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People thought they'd get their electric bill reduced, but ours went up and we're getting nothing. I can't understand what anybody thought they'd get out of this. This company [FPL] came in, destroyed the top of the mountain and left us with it.
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Rose Marie Derk, Weymart (PA) resident, in 'Weymart Facility Troubles Residents', by Tom Vanesky, Citizens Voice 5/16/05
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News feedThursday, May 23
- Denmark: Huge electricity bills for wind turbines (05/23/13) [Denmark]
Wednesday, May 22
- Sauk winds down wind program amid declining student interest (05/22/13) [Illinois]
- Controversial Ulverston wind farm given go ahead by Barrow planners, but future remains unclear (05/22/13) [UK]
- Wind turbine reportedly struck by lightning (05/22/13) [Minnesota]
- Fairhaven Wind Turbine dispute gets louder (05/22/13) [Massachusetts]
- Last defendant pleads guilty in wind farm fraud (05/22/13) [USA] [Wyoming]
- State finds Fairhaven turbines in violation of noise regulations (05/22/13) [Massachusetts]
- Turbines to stay in Falmouth (05/22/13) [Massachusetts]
- Fairhaven eyes partial turbine shutdowns; Wind direction, night hours considered after troubling state report (05/22/13) [Massachusetts]
Tuesday, May 21
- Norfolk declares itself unwilling to host new wind farms (05/21/13) [Canada]
- Cape Vincent town government, WPEG awarded majority of wind project intervenor funding (05/21/13) [New York]
- Court finds Town of Antrim in violation of NH 'right to know' law; Voids PILOT agreement with Antrim Wind LLC (05/21/13) [New Hampshire]
- Gamesa cuts 394 jobs in Spain (05/21/13) [Europe]
- Lee board OKs wind farm project; 12-9 vote overrules decision by lower panel (05/21/13) [Illinois]
- Wind farm battle turns personal; Opponents claim lack of due diligence by county officials. (05/21/13) [Indiana]
- The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill (05/21/13) [USA]
- Wind act doesn't treat all Mainers equally (05/21/13) [Maine]
- Wind power's grip on Augusta weakening (05/21/13) [Maine]
- Gov. Heineman: Wait on wind power legislation (05/21/13) [Nebraska]
- A new hurdle for wind farm? Opponents want higher bar for approval (05/21/13) [Illinois]
- Wethington files for new Fairhaven Board of Health election, hearing Wednesday (05/21/13) [Massachusetts]
- 170-foot blade breaks off wind turbine (05/21/13) [California]
- Champaign wind farm decision nears; State board will consider second phase of turbine project. (05/21/13) [Ohio]
- Wind farm under threat (05/21/13) [Australia / New Zealand]
- Wind turbines threaten Juno Beach (05/21/13) [Canada] [Europe]
- Residents question why wind developer wrote town's appeal (05/21/13) [New Hampshire]