| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
FMM applauds commission on Bowers vote
Credit: Friends of Maine's Mountains, www.friendsofmainesmountains.or 19 October 2011 ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Friends of Maine’s Mountains today applauded the Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) for today’s vote to instruct staff attorneys to compose a denial order for a wind “farm” in Eastern Maine.
After months of testimony, evidence, cross-examination, and deliberation; LURC today asked its legal staff to draft an order telling First Wind of Boston that its industrial scale wind project is not worthy of a permit. Once completed, that order is expected to be presented to LURC for a final vote in early December.
Friends of Maine’s Mountains, a nonprofit group opposed to mountaintop industrial wind power for environmental and economic reasons, was pleased with today’s vote.
Our education efforts are really paying off. The public is catching on. Despite all the lobbying and hype, the Governor, Legislators, and regulators are now doing their homework, which clearly tells them that mountaintop industrial wind power has massive impacts and paltry benefits. When they realize these high impacts and low benefits, Maine people are less inclined to violate our revered “Quality of Place.”
Chris O’Neil, President
Friends of Maine’s Mountains
Friends of Maine’s Mountains 284 Main Street, Ste. 200, Wilton, Maine 04294 (207)-645-3699
###
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=14515 ]
