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/12992 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:45:37 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/12992 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10340 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:52:11 GMT Wind turbines from the Cedar Creek Wind Energy Project are seen across the horizon behind one of the Pawnee Buttes. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10340 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11023 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:24:48 GMT East of Vienna near the Hungarian border http://www.windaction.org/articles/11023 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9165 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:08:51 GMT Workers build a new powerline in southwest Minnesota to take energy from wind turbines into the national grid. Utility companies are planning hundreds of miles of new lines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9165 http://www.windaction.org/articles/8449 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:32:28 GMT Maori have attacked plans for more wind turbines in the Tararua Ranges, saying turbines are weakening the mauri (life force) and mana of the hill tops. http://www.windaction.org/articles/8449 http://www.windaction.org/articles/8209 Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:54:22 GMT Some environmentalists oppose wind farms, such as this one in the Mojave Desert in California, because they consider the projects to be eyesores planted on near-pristine landscapes. http://www.windaction.org/articles/8209 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7895 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:04:31 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7895 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7333 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:03:28 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7333 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:28:53 GMT Photo of Turbine #9 taken from the north looking south. A map of the locations of the Mars Hill turbines is available at this link: http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6552 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4822 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:17:46 GMT ISLANDERS in Shetland will have the chance for the first time this weekend to see how a 600MW windfarm would affect the isles' landscape. Ever since the massive project was first mooted almost three years ago, public debate has been slow to get started. Today (Saturday 9/2/06) managers behind the Viking Energy project will exhibit computer generated images at the Shetland Showcase Exhibition, in the Lerwick Clickimin Centre. A comprehensive consultation website at www.vikingenergy.co.uk, designed to interact with the public, is also to go live at the weekend. The project has already been branded as far too big for Shetland by one local environmental campaigner. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4822 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4255 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:16:55 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4255 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4147 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:42:32 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned http://www.windaction.org/articles/4147 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4146 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:40:46 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned http://www.windaction.org/articles/4146 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4145 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:38:56 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned http://www.windaction.org/articles/4145 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4144 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:35:58 GMT The South Pointe wind plant was built in 1986 and later abandoned. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4144 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2628 Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:39:25 GMT Norbert Woerns recently took this photo of the Mojave Wind installation as he was driving down a freeway in Southern California toward the Joshua Tree National Park. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2628 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2540 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:56:18 GMT If you were in any doubt about the pros and cons of building ten wind turbines at Bradwell on Sea, perhaps the photograph below will help you decide. This is the impact just ten such turbines will have on the tranquillity of the area, there could be as many as thirty nine in the adjacent country side if construction is approved.

The photograph, taken from St. Nicholas Church, Tillingham, depicts the view across the Bradwell marshes alongside St. Peter’s Way where the Wind Farm is to be sited. The turbines have been superimposed and are accurately portrayed in both scale and position.

The machines will totally dominate the landscape for four or five miles around, will be visible up to twenty miles away and will seriously affect the ambience and spirituality of St. Peter’s on the Wall which is the oldest church of its type in the world.

The scale and environmental impact of this industrial development in a rural and tranquil area will be enormous. The resulting electricity produced is minimal and expensive; the Carbon Dioxide emission savings are insignificant on a UK scale and too small to measure on a world scale.

Maldon District Council advises that should you want to make representation about this proposal then quote Application No. FUL/MAL/06/00291 and write to The Chief Planning Officer, Council Offices, Princes Road, Maldon, CM9 5DL or email to dc.planning@maldon.gov.uk.</p. Neil Yates On behalf of 900 plus BATTLE members. ]]> A Gale of protest is forming on the Dengie Marshes If you were in any doubt about the pros and cons of building ten wind turbines at Bradwell on Sea, perhaps the photograph below will help you decide. This is the impact just ten such turbines will have on the tranquillity of the area, there could be as many as thirty nine in the adjacent country side if construction is approved. The photograph, taken from St. Nicholas Church, Tillingham, depicts the view across the Bradwell marshes alongside St. Peter’s Way where the Wind Farm is to be sited. The turbines have been superimposed and are accurately portrayed in both scale and position. The machines will totally dominate the landscape for four or five miles around, will be visible up to twenty miles away and will seriously affect the ambience and spirituality of St. Peter’s on the Wall which is the oldest church of its type in the world. The scale and environmental impact of this industrial development in a rural and tranquil area will be enormous. The resulting electricity produced is minimal and expensive; the Carbon Dioxide emission savings are insignificant on a UK scale and too small to measure on a world scale. Maldon District Council advises that should you want to make representation about this proposal then quote Application No. FUL/MAL/06/00291 and write to The Chief Planning Officer, Council Offices, Princes Road, Maldon, CM9 5DL or email to dc.planning@maldon.gov.uk. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2540 http://www.windaction.org/articles/32831 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 06:42:06 GMT Although wind energy production is increasing in the Mountain State, two groups argue that it might ultimately be detrimental. Every energy source has its critics ranging from the oil and gas industry to the wind industry and although these sources have their benefits, there is a downside to the equation. http://www.windaction.org/articles/32831 http://www.windaction.org/articles/28749 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:32:57 GMT The belief that wind turbines would spoil the view from the Lake Ontario shore is the most often-cited reason for opposing the New York Power Authority's proposed wind power project, according to Niagara County Legislator David E. Godfrey, R-Wilson. http://www.windaction.org/articles/28749 http://www.windaction.org/articles/27589 Wed, 26 May 2010 21:03:46 GMT The decision on whether to give the go ahead for Enertrag UK Ltd to locate a wind farm at Chase Farm, Baumber, is due to be made at a three-week-long public inquiry beginning on October 5. ..."We do feel strongly that this proposal at Baumber is not the right site. The countryside and old buildings of our county are very precious and it is so easy to damage them by not thinking carefully about the ways that they could change." http://www.windaction.org/articles/27589