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Medical Research Council bows out of anti–wind farm activist ethics complaint
The National Health and Medical Research Council announced this week that it had no authority to examine a complaint against the research ethics of a well-known anti-wind farm protester. Back in April Crikey revealed that the council was looking into a complaint against Sarah Laurie, the CEO of the small-but-powerful anti-wind farm Waubra Foundation, after an anonymous document claimed Laurie had breached ethical codes of research conduct. Laurie is not currently registered as a medical practitioner (she used to be . . . Complete story »
Open letter to Victoria Premier Denis Napthine
I have been advised that after the opening of the AGL/NZ Government owned Meridian Energy Macarthur wind development 4 days ago, you met with some of the sick and exhausted residents who asked you to listen to them, and pleaded with you to help them. The delegation included residents in your electorate from Macarthur, who cannot sleep in their homes at night, and cannot remain living or working in their homes, workshops and on their farms during the day, because . . . Complete story »
Wind farm concerns are sent to the Ontario Energy Board
To the Board Secretary: Please consider the following factors as you are deciding whether to grant to the applicant, McLean’s Mountain Wind Limited, for the next 20+ years, the right to produce energy, fed with priority to the main grid in Ontario, the present and future costs of which would be charged to all Ontarians, as has been put forward with the proposal presented by McLean’s Mountain Wind Limited. Granting the go ahead to McLean’s Mountain Wind Limited (part of . . . Complete story »
Vote with compassion, respect
Throughout the seven months of Lee County’s hearings covering Mainstream Renewable Energy’s petition to construct approximately 53, 50-story tall, wind turbines within Hamilton and East Grove townships, numerous homeowners residing within the completed Shady Oaks and Big Sky wind projects presented insurmountable evidence/documentation that already existing wind turbines are depriving them of the peaceful enjoyment and nuisance-free usage of their properties. Following is a small sampling: Kathryn and Kendall Guither farm 480-plus acres in Lee/Bureau Counties. Forty-story Big Sky turbines . . . Complete story »
Industrial wind turbines could cause sleep loss, study claims
American and British researchers, including a radiologist from Fort Kent, have published what they claim is the first peer-reviewed study to conclude that people living near industrial wind sites could suffer significant sleep loss and other health problems. Called “Effects of Industrial Wind Turbine Noise on Sleep and Health,” the study purports to show from data compiled via survey that people living 410 yards to 1,500 yards from the Mars Hill and Vinalhaven wind sites were sleepier during the day . . . Complete story »
New study links wind turbines to ill health
LONDON, ONT. – They live in the shadow of wind farms, and their stories of turbine-induced illness have been brushed aside by the wind industry, Ontario regulators and the province’s Liberal government. But now, researchers have published the first ever peer-reviewed study linking wind turbines and ill health – giving opponents of wind turbines their heaviest arsenal in a fight that could shape the landscape of rural Ontario and perhaps political fortunes in the next election. “I view it as a . . . Complete story »
Sandy cancels Governor’s visit to Florida turbines
Fourteen months after Irene deluged the region, another hurricane is headed our way. The sweetly named Sandy (now dubbed “Frankenstorm”) is expected to arrive early next week just in time for Halloween. We’ll be meeting with North Adams officials this afternoon about emergency preparations and checking in with other towns. We’ll do our best to keep everyone as up-to-date as possible on cancellations and closures around the county. Sandy could did dampen the opening of the Hoosac Wind Project, which . . . Complete story »
Sleep expert warns of effect of wind turbines
An honorary consultant in sleep medicine, Dr C D Hanning, is warning of the “unacceptable levels of sleep disturbance” for people living within 1.5km of wind turbines. Dr Hanning, a consultant at the University Hospitals of Leicester has over 25 years experience in sleep medicine and is accepted as an expert in these areas by the UK and Canadian courts. In his latest report Dr Hanning said: “Industrial wind turbines emit a unique impulsive noise pattern, described as thumping, swooshing . . . Complete story »
A required ‘duty’
A petition has been brought forward concerning adverse health impacts from industrial wind turbines the last three Town Meetings. The last seemingly offered relieve to afflicted neighbors, but alas, politics diluted the effectiveness of Mr. Funfar’s adopted article. The wind turbine problem solving process has been one of compromise (June 15 – turbine nighttime curtailment). During that compromise, I’ve lodged 23 pressure headache complaints with Town Hall. This means that 25 percent of the time I’ve been on the short . . . Complete story »
Wind turbines to only fill gap from state revenue loss at PBL
PAXTON – When Paxton-Buckley-Loda Superintendent Cliff McClure first learned of a wind farm coming to the Paxton area several years ago, he wondered how his school district would use the millions of dollars in tax revenue the wind turbines would generate. Today, as PBL faces a projected $500,000 deficit in its educational fund, the question is not how the money will be used, but how soon. “It’s just going to fill a gap of what we’re losing in state revenue,” McClure . . . Complete story »
