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Alerts and Events: Hearings
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.
Action alerts, California, Comments, Environment, Hearings, Law, Wildlife •
Source: Alameda County Community Development Agency
Call for comments re Altamont Pass Wind Power Resources Area
Notice of Preparation (Notice) of a Program Environmental Impact Report for the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area (APWRA) revisions to Conditional Use Permits (CUPs) for repowering and continued maintenance and operation of wind turbines in Alameda County: SUMMARY: The County of Alameda (County) is issuing this Notice to advise other agencies and the public that the County will be preparing a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area revised conditional use permits (CUPs)(proposed project) within . . .
Public Hearing in Town of Italy Regarding Ecogen
Public Hearing in the Town of Italy at the Italy Town Barn SATURDAY SEPT. 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM. This is the one to attend, do not miss expressing your concerns on the Ecogen Industrial Wind Project. Our Prattsburgh friends are supporting our Italy neighbors. AFP’s message says: This public hearing on Ecogen’s requests for permits for the project – which they are going to put into the wind incentive zone that they bullied the town into creating. Please show up . . .
Testimony in Union, Wisc., on Noise and Health
Download “Union, Wisc., Testimony on Noise and Health” (17.3 MB)
Den Brook appeal granted for 24th and 25th July 2008
One of the key concerns of the residents who formed the Den Brook Judicial Review Group has been that noise issues relating to the proposed Den Brook Valley Wind Farm were not fairly addressed. The data used by RES, the wind farm developers, to determine noise levels was never made public. Finally after 3 years of lobbying, and a hearing at the High Court in March 2008, a few weeks ago RES released the background noise data, and professional experts . . .
Announcements, Hearings, New Mexico, Noise, Property values, Wildlife •
Source: Taos County Residents
Meeting July 8 about Taos wind farm
We would like to inform you that there are two proposed wind farms trying to go in here in Tres Piedras, one at the Wind Mtn. area and the other nearby the Celito Lindo subdivision 7 miles east of Tres Piedras. Both proposed sites sit adjacent to private property with many private residential homes, and both communities are sustainable-off the grid communities. We have many concerns after spending many hours researching wind farms here in the U.S. and abroad. Our . . .
Important Precedent to Assist Us All
Mid-Devon’s Den Brook wind farm saga has been going on for more than 4 years now. Our Judicial Review team are appalled by what they’ve recently discovered and are more than ever determined to try and achieve another important precedent to assist all who are, or who are likely to be, affected by wind turbine noise. Permission has been given to appeal the recent high court decision and we go to the Court of Appeal in only three weeks time, . . .
Wash. Supreme Court hears Kittitas Cty. arguments against state overrule
Event Date: June 26, 2008 1:30pm Event Description: Oral Arguments: Residents Opposed to Kittitas Turbines & F. Steven Lathrop v. EFSEC, et al. (Whether the court had jurisdiction to review a petition certified from Thurston Co. Superior Ct. regarding application for energy facility site cert.) Runtime: 64 min Click here to order DVD(s) from Washington State Public Affairs TV Network.
