Alerts and Events: Press releases
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.
Law, Press releases, Puerto Rico •
Source: Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco
Administración del DRNA comete fraude para favorecer proyecto eólico en el Bosque Seco
[Department of Natural Resources commits fraud to favor wind energy project in Bosque Seco] Guayanilla, PR – El anunciado acuerdo entre la administración del Departamento de Recursos Naturales (DRNA) y la empresa Windmar, para indultar los daños y delitos que ésta cometió en Punta Verraco, Cerro Toro y Punta Ventanas tras adelantar parte del proyecto industrial, a cambio de la titularidad del 83% de estos, confirma la veracidad de las denuncias de ciudadanos de Guayanilla y ambientalistas de todo el . . .
Cohocton Wind Watch Seeks Wind Industry Public Accountability
Cohocton Wind Watch is gratified by the decision of New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to launch a formal investigation into the business practices of First Wind/UPC Wind and Noble Environmental Power. This groundbreaking inquiry includes conduct of Public Officials and evidence of Wind Industry Anti-Competitive Practices. CWW has compiled comprehensive evidence, volumes of empirical data and a paper trail of proof that public officials, developers and their agents and leaseholders have acted collectively to defraud NYS. With this . . .
Environment, Press releases, Puerto Rico •
Source: Coalición Pro Bosque Seco Ventanas Verraco
JCA encamina DIA-Final del proyecto Windmar a pesar de graves irregularidades
Guayanilla, PR – La Administración de Asuntos de Energía anunció el 27 de junio de 2008 mediante aviso público que la Junta de Calidad Ambiental (JCA) emitió ese día una Resolución Final para aprobar la Declaración de Impacto Ambiental Final (DIA-F) del proyecto industrial de molinos de viento propuesto por la empresa Windmar, en terrenos colindantes con la Reserva de la Biósfera de Guánica y el Estuario de la Bahía de Guayanilla. En dicha resolución, la JCA otorga 20 días para . . .
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 . . .
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, . . .
Environment, News, Ontario, Press releases, Publications •
Source: Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
Minister of Tourism approves Wolfe Island Wind Project
On June 4, 2008, the Minister of Tourism confirmed the province’s approval for the Wolfe Island Wind Project. Premier Dalton McGuinty asked the Minister to step in when the Environment Minister declared a conflict-of-interest on May 29, 2008. Controversy over the Wolfe Island Wind Project centres on the location of a handful of the 86-wind turbines that Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation hopes to build on the island later this year. The northwest part of Wolfe Island contains designated Important Bird . . .
Action alerts, Press releases, Scotland, U.K., Wildlife •
Source: David Bellamy and Mark Duchamp
Birdies bye bye
We have received the following message from Israel: “Following a press release last week it seems that several of the leading industrial companies in Israel are going to enter the wind business. These are deeply connected to leading politicians. Our ministry of environment is quite hopeless. The future seems bleak.” From Gibraltar, from Sicily, from the US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and now from Israel, day by day more bad news comes in from the main bird migration flyways . . .
