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Alerts and Events: Flyers
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.
The Truth About Off-Shore Wind
THE IMPACT TO MARINE LIFE IS DEVASTATING. • High-decibel surveys kill and injure sea life • Offshore wind vessel traffic kills and injures marine mammals • Severe disruption of marine mammal migration, feeding and breeding • Birds killed by turbine blades • Destroys underwater habitats COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC IMPACTS • Industrialization of our towns and harbors • Significant increase in energy costs • Severe negative impact to the fishing industry • Damage to our tourism and coastal beauty • 1000-ft.-tall . . .
Ask Questions Before Signing a Contract
GET INFORMED BEFORE SIGNING! ASK QUESTIONS! Does signing an Option Contract lock me in with a developer for turbines, whether I want them or not? Is the original contract term 50 years? How long is the developer’s option to extend? Will my children and grandchildren be tied to the contract after I’m gone? How much of my land will the wind turbine developer have 100% access to for building roads, placing buried and above-ground transmission lines, and installing turbines? Will . . .
Economics, Environment, Flyers, Massachusetts, Publications, Rhode Island, Videos •
Source: Green Oceans
Wind energy facilities planned off coast of Rhode Island and Massachusetts
INDUSTRIALIZATION DETAILS 1,000 or more wind turbines. 800- to 1,000-foot tall turbines, taller than any building in Boston. 12.9 miles from RI and 8.2 from MA. 1,400 square miles of ocean, 1.5 times the size of RI, will be industrialized. Pile driving into the seabed, heavy diesel vessel traffic, sediment plumes, and detonations of ordinances will harm whales, kill plankton, and reduce fishery stocks. CLIMATE CHANGE “No measurable influence on climate change” will result from these projects, according to the . . .
Aesthetics, Environment, Flyers, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Wildlife •
Source: Save Our Beautiful Lake
Say No to Wind Turbines in Lake Erie
For further information, visit saveourbeautifullake.org Also see: Icebreaker Binder at na-paw.org
Aesthetics, Economics, Energy, Events, Flyers, Impacts, Information, Nebraska •
Source: Stanton County Citizens
Hearing a lot of windy talk about the proposed Wind Turbines in Stanton County?
DO NOT LET YOUR COUNTY BE COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO INDUSTRIAL WIND! Download original document: “Flyer: Commissioners’ Hearing on Proposed Zoning Regulations for Wind Energy”
Economics, Flyers, Iowa, Noise, Property values •
Source: Coalition for Rural Property Rights
Reasons NOT to Sign a Wind Contract
Turbines cost you money The future of farming is in efficiency and precision. Turbine roads and towers decrease efficiency every time a field is worked whether it is planting, harvesting, tillage, spraying or other applications. Major seed companies will be less likely to grow seed corn near turbines. They need to be expedient with aerial applications which turbines hinder. Turbines can interfere with GPS, drones and any newer technology that requires a consistent signal. They do not offer nearly enough . . .
Wind Farms Can Generate Angst
South Australians don’t want to live too close to industrial scale wind generators. We have more wind generation than any other State – in fact, we have one of the highest proportions in the world of wind power generation. More than half of Australia’s installed wind power is in South Australia. Wind-powered generation is seen as totally eco-friendly and green. However, concern is building over its cost, health effects and aesthetics. Community opposition to industrial scale wind generators is increasing. . . .
