http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/34813 Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT This aerial view shows a single turbine site at the Lowell Wind project under construction in Lowell, Vermont. The construction has drawn significant opposition. http://www.windaction.org/articles/34813 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38332 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:32:30 GMT Since October, 105 complaints about the big three wind projects have been collected by the DPS division on consumer affairs and public information, not including this complaint from McGrath. Some of those complaints are from the same people. Twenty-three different people have complained. In one case in November, 31 people joined to file a petition about wind noise about the Lowell wind project which prompted Green Mountain Power to adjust early operations. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38332 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38300 Sat, 04 May 2013 20:11:24 GMT "The noise monitoring plan is entirely under the control of First Wind, who chose the firm to design the plan and conduct the monitoring. This is a perfect example of 'the fox guarding the henhouse,' " Smith said Thursday. "The PSB's order further illustrates the near-impossibility of neighbors being able to participate in protecting their interests before the PSB." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38300 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38193 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:36:44 GMT Although no meaningful legislation on ridgeline wind development is likely to emerge this legislative session, that's not stopping Vermont lawmakers from looking into its potential health impacts. The Senate Health and Welfare Committee heard testimony from victims, researchers and doctors concerned about a combination of symptoms that may be caused by low infra-sound vibrations-- from headaches to sleep loss. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38193 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38171 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:15:51 GMT A lobbyist for an industry group supporting wind power apologized to a Vermont Senate committee on Wednesday after a witness she brought in called health concerns connected with wind power "hoo-hah," nonsense and propaganda. Gabrielle Stebbins, executive director of Renewable Energy Vermont, called the remarks of acoustics expert Geoff Levanthall unhelpful and offered an apology to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee after Leventhall testified at the hearing by phone from England. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38171 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38131 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:32:36 GMT The Maplefields owner and gasoline distributor has ponied up $10,000 to run a new, 30-second attack ad on WCAX-TV for a week, according to the station. In it, Vallee accuses Sanders of seeking to "industrialize our mountains with giant wind turbines." "Once we sacrifice our mountains to big corporate interests, it will change Vermont forever," the ad's narrator says. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38131 http://www.windaction.org/articles/8597 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:23:40 GMT Senators took a bill that called for a three-year moratorium on large-scale wind developments, pared it down to legislation that would have required large energy generation projects to conform to Act 250 land-use criteria, and then stripped it to $75,000 worth of studies for the House to consider. http://www.windaction.org/articles/8597 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37701 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:06:03 GMT At last week's annual town meeting, Steve Therrien submitted a letter to the Sheffield Select Board, stating: "As we see it the town is benefiting at our expense. Our home has become toxic and uninhabitable. The town needs to do the right thing to take care of the residents impacted." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37701 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37533 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:55:31 GMT Wind opponents and neighbors, however, aren't satisfied with the study, and say the noise generated by the 400-foot-tall turbines is still loud enough to disrupt the quality of life for nearby residents. ...The turbines sound like "a jet plane on the horizon." The noise isn't steady, the Nelsons say, but pulses in and out. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37533 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37315 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:04:50 GMT "We are becoming very ill due to these towers behind us. We have appealed to everyone, I don't know whose responsibility it is to look after our safety, but we are now sick. I have doctors' notes. I have been put out of work. I want suggestions," said Therrien. "Somebody is responsible. We need resolution. We need to get out of there." http://www.windaction.org/articles/37315 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37199 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:06:21 GMT Town meeting voters will get to debate the pros and cons of the proposed wind project in Grafton and Windham. Select Board Chairman Allan Sands said Tuesday the Select Board had included an article in the 2013 town warrant that would allow a full discussion of the proposal. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37199 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36607 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:37:44 GMT Wet snow on turbine blades during windy conditions caused the roaring sound that drew complaints about the Lowell wind turbines on Nov. 3 and 4. The noise, which at least 21 neighbors described as unbearable, began early in the morning of Saturday, Nov. 3, and continued into the next evening. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36607 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36476 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:25:45 GMT The signatures represent about 17 households, all of them east of Lowell Mountain. Nelson said the wind on Saturday and Sunday was blowing from the northwest. The signers include the chairman and one member of the Albany Selectboard. At Green Mountain Power, spokeswoman Dotty Schnure said the utility had received one complaint related to the weekend noise. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36476 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36511 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:59:36 GMT "I thought at first they were testing the F-35 fighter, roaring right over the mountain," said Mr. Potter, who estimates that he lives between a mile and a half and two miles from the turbines. "It sounded like a jet airplane over there," said Frank Coulter, a town selectman who lives three miles east of the turbines on the Center Hill Road. A half mile further east in Albany Center, David Lawrence said: "It was like a jet plane all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday." http://www.windaction.org/articles/36511 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36363 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:23:09 GMT Special thanks to the Cal-Rec for permitting us to post this article in full. ]]> Luann and Steve Therrien have been complaining since the spring about how noise from the turbines is impacting their family's sleep and more. ..."At Baily's [Luann's daughter] last doctor's visit, I voiced my concerns and she advised me move," she said. ...And Seager's [their toddler son] behavior is not good when the towers are loud." Special thanks to the Cal-Rec for permitting us to post this article in full. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36363 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36237 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:11:10 GMT "The problem I have with wind in particular is it's being done wrong in this state. You don't rape a pristine environment in exchange for intermittent power that has to be subsidized by the taxpayer to be built and by the ratepayer in order to be maintained," said Sen. Joe Benning, R-Caledonia County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36237 http://www.windaction.org/articles/36219 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:40:58 GMT Green Mountain Power is putting up a number of turbines that will generate power to thousands of homes on Lowell Mountain in Vermont. It's a project Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott supported, but was taken back by it during a recent bike trip. ...Now he wants the state to put a two-year moratorium on any new projects. http://www.windaction.org/articles/36219 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35836 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:49:11 GMT A new twist on two fronts in the legal dispute surrounding the wind project now under construction on top of Georgia Mountain, and it involves, of all things, Bennington Battle Day ...Also Thursday, the Department of Public Service filed documents before the state Public Service Board seeking relief on a series of permit violations inspectors found in a site visit to Georgia Mountain. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35836 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35846 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:10:03 GMT The board said that GMP should look at the value of the land as it exists today on the grand list in towns, with the potential for development, versus the value of the land with the development potential lost because of project noise levels. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35846 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35830 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:40:48 GMT The restraining order prevents neighbors from using the parts of their property near the project for agricultural, recreational, or any other purpose. Residents have been riding horses, walking, training dogs, and grazing cattle in the area around the project site for years. "At no time has anyone from GMCW or David Blittersdorf himself come to us and said they wanted to work with us on these issues. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35830