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/2009/07/04/state-wind-power-plans-stir-up-local-concerns/" title="Slow down, the Franklin Regional Planning Board has advised the state about its proposed &#8216;fast-track&#8217; wind energy siting legislation. The Legislature should conduct a hearing in Franklin County, the regional board wrote this week in its comments on the fast-track bill. The letter, to the House and Senate chairmen of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, follows similar expressions of concern by the Rowe, Heath and Hawley planning boards that the proposed Wind Energy Siting Reform Act would &#8217;significantly restrict..."><font color=#000066>State wind power plans stir up local concerns</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/wind-farm-neighbours-say-they-had-to-move/" title="Two Ripley families say they’ve moved out of their homes because of what they say is the negative health effects of living too close to wind turbines. “We can’t live in our house anymore. We bought a house and moved to Kincardine. My son and daughter-in-law and two-year-old who live on a different farm . . . the wind company is paying for them to stay in Kincardine,” said Glen Wild, one of a half-dozen speakers at a public information session..."><font color=#000066>Wind farm neighbours say they had to move</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/huron-agricultural-group-seeks-moratorium-on-wind-power-projects/" title="The Huron County Federation of Agriculture will be visiting municipalities throughout Huron County asking them to follow Huron East&#8217;s lead by passing interim control bylaws on commercial wind energy projects within their borders. The federation&#8217;s directors discussed the current debate around wind turbine developments at their June meeting and passed two resolutions. One was to request lower-tier municipalities in Huron to enact a moratorium on commercial wind energy projects pending results of an epidemiological study conducted into the health impacts of the..."><font color=#000066>Huron agricultural group seeks moratorium on wind power projects</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/wind-farm-exhibition-didn%e2%80%99t-tell-full-story/" title="I attended one of the exhibitions with regards to the new Auchencairn windfarm and found the information misleading. The photographic images did not portray the true images of turbines as we view them on a daily basis. Nor did the futuristic views include the soon-to-be-built 71 turbine wind farm which will commence shortly in Ae forest. Information sheets state that the electricity produced will “supply consumption of between 11,500-15,500 homes, equating to 17-23 per cent of the households in Dumfries and Galloway.” Will Dumfries..."><font color=#000066>Wind farm exhibition didn’t tell full story</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/towers-on-horizon-for-windfarm/" title="DALHOUSIE MOUNTAIN – If all things go according to plan, and they are so far, towers for the wind farm project here should start peeking over the horizon in a couple of weeks. Reuben Burge, president of RMS Energy which is developing the project, said about 100 truckloads of equipment have been delivered so far to the site with approximately another 300 still to come. &#8220;We hope to start assembling in two weeks, around July 15. We should be assembling one per..."><font color=#000066>Towers on horizon for windfarm</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/state-requires-marking-towers/" title="Wyoming is working to prevent low-flying aviators from crashing into the hundreds of towers that wind-energy speculators have erected to measure development potential. Wind developers put up the meteorological towers &#8212; known as met towers &#8212; to measure a location&#8217;s wind speed, direction and turbulence. The towers generally range from 164 feet to 197 feet tall, which means they&#8217;re not subject to federal marking requirements for towers at least 200 feet tall. This spring, the state began requiring all new met towers..."><font color=#000066>State requires marking towers</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/backyard-wind-turbine-rejected-by-ontario-municipal-board/" title="An Ottawa resident who has been lobbying to put a wind turbine in his backyard in the city&#8217;s Westboro neighbourhood has been told that his project is grinding to a halt. Graham Findlay had applied for a variance to install what&#8217;s known as an &#8220;energy ball&#8221; on his property near Island Park Drive. Findlay is a commercial wind arm developer with Ottawa-based 3G Energy Corporation and has said that he wants to mount that &#8220;energy ball&#8221; on a pole in his backyard..."><font color=#000066>Backyard wind turbine rejected by Ontario Municipal Board</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/helicopter-lift-of-blades-to-grouse-mountain-windmill-delayed/" title="Construction work on a windmill as tall as a 20-storey building on the peak of Grouse Mountain was halted Friday because of safety concerns about lifting the massive blades. A Skycrane helicopter was expected to lift the three 37-metre-long blades up to the mountain ski resort from a barge in Indian Arm on Friday morning, but the lift was postponed after the pilot asked more time to work out some technical details. The plan now is to fly the blades up at..."><font color=#000066>Helicopter lift of blades to Grouse Mountain windmill delayed</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/evidence-blows-away-wind-farms/" title="In regard to George Will&#8217;s column of June 26 (Green energy: Riddle in an enigma?&#8221;), and the excellent sources he cites: Gabriel Calzada&#8217;s report on wind energy in Spain and Sen. Kit Bond&#8217;s &#8220;Yellow Light on Green Jobs.&#8221; The euphoria that accompanied the initial interest in wind energy continues to wane as more and more &#8220;methodical economic reasoning&#8221; comes to light about wind energy. How these reports continue to be ignored is astonishing and will become increasingly embarrassing if this country continues..."><font color=#000066>Evidence blows away wind farms</font></a>');


document.write('<tr><td><a style="border:none;text-decoration:none;" href="http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2009/07/04/debate-on-wind-farms-in-northamptonshire/" title="Kettering MP, Philip Hollobone, introduces Westminster Hall debate on planning applications for wind farms in Northamptonshire.  Commons Hansard: Planning applications for wind farms in Northamptonshire Video and Audio: Planning applications for wind farms in Northamptonshire About Parliament: Adjournment debates  Parliament News..."><font color=#000066>Debate on wind farms in Northamptonshire</font></a>');


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