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Resource Documents: Vermont (41 items)
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Impacts of Industrial Wind Development on Wildlife and Ridgeline Habitat
Author: Various
Dedication Every New Englander has a right to have an unencumbered and uncompromised mountain in their backyard. This is dedicated to all New Englanders in the private sector and government who have put their energy, time and money towards the preservation of these fragile mountain landscapes. For these mountains are a part of their heart and soul. They are about freedom, wildness and diversity. They allow us to step back from our fast-paced world and walk into the future with . . .
More »Testimony to Vt. Senate Natural Resources Committee
Author: Various
Written testimony presented January 31, 2013, to the Vermont Senate Natural Resources Committee concerning S.30, a bill to establish a 3-year moratorium on industrial wind development in the state – provided by courtesy of Vermonters for a Clean Environment. Sandy Reider, physician, East Burke Stephen Ambrose, acoustician Shirley Nelson, Lowell wind neighbor Luann Therrien, Sheffield wind neighbor Erica Berl, Georgia Mountain wind neighbor Mary Boyer, chair, Windham selectboard Lisa Wright Garcia, West Rutland Steven Young, wildlife biologist Kim Fried, chair, Newark . . .
More »Noise from Lowell Mountain wind project
Author: Nelson, Don; and Nelson, Shirley
Dear Susan Paruch, We are writing to let you know the experience this area had with the Lowell wind turbines on Nov. 3rd and 4th. Upon awakening at 6:00 AM on Nov. 3rd with the wind coming from the northwest and very little wind off the mountain there was horrendous noise coming east from the project. It projected out to a distance of over 3-1/2 miles and was constant from the early hours of the morning until after 5:00 PM . . .
More »Certificate of Public Harm Issued Pursuant to the Public Trust and Social Fabric of the State of Vermont
Author: Energize Vermont
It Is Hereby Certified that the People of the state of Vermont this day found and adjudged that the construction of utility-scale wind on Vermont’s ridgelines as proposed and supported by the Shumlin Administration, the Department of Public Service, the Public Service Board, and eleven utility-scale wind developers, will harm the general good of the State of Vermont, and a Certificate of Public Harm (CPH) is hereby issued to these entities. This CPH is awarded for the following violations of . . .
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