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				<category><![CDATA[Denmark]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Dong gives up on land-based turbines; Mass protests mean the energy firm will look offshore</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/09/01/dong-gives-up-on-land-based-turbines-mass-protests-mean-the-energy-firm-will-look-offshore/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Sep 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[State-owned energy firm Dong Energy has given up building more wind farms on Danish land, following protests from residents complaining about the noise the turbines make. It had been Dong and the government’s plan that 500 large turbines be built on land over the coming 10 years, as part of a large-scale national energy plan. This plan has hit a serious stumbling block, though, due to many protests, and the firm has now given up building any more wind farms .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Maine wind farm not soothing to all ears; Turbines’ sounds have town divided</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/30/maine-wind-farm-not-soothing-to-all-ears-turbines-sounds-have-town-divided/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[VINALHAVEN, Maine — Three white wind turbines, their 124-foot blades stretching 39 stories high, churn out more electricity than is used on this picturesque, pine-studded island off mid-coast Maine. Some residents call them objects of graceful art, others point to lower utility bills, and the environmentally conscious hail the benefits of clean energy. But to some families living near the land-bound turbines, which began spinning in November, the blades signify something else. “That noise is so insidious that you can .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind turbine projects run into resistance</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/27/wind-turbine-projects-run-into-resistance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[BARSTOW, Calif. — The United States military has found a new menace hiding here in the vast emptiness of the Mojave Desert in California: wind turbines. Moving turbine blades can be indistinguishable from airplanes on many radar systems, and they can even cause blackout zones in which planes disappear from radar entirely. Clusters of wind turbines, which can reach as high as 400 feet, look very similar to storm activity on weather radar, making it harder for air traffic controllers .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>County hears of difficulties and methods to fight wind turbines</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/27/county-hears-of-difficulties-and-methods-to-fight-wind-turbines/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[GUELPH &#8212; County council has sent a legal opinion it ob­tained to fight wind turbines to its planning committee for com­ment. Council had a report from lawyer Peter Pickfield at its Aug. 12 council meeting. War­den Joanne Ross-Zuj said after the closed meeting the legal opinion will also be sent to all muni­ci­pal staff in the county. County council is taking the lead on ways to oppose wind tur­bine pro­jects where it can in the county, and is working with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>AG Martha Coakley won’t release Cape Wind deal details</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/26/ag-martha-coakley-wont-release-cape-wind-deal-details/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office is withholding key details from the public about how she arrived at her Cape Wind rate-cut deal. Coakley &#8211; whose office recently negotiated a 10 percent reduction in how much Cape Wind and National Grid can charge customers for wind-generated electricity &#8211; submitted a report late last week full of blacked-out pages related to wind-project price comparisons associated with the multibillion-dollar Cape Wind project. The report, which was Coakley’s official justification of her rate settlement .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Idaho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm denied in Bonneville County</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/26/wind-farm-denied-in-bonneville-county/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[IDAHO FALLS, Idaho &#8212; A proposal to allow a wind farm east of Idaho Falls has been denied. After four hours of debate and motions, the Bonneville Planning and Zoning Commission denied the use permit for Ridgeline Energy. The Seattle-based company can appeal the decision to the County Commissioners within 10 days. The permit would have allowed Ridgeline to build about 75 wind turbines in the Meadow Creek area along 115th East. The P &#038; Z commission voted 4 to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Botetourt County strikes down BP tower</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/26/botetourt-county-strikes-down-bp-tower/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va — BP loses in Botetourt County. The company was seeking a special exceptions permit to keep a wind tower standing off Route 622. On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors voted against it 4 to 1. BP&#8217;s project manager for this meteorological tower says they&#8217;re exploring their options after the vote. The company can appeal the vote to Circuit Court. The nearly 200 foot tall tower was erected off Route 622 in April 2009. But BP never notified .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Council rejects wind farms plans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/26/council-rejects-wind-farms-plans/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[The rich, colourful history and &#8216;ephemeral atmosphere&#8217; of Lochindorb and the Dava have led to the unanimous rejection of plans to build 48 wind turbines by the moor. Highland Council&#8217;s Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey planning committee meeting on Monday in the city objected to plans for a 31-turbine windfarm at Glenkirk, six kilometres north-west of Tomatin. Councillors then went on to reject the 17-turbine Tom nan Clach proposed nearby after fears it would be clearly visible on the skyline .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nova Scotia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm threat to economy in northern Nova Scotia, group says</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/25/wind-farm-threat-to-economy-in-northern-novascotia-group-says/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Developer scales back plans for Pugwash site to 11 turbines Lisa Betts is continuing to fight against a revised plan for a wind farm in northern Nova Scotia’s cottage country. Betts, singer Anne Murray and 100 other members of the Gulf Shore Preservation Association turned out Sunday afternoon to hear an update from wind developer Charles Demond about plans to build 11 large turbines in the area. &#8220;We believe it would be economically detrimental to the whole entire area,&#8221; said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind farm divides town; Proposed turbines creates controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/25/wind-farm-divides-town-proposed-turbines-creates-controversy/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[BRIMFIELD &#8212; A proposed wind farm in Eastern Hampden county is already stirring controversy in the town. First Wind, a company out of Boston wants to build 8 to 10 turbines on top of West Mountain and Steerage rock. The plan is just in its initial phases. Chair of Brimfield&#8217;s Board of Selectman Thomas Marino says the project could bring in $140 thousand dollars every year for the next 20 years for the town. However he says there is still .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind wedge: wind farm dividing community</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/24/wind-wedge-wind-farm-dividing-community/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Concerns regarding the effects of the Macarthur Wind Farm have been raised by residents on properties adjoining the site of the $1 billion project. Neighbouring woolgrower Annie Gardner has objected to the development for six years and said a lot of neighbours would be “shockingly affected by a flawed project”. Mrs Gardner said residents in Macarthur might show support for the joint project between AGL and Meridian Energy, but Macarthur was 15 kilometres from the site, while initial planning had .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind energy bill stalls</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/24/wind-energy-bill-stalls/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[PITTSFIELD &#8212; The road toward more wind energy in the Berkshires took an unexpected turn Monday, when a lone Republican state senator put the brakes on new regulations meant to streamline turbine projects in the state. State Sen. Michael Knapik, R-Westfield, objected to the legislation during an informal session, a measure that can effectively stop a bill in its tracks. Democrats in the state Senate have said they will redouble their efforts to pass the bill. &#8220;It makes chances for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Poland]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Minimum distance rules alarm Polish wind sector</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/24/poland-minimum-distance-rules-alarm-polish-wind-sector/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[The Polish wind industry is alarmed at growing support for a proposal to introduce a minimum distance of 1.5 kilometres between wind farms and homes, which could devastate wind developments in the country. As the capacity of projected wind stations in Poland has increased to 64GW, the idea to set a minimum distance between turbines and homes has been gaining ground. Two provinces have set guidelines for local spatial plans that suggest a minimum 1km distance. The Ministry of Environment .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind-turbine plans up in the air</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/24/wind-turbine-plans-up-in-the-air/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[MARSHALL — Bradley Ragland and Charles Baker agree that the proposed installation of more than 100 wind turbines on Star Mountain and South Mountain would change Searcy County. However, Ragland and Baker have widely divergent opinions on what that change would be. Ragland sees new jobs and landowners’ profits igniting the stagnant economy of Searcy County, with per capita income of $20,488, the lowest in Arkansas, according to the most recent data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Some wind advocates are now foes; Disruption issues have turned off onetime fans</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/23/some-wind-advocates-are-now-foes-disruption-issues-have-turned-off-onetime-fans/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Anders used to count himself among the fans of wind power — until developers pitched the idea of a 10-turbine wind farm near his Webster home with blades reaching close to 500 feet in the air. That’s when Anders began having second thoughts about the disruption, from the constant whooshing of the turbines to the repetitive glint of sunshine off the blades at certain times of the day, not to mention a feared drop in property values. “I’ve dedicated .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Vermont]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Wind opponents organize legal entity to fight Northfield Ridge projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/20/wind-opponents-organize-legal-entity-to-fight-northfield-ridge-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Opponents of a proposal to bring a commercial wind farm to the Northfield Ridge in Waitsfield have formed a legal entity to fight the project. Friends of the Northfield Ridge, the new group, is a registered nonprofit organization and one that will have legal status in any permitting hearings on wind farming on the ridge. Jim Tabor, Waitsfield, spokesperson for the group, said that it was formed after many residents and property owners attended an April meeting when Randy Male, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>1,000 letters of objection to wind farm</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/20/1000-letters-of-objection-to-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Around 1,000 letters of objection to the Silton wind farm plan have been received by North Dorset District Council. The council said that it was impossible to give an exact number, but communications officer Peter Hyde said on Tuesday that the running tally was in the region of 1,000. The plan, submitted by energy firm Ecotricity, is for four 120-metre high turbines in the Blackmore Vale. The district council has also announced that the period for public consultation on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Attorney General investigates wind farm dealings</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/19/attorney-general-investigates-wind-farm-dealings/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Cape Vincent is usually a quiet town with little conflict, but that was not the case at Tuesday night’s emergency town board meeting. The meeting was called by Supervisor Urban C. Hirschey in response to the office of Andrew Cuomo, New York State Attorney General, request of all documentation pertaining to the wind farm development project. The town of Cape Vincent has been divided on the issue of wind turbines being developed on privately owned farm land. The biggest issues .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Are wind turbines really that bad for birds?</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/19/are-wind-turbines-really-that-bad-for-birds/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Easy Answer: Yes. Somewhere between 58,000 and 440,000 birds each year die because of wind turbines. Wind farms continue to spring up, as people look for alternative energy sources. I recently did a story about the Terra-Gen wind farm in the Mojave desert, one of the largest in the world. The problem with wind turbines is they are super good at killing birds—especially migratory songbirds. But are we really talking about enough birds to worry about? I wrote to a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[New Zealand]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Revisit noise standards &#8211; academics</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/18/revisit-noise-standards-academics/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Noise standards paving the way for billion-dollar wind-farm developments across the country are biased and should be ripped up, academics say. Critics have panned the latest New Zealand standard on wind-farm noise as a &#8220;fait accompli&#8221;, written by a Standards New Zealand committee, dominated by industry members, that claimed to have reached consensus. They say the code, partly funded by the New Zealand Wind Energy Association, fails to address claimed health effects from noise and vibration from wind turbines and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[Delaware]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Turbine&#8217;s majesty overshadowed by its noise</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/18/turbines-majesty-overshadowed-by-its-noise/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[LEWES &#8212; Since its blades first started spinning June 11, the University of Delaware&#8217;s wind turbine has become a city landmark and is already providing some clean power to campus facilities. However, for some residents, the structure&#8217;s majesty is overshadowed by its noise. Janice Pinto, who lives on Rodney Avenue, compares the sound to &#8220;a jet engine that won&#8217;t land.&#8221; &#8220;Neighbors are awakened &#8230; I&#8217;m concerned,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think environmental government controls need to protect citizenry from noise pollution.&#8221; .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
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		<title>More than half of Britain&#8217;s wind farms have been built where there is not enough wind</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/17/more-than-half-of-britains-wind-farms-have-been-built-where-there-is-not-enough-wind/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not exactly rocket science – when building a wind farm, look for a site that is, well, quite windy. But more than half of Britain’s wind farms are operating at less than 25 per cent capacity. In England, the figure rises to 70 per cent of onshore developments, research shows. Experts say that over-generous subsidies mean hundreds of turbines are going up on sites that are simply not breezy enough. Britain’s most feeble wind farm is in Blyth Harbour .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Attorney General launches investigation into wind dealings in Cape Vincent</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/17/attorney-general-launches-investigation-into-wind-dealings-in-cape-vincent/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Syracuse, NY &#8212; The state Attorney General’s office has launched an investigation into possible misconduct by Cape Vincent officials as they consider plans to build more than 100 wind turbines in their town. Opponents of the two proposed wind farms complained to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that the planning process was tainted by conflicts of interest on the town board and planning board. Two out of five town board members and three out of five planning board members either personally .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ontario]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>International group calls for three-year wind farm moratorium</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/13/international-group-calls-for-three-year-wind-farm-moratorium/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Alarming bird and bat mortality rates at the Wolfe Island wind farm have an international group calling for a three-year moratorium on wind energy projects on the Upper St. Lawrence River and east end of Lake Ontario. Save The River vice-president Stephanie Weiss said the 86-windmill farm has caused the death of 688 birds and bats, equalling eight per windmill. That&#8217;s far higher than the estimated two to four deaths for each windmill projected over a 12-month period and sends .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Council blows out turbine plan for Vale</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/13/council-blows-out-turbine-plan-for-vale/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[Plans to erect giant wind turbines in the Blackmore Vale were unanimously opposed by Gillingham Town Council on Monday night. A packed public gallery watched as every member of the council&#8217;s planning committee voted to recommend refusal of plans to build four 120-metre (400 foot) high turbines on farmland at Silton for refusal. Prior to the vote, councillors heard impassioned pleas from members of the Save Our Silton protest group, who are fighting plans from green energy firm Ecotricity for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=152</guid>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Hundreds of residents oppose wind turbine application</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/12/hundreds-of-residents-oppose-wind-turbine-application/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[People living in villages next to the site of a proposed wind farm have &#8216;inundated&#8217; Lichfield District Council with objections over the planning application by German company ProWind. The plans which, if successful, will see four 420ft wind turbines sited close to Haunton, has been met with a furious reaction by hundreds of residents. The company submitted a formal planning application in early July and it is due to be determined by Lichfield District Council in September. Matthew Ellis, Lichfield .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=124</guid>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Power Authority drags feet on FOI request on off-shore wind farms</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/12/power-authority-drags-feet-on-foi-request-on-off-shore-wind-farms/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Power Authority, which is considering private-sector proposals to erect offshore wind turbines, has failed to fully respond to a legal request made two months ago by the Democrat and Chronicle for information about the proposals. The authority is promoting construction of one or more wind farms in the New York waters of Lake Ontario or Lake Erie, an idea that has stirred considerable controversy in shoreline communities. Because of that controversy, local officials and activists have also .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=116</guid>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Acciona submits its &#8216;final&#8217; statement; Developer ignores consultant&#8217;s views on noise analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/12/acciona-submits-its-final-statement-developer-ignores-consultants-views-on-noise-analysis/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[CAPE VINCENT — The developer of St. Lawrence Wind Farm has eliminated two wind turbines for noise and wetland considerations, but it ignored the conclusions of the town&#8217;s consultant on noise analysis in order to maintain a 51-turbine array. Acciona Wind Energy USA submitted the possible Final Environmental Impact Statement to the town Planning Board on July 28. The board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Cape Vincent Recreation Park, 602 S. James St., to decide whether to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wind-watch.org/news/?p=115</guid>
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		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Chilmark forum tilts at windmills</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/12/chilmark-forum-tilts-at-windmills/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[A panel of Island community leaders and Republican gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker blew some gale-force criticism Gov. Deval Patrick&#8217;s way at a forum on wind energy development Sunday night. &#8220;It&#8217;s a big-bet strategy economically, a big-bet strategy financially, a big-bet strategy environmentally, and a big-bet strategy technologically,&#8221; Mr. Baker said of Governor Patrick&#8217;s push for wind turbines and Massachusetts-produced renewable energy. About 200 people attended the event at the Chilmark Community Center hosted by POINT (Protect Our Islands Now for .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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				<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>
		<category>Wind power</category>
		<category>Wind energy</category>
		<title>Litchfield council extends moratorium on wind projects</title>
		<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/08/12/litchfield-council-extends-moratorium-on-wind-projects/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Aug 2010</nww:date>
		<description><![CDATA[LITCHFIELD — These days, when it comes to wind turbines, there’s not much the entire Town Council and residents can agree on. But at a Tuesday night meeting, all who spoke agreed that a moratorium on wind farms in the town of Litchfield needs to be extended – at least for a little bit longer. After several residents spoke in favor of extending the moratorium during a public hearing, the Town Council unanimously approved a six-month extension that will expire .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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