Alerts and Events: North Dakota
These postings are provided to help publicize and provide examples of the efforts of affiliated groups and individuals related to industrial wind energy development. Most of the notices posted here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch.
Aesthetics, Blogs, Environment, Grid, Letters, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma •
Source: Marty Jorgenson
Wind industry pushing emergency eminent domain law for access to private lands
Here is a letter I received from a rancher in Oklahoma who has been fighting the wind industry. Hi, my name is Sue Selman and I live in northwest Oklahoma. My friends and I have been fighting the wind industry for the last year and half. Our area is under siege too. There are several wind farms in the area and many more planned and then there are the horrible transmission lines planned. This is a beautiful part of the . . .
Industrial Wind Energy: hear the other side of the story
Industrial Wind Energy hear the other side of the story the more you learn … the worse it gets! New Updates and Video “Protecting Texas” at: www.SaveCoteauPrairieLandscape.com
Action alerts, Impacts, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, U.S. •
Source: Western Area Power Administration
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement planned for upper great plains wind development
Western Area Power Administration and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Agencies) will prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to evaluate the impacts of wind energy development in Western’s Upper Great Plains Region (all or parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota), and on the Service’s grassland and wetland easements in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana. The PEIS also will identify mitigation strategies, standard construction practices, and best management practices; and establish a . . .
Announcements, Environment, Letters, North Dakota, Wildlife •
Source: Marty Jorgenson
To current and former residents of North Dakota
Although our nation is thirsty for energy, you will see from links on my site, that wind power is not the answer in supplying energy needs. In fact, production of industrial wind energy does more harm than good. Few laws currently govern regulation of wind farms. That is slowly changing and wind developers are in a big rush to build facilities before new laws are enacted. Developers claim this is a “community based” project. That might sound good at first . . .
