steinich. “We didn’t ask for this fight.” Steinich and other Columbia County landowners who chose not to negotiate with We Energies to give up land for the estimated $434 million wind farm formed..."><font color=#000066>Glacier Hills Wind Park easement search angers neighbors</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/arizonas-only-wind-farm-to-double-in-size/" title="Salt River Project announced a deal Thursday that could double the size of the state&#8217;s only wind farm near Snowflake. The Dry Lake Wind Power Project was built last year and sells all its power to SRP, which delivers it to customers in the Valley, and the nonprofit, municipal utility said it has agreed to buy power from a new addition to the plant. Iberdrola Renewables, a Spanish company with U.S. headquarters in Portland, built the first 30 turbines last year and..."><font color=#000066>Arizona&#8217;s only wind farm to double in size</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/wind-farms-at-odds-with-environment/" title="I would like to reply to several points raised by your correspondent, Helena Richardson, in her irate letter re wind-farm critics (Northern Argus, March 3, 2010). Building wind farms and “protecting” the environment do not sit comfortably together, as she claims. When remnant native vegetation is in the way of turbine sites and their extensive associated infrastructure, wind power companies simply blast or bulldoze their way through it. (If you remain unconvinced, go and look for yourself at what is happening..."><font color=#000066>Wind farms at odds with environment</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/hall-overflowed-with-citizens-angry-over-invenergy%e2%80%99s-wind-farm-plans/" title="BELWOOD &#8212; Citizens from the area appeared to be furious while attending a wind turbine meeting here on March 9, but in the end they let their manners stifle their anger &#8211; just a little. Over 500 people packed the Belwood Hall over the course of three hours, and many of them were furious with In­ven­ergy Wind Canada’s proposal for a wind farm with be­tween 25 to 35 turbines. They carried signs with slogans like “Farm­ers Feed Cities Not Power Them.” The..."><font color=#000066>Hall overflowed with citizens angry over Invenergy’s wind farm plans</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/local-residents-have-council%e2%80%99s-sympathy-over-wind-turbine-proposal/" title="ELORA &#8212; Centre Welling­ton council’s committee of the whole heard on Monday after­noon that several farmers who signed lease agreements for wind farms near Belwood are willing to back out of them. A delegation led by Dave Hurlburt, Laura Humphrey, Gerry Ellen and Darryl Burnet came to council to ask for its help in opposing the wind farm planned by Invenergy that sur­rounds much of Belwood and reaches into Dufferin County. They represented a group that is opposing the proposal for..."><font color=#000066>Local residents have council’s sympathy over wind turbine proposal</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/wind-farm-health-fears/" title="A resident furious about the spread of wind farms has warned of dire consequences if major developments proceed. Annie Gardner lives on a property east of Macarthur and formed a local Landscape Guardians group in 2005 after Southern Hydro announced plans to build Australia&#8217;s largest wind farm on her boundary. The project has since been taken over by AGL and is expected to be given final company approval later this year. Mrs Gardner said there needed to be an enforced distance between turbines..."><font color=#000066>Wind farm health fears</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/03/18/alexander-to-u-s-forest-service-protect-tennessee%e2%80%99s-natural-landmarks-from-sprawling-energy-projects-invasive-species/" title="Says U.S. Must Keep Electricity Lines and Windmills Off Tennessee Ridgetops,  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), in a hearing of the Senate Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies – of which he is the senior Republican – discussed with U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell the importance of “protecting and encouraging the wise use of the Cherokee National Forest.” Excerpts of his remarks and questions to Chief Tidwell follow, and a full transcript of the..."><font color=#000066>Alexander to U.S. Forest Service: Protect Tennessee’s Natural Landmarks from Sprawling Energy Projects, Invasive Species</font></a>');


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