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Wind Power News: September 2004
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch in its noncommercial educational effort to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch. They are the products of and owned by the organizations or individuals noted and are shared here according to “fair use” and “fair dealing” provisions of copyright law.
Caution in the wind
Vermont must move in a measured, thoughtful way as it considers the potential and pitfalls of wind power. Complete story »
30-turbine wind farm application fails
An Bord Pleanála has halted plans for a 31 turbine wind farm at Bellacorick because of its impact on the “sensitive and vulnerable area”. The planning appeals board agreed with Mayo County Council and refused permission for the project with its 31 turbines, control building, and meteorological mast on the slopes of Slieve Fyagh, with a ridgeline that is recognised as vulnerable in the current Mayo County Development Plan. The planning authority rejected the project on the grounds that the . . . Complete story »
Michael Howard’s Speech to Environmental Forum
Their (Labour Party) renewable energy strategy begins and ends with onshore wind farms, despite the opposition from local communities. Complete story »
Cold Wind Blowing in Lyman
"...Merits of the zoning case aside, there are some important facts about Wind Energy that simply cannot be ignored. Wind has long been promoted as a viable, clean alternative to fossil fuels and people have been conditioned to unconditionally embrace it. In fact, the moral justification for wind as the answer to greenhouse emissions has pitted conservationist against conservationist. And this fight has shamelessly been fueled by the misinformation on wind that the wind developers and their advocates promote." Complete story »
Don’t sacrifice land’s power, beauty for minimal energy
Scientists compare the environmental importance of the tallgrass prairie to that of the rainforest. Its roots act as a carbon sink, cleansing the air of pollution. Its plants and limestone soils purify rainwater. Per acre, it provides more environmental benefits than any other ecosystem in North America. Complete story »
Don’t sacrifice land’s power, beauty for minimal energy
Industrial wind turbines don’t belong in the Kansas Flint Hills. The pursuit of renewable energy alternatives is important. However, where we develop renewable energy can be just as important as the need to develop it. For environmental and economic reasons, industrial wind turbines in the Flint Hills would do more harm than good. The tallgrass prairie once extended from Texas to Manitoba and Kansas to Indiana; it was 142 million acres of grasses as tall as a horse. Today less . . . Complete story »
More Mass. communities may face wind power developments
"It's a mechanical monstrosity. ... It's ugly. It makes noise, said Beverly Whitcomb. It makes a whopping sound which will just drive you nuts."
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