Alerts and Events: Vermont
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.
Energy, Environment, Health, Noise, Presentations, Vermont •
Source: Vermonters for a Clean Environment
Wind and Energy Forum
Vermonters for a Clean Environment is hosting an upcoming discussion on wind and energy issues in Rutland County and Vermont: West Rutland Town Hall, Thursday, October 22nd, 7 – 9 p.m. Presentation topics include: Siting Wind Turbines to Prevent Health Risks from Sound Richard R. James, INCE Can Industrial Wind Turbines Affect Your Health? Carmen M.E. Krogh, BscPharm Can Vermont Meet Renewable Energy and Climate Change Goals Without Ridge Top Wind? Kevin B. Jones, PhD A social hour, with light . . .
Ira wINdFO
Vol. 1, No. 1. A newsletter published on occasion reporting on the issues of the proposed wind towers in our town as well as other information about wind turbines, legislation, renewable energy, news articles, etc. Download original document: Ira wINdFO, vol. 1, no. 1
Action alerts, Aesthetics, Energy, Grid, Meetings, Vermont •
Source: Paul Kenyon
VPIRG pushes wind at meetings about shutting down Vt. Yankee
Last night [Jan. 22] I attended a meeting of our local energy awareness group at which VPIRG [Vermont Public Interest Research Group] presented their arguments for the dismantling of Vt. Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon, Vt. VPIRG was pushing their energy vision for Vt. without power from the nuke plant and wind power, commercial wind power almost entirely, making up 20% of the power of the new Vt. The VPIRG presenter is a young guy apparently traveling around the . . .
Environment, Events, Vermont, Wildlife •
Source: Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forest
Forest Service to host wind project open houses
RUTLAND, VT (Oct. 23, 2008) – The Green Mountain National Forest will host two open houses for the proposed Deerfield Wind Project; Nov. 5 at the Readsboro School, 301 Phelps Ln in Readsboro, and Nov. 6 at the Franklin Conference Center, at the Howe Center, at 1 Scale Ave in Rutland. Both meetings are 6 to 8 p.m. Forest specialists will be on hand to answers questions, share information and accept comments. Information about the project can be found at . . .
Public Service Board grants citizens' request to postpone hearings on the Deerfield Wind Project due to gross abuse of process by project owner
Vermont (September 23, 2008) – At the start of Public Service Board hearings on Monday, September 22, regarding the proposed Deerfield Wind Project (Docket #7250), a motion to suspend hearings was filed by Save Vermont Ridgelines, Inc., Industrial Wind Action Group, Inc., Thomas Shea, Duncan Cable TV, and Cliff and Diana Duncan, all of whom are pro se intervening parties in the Deerfield proceedings. The basis of this emergency motion was the gross abuse of discovery procedures in producing an enormous . . .
Energy, Environment, Impacts, Law, Press releases, Vermont •
Source: Green Mountain National Forest
Forest releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement on wind project
RUTLAND, VT (Sept. 11, 2008) – The Green Mountain National Forest released, for public comment, their Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Deerfield Wind Project in the Towns of Searsburg and Readsboro. The Deerfield Wind Project is a proposal to construct and operate a wind energy facility on public lands adjacent to the existing Green Mountain Power facility currently operating on private land. “Our role is to determine the environmental impacts of the project and decide if this is . . .
Wind project will be PSB's legacy
[Burlington Free Press, Aug. 19] Last week, the Public Service Board made history. With the stroke of a pen, three men reversed a century of work by Vermont citizens to preserve this state’s historic landscape. Chairman James Volz, David Cohen, and John Burke opened the door to the largest industrial ridgeline development project in our state‘s history. Unfortunately, this will become their legacy. This development will sit above a popular summer lake, surround a school, state parks, and public beaches, . . .
