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January 11, 2024 • Minnesota, Print storyE-mail story

Lawsuit dismissed in latest chapter of wind turbine dispute in Orono

An Orono resident who is a wind turbine enthusiast filed another lawsuit against Orono and various city employees, claiming that they had worked together to bring fraudulent civil and criminal actions against him with the purpose of driving him out of town. In a ruling issued on Jan. 5, the U.S. District Court for Minnesota granted defendants’ motions to dismiss. Jay Nygard, who resided in the city of Orono, asked about regulations regarding wind turbines in 2010. He was told . . . Complete story »


December 28, 2023 • Massachusetts, Print storyE-mail story

New Bedford officials not celebrating Vineyard Wind’s latest jobs report

Only 18% of Vineyard Wind’s union workers reside in New Bedford – and a local union chief says the developer’s actions have led his workers to lose jobs in the port. Vineyard Wind released its latest annual job report to widespread political acclaim this month, as Gov. Maura Healey and local state representatives applauded the offshore wind developer’s improvements in hiring local and union workers. Gains over the previous year’s numbers met or exceeded some benchmarks, but New Bedford’s mayor says . . . Complete story »


December 26, 2023 • Scotland, Print storyE-mail story

‘Local’ wind farms owned by firms based abroad

Some of Scotland’s biggest ‘local’ wind farms are owned as far afield as the Cayman Islands and Canada, The Ferret can reveal, prompting claims the Scottish Government is “misleading” the public over its community energy targets. The Scottish Government has a target to bring much more “community or locally owned” renewable energy online by 2030. But its definition of local energy includes projects owned by farms, estates, and businesses, and the majority of projects installed so far are privately owned . . . Complete story »


December 24, 2023 • Missouri, Print storyE-mail story

Schuyler County ladies warn of dangers of windmills

Two property owners from Schuyler County in Northeast Missouri are warning property owners in Audrain County about the pitfalls of having a wind farm next to one’s property. Nakila Blessing and Carrie March both made the drive down from Lancaster in Schuyler County to Mexico on Dec. 11, to join a joint meeting between Audrain and Callaway County Commissioners to discuss property rights. Both ladies live next to wind farms and said the turbines have drastically reduced the quality of . . . Complete story »


December 20, 2023 • Norway, Print storyE-mail story

Dispute over illegal Norway wind farm continues despite partial deal with reindeer herders

Norway has reached a partial agreement with Sami reindeer herders over the fate of the country’s largest wind farm, which the supreme court says infringed on indigenous rights, but the controversy is not over, some herders said on Tuesday. Norway’s supreme court ruled in 2021 that the Storheia and Roan wind farms in Fosen in central Norway violated Sami rights under international conventions, prompting huge protests earlier this year over the protracted process to implement the ruling. One group of . . . Complete story »


December 18, 2023 • India, Print storyE-mail story

The dark side of wind energy along Gujarat’s coast

Manisha Patel still vividly remembers seeing students fall asleep in her classroom in 2011. When Patel woke them up, they would be irritable. A few were simply unable to focus on their studies. “Initially, I could not understand what was happening,” said Patel, a middle-aged, bespectacled woman who travels from a nearby village to teach science at a government primary girls school in Jangi, a windy village in Gujarat’s Kachchh district. Jangi is 10 km inland from the Gulf of . . . Complete story »


November 19, 2023 • Japan, Print storyE-mail story

Internal email sheds light on wind-power bribery scandal

A former president of Japan Wind Development, currently at the center of a bribery scandal, told executives of the firm that he had asked a lawmaker to make a parliamentary statement in connection with the company’s operations, informed sources said Saturday. Masayuki Tsukawaki, 64, sent an email to multiple Japan Wind Development executives saying that he urged House of Representatives member Masatoshi Akimoto, 48, who was arrested for allegedly receiving bribes, to ask a question in the country’s parliament about . . . Complete story »


November 17, 2023 • Mexico, Opinions, Print storyE-mail story

The quest for green energy filled my community with violence

The Tehuantepec Isthmus in Oaxaca, Mexico, is a territory shared among the Binnizá, Ikoots, Angpøn, and Ayuuk Peoples that produces 76.8 percent of the country’s wind energy. As of January 2020, 1,600 wind turbines had been installed here at 32 wind farms, and thousands more are in construction plans, in an effort to secure “green energy” to combat climate change. My generation has witnessed how our community and region went from being a quiet place to one where there is . . . Complete story »


November 17, 2023 • Argentina, Print storyE-mail story

Wind farms graft probe: Audit report finds ‘irregularities’ and big profits for Mauricio Macri, Carlos Tevez

Auditors in Argentina have identified “serious irregularities” in bidding processes for the construction and oversight of wind farms to produce renewable energy during the 2015-2019 Mauricio Macri administration. Investigators at the AGN General Auditing Office probing alleged insider trading allegations drew the conclusion after investigating the tender of six wind farms in Argentina’s south. Among the famous names indirectly involved in the probe are the Macri Group, owned and operated by relatives and former business associates of Mauricio Macri, along . . . Complete story »


November 16, 2023 • Ireland, Print storyE-mail story

Cloghan residents say local wind farm is affecting their mental and physical health

A number of residents living beside the nine turbines of Cloghan Wind Farm have told the Midland Tribune that the enormous turbines are having a negative effect on their mental and physical health. Several of the residents living on the one road in the townland of Stonestown said they are fed up with the noise and the flicker coming from the turbines, which have a maximum height of 169 metres and are located about 700 metres from their homes. Chairperson . . . Complete story »


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