Alerts and Events: Economics
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.
Los Desafíos Socio Ambientales de la Energía Eólica: Conflicto territorial por la apropiación de la energía eólica en el Istmo de Tehuantepec
La energía eólica emerge como una alternativa a la crisis ambiental global por su potencial reducción de gases de efecto invernadero. En el caso de México, la construcción de parques eólicos terrestres a gran escala en el Istmo de Tehuantepec, uno de los sitios con mayor potencial eólico en el mundo, promete impulsar el desarrollo sustenable. Sin embargo, el desarrollo de parques eólicos no constituye una estrategia viable de resolución de problemas sociales y ambientales porque ha generado un conflicto . . .
Massive Protest Planned by Rural Ontario
The Wind Industry Thieves are blowing into Toronto for the Ontario Feed In Tariff Forum, April 3rd & 4th, at the Metro Convention Center, 255 Front Street West. Protest Date – Tuesday, April 3rd Time – gather at 11:30 Speakers – 12:00 Protest March – 12:30 Place – Simcoe Park on Front Street, beside CBC building and opposite Metro Toronto Convention Centre The Ontario Federation of Agriculture and Christian Farmers Association have joined the call for a moratorium on further . . .
Economics, Environment, Health, Ontario, Petitions •
Source: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
Support a Wind Turbine Moratorium
FIT subsidies for wind are helping drive the cost of power up in Ontario. In January, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore said wind turbines destroy more jobs than they create and lead to higher energy prices. The Auditor General of Ontario reported in December 2011 that billions of dollars of new wind and solar projects were approved “without many of the usual planning, regulatory, and oversight processes.” We are forced to buy intermittent wind power before other sources of energy, and . . .
Action alerts, Economics, U.S. •
Source: Industrial Wind Energy Opposition
Stop the PTC in the U.S. Senate
Contact your Senators! Call the congressional switchboard at: 202-224-3121. Sample letter/telephone message: Please vote AGAINST S.2204, the bill submitted by Senator Menendez which extends the Production Tax Credit, Investment Tax Credit, and “Section 1603” Treasury Grant Program for wind energy for 1 year. Together, these programs cost taxpayers more than $14 billion annually. In return, communities have been left divided, landscapes degraded, and natural habitats destroyed – with no measurable positive change in our energy situation. Again, I urge you to . . .
Controvento. Il tesoro che il Sud non sa di avere
Against the wind: The treasure the South doesn’t know it has – What hides behind the great wind power affair – Nella vita di Antonio Colucci entrano un giorno, ospiti scomode e inattese, le pale eoliche. Nel suo mondo arcaico quelle pale si muovono senza un perché. Del resto è una ricchezza improvvisa e sconosciuta apparsa nel Sud dell’Italia, dove le pianure non danno da vivere. Ai sindaci il vento piace perché rappresenta una piccola pensione sociale collettiva. Pochi soldi, ma . . .
Stop wind energy subsidies TODAY
We are at a CRITICAL crossroads. The future of the main wind energy subsidies – primarily the Production Tax Credit (PTC), but also the 1603 Treasury Grant program – is likely to be resolved (for now) as part of a payroll tax deal. The payroll tax cut was extended at the end of last year for 2 months, so a deal, if one is to be made, must be worked out by Wednesday, February 29. [Feb. 15: The PTC was not included . . .
Wind Farm Scam
An excellent gift for your local councillors/selectmen/zoning administrators! (Combine it with Wind Turbine Syndrome, by Dr. Nina Pierpont.) The spectre of global warming and the political panic surrounding it has triggered a goldrush for renewable energy sources without an open discussion of the merits and drawbacks of each. In The Wind Farm Scam Dr Etherington argues that in the case of wind power the latter far outweigh the former. Wind turbines cannot generate enough energy to reduce global CO2 levels . . .
