February 2009
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Maine's Greatest Lakes survey incomplete,...
This letter was sent to the Maine State Planning Office, the agency responsible for the 1989 Report #90 entitled “Maine’s Greatest Lakes”. This document is the centerpiece of the expedited permit legislation passed in April 2008 that paves the way for the “wind rush” that is beginning to sweep the state. Lakes on the list are afforded protection from scenic impacts...
Mountains not Windmills
Portland Phoenix Letters : February 27, 2009
I just read your article (“Transmission Troubles,” by Deirdre Fulton, February 13) in the Portland Phoenix. A great article that points out the fact Maine is not ready yet to dive headlong into the alternative-energy business. Without much more planning, the results will be disastrous for the Maine ratepayer. Other aspects of the...
Wind Farms Threaten Endangered Whooping Crane
If US Fish and Wildlife can’t protect the last 266 whooping cranes in the US, why don’t we save the taxpayers a whole lot of money and fire the lot of them. They can go to work for the American Wind Energy Association counting dead birds.
Posted on: Friday, 29 February 2008, 00:20 CST News Wire
Federal officials warned today that wind farms have become a potential new threat to...
The Evidence Shows Alternative Energy is Expensive
Wind power is subsidized at $23 per MW compared to 25 cents for clean burning domestic natural gas. Your tax dollars at work.
Wall Street Journal
By MAX SCHULZ
In signing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act this week in Denver, President Barack Obama claimed that the law — which among other things will ramp up funding for renewable energy development — is “laying...
Living with turbines - a personal account
If the email I received today from Wendy Todd does not convince you that turbines are bad for people (and other living things), either your names are King and Gardiner, or your paycheck is signed by the wind industry. In preparation for the Roxbury DEP hearing on Wednesday I contacted Wendy to see how things were in Mars Hill, more than a year after the turbines went on line:
Steve,
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Wind turbines make people sick: professor
Havas, who studies environmental toxicology at the university in Peterborough, has added her voice to the call by Dawn-Euphemia Township council and others who want Ontario to study the impact of the growing number of wind generation projects sprouting up across the province. “Why would you want to put a lot of these wind turbines near people, have some percentage of them get sick, and then...
Rumford mountain eyed for wind farm
By Eileen M. Adams , Staff Writer Friday, February 13, 2009
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RUMFORD - The company that built Maine’s first wind turbine farm in Mars Hill wants to build a smaller project on the back side of Black Mountain. John Lamontagne, spokesman for the Newton, Mass.-based First Wind, said Thursday that meteorological towers have been installed along the side of the...
Rumford Community Hospital medical staff calls for...
Following is the statement issued by the staff of the Rumford Community Hospital, and sent to Gov. Baldacci, Dr. Mills of Maine Center for Disease Control, as well as the Rumford Falls Times, where it appears today, and the Lewiston Sun Journal. HEALTH CONCERNS GENERATED BY WIND TURBINES As members of the Rumford Community Hospital medical staff we endorse the concept of ...
Rumford Community Hospital medical staff calls for...
Following is the statement issued by the staff of the Rumford Community Hospital, and sent to Gov. Baldacci, Dr. Mills of Maine Center for Disease Control, as well as the Rumford Falls Times, where it appears today, and the Lewiston Sun Journal. HEALTH CONCERNS GENERATED BY WIND TURBINES As members of the Rumford Community Hospital medical staff we endorse the concept of alternative energy...
Wendy Todd's Testimony to the Legislature
Wendy Todd and her husband live near the turbine project at Mars Hill.
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 1:37 PM Subject: Fw: testimony - living with wind turbines ——- Subject: testimony - Living with industrial wind turbines Testimony made on April 30, 2007 to Maine legislature by Wendy Todd of Aroostook County, Maine. Ms. Todd lives near the Mars Hill wind “farm”, which went on...
Wind Turbine Syndrome in Japan
Something in the wind as mystery illnesses rise
BY TSUYOSHI TAKEDA
ASAHI SHIMBUN SENIOR STAFF WRITER
2009/2/6
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Residents living near wind turbines are increasingly complaining of headaches, dizziness, insomnia and other ailments, sparking fears that the new energy source could pose a risk to public health.
Although the cause of the problem remains unclear,...
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Wind Turbine Syndrome and wildlife
Wind Turbine Syndrome is becoming more widely recognized as a serious medical issue for many people living near grid scale wind turbines. In her soon to be published, peer reviewed study titled “Wind Turbine Syndrome” Dr. Nina Pierpont carefully and systematically analyzes people’s biological response to turbine noise and blade movement. Her findings show, among other things, ...
Correspondence with Rob Gardiner
Following is an email correspondence between Rob Gardiner of Independence Wind and Steve Thurston of Concerned Citizens to Save Roxbury:
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Steve Thurston wrote: Dear Angus and/or Rob, I am hoping you will be able to answer a few questions for me. Thanks for the contact link on your website. Do you agree with the NYSERDA study, and German studies that indicate...
John Stossel says to Al Gore, "Gimme a break!"
The wind industry, which includes Governor Baldacci, his appointed department heads, and Angus King and Rob Gardiner are forcing turbines down the throats of Maine’s citizens, claiming that wind power will slow down global warming and for that reason we must be willing to sacrifice thousands of square miles of Maine’s scenic vistas to thousands of behemoth arm waving wind machines.
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