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/972 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:22:27 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/972 http://www.windaction.org/articles/971 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:20:10 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/971 http://www.windaction.org/articles/1044 Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:00:00 GMT This graphic shows the relationship between the height of turbines and the collision threat to nocturnal migrants at the Chautauqua Windplant, NY, in the Fall of 2003. A companion graphic included in the NWW photo gallery depicts this threat to noctural migrants in the Spring of 2003. http://www.windaction.org/articles/1044 http://www.windaction.org/articles/1042 Tue, 01 Apr 2003 05:00:00 GMT This graphic shows the relationship between the height of turbines and the collision threat to nocturnal migrants at the Chautauqua Windplant, NY, in the Spring of 2003. A companion graphic included in the NWW photo gallery depicts this threat to noctural migrants in the Fall of 2003. http://www.windaction.org/articles/1042 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23993 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:11:49 GMT Bill Evans wants to make it clear he's not against wind turbines. "I'm not anti-wind. I'm a consultant who people call from both sides when there's a concern about the impact on migrating birds," he said. Evans, 50, is an Ithaca-based ornithologist who has studied bird migration in North America for more than 25 years. He helped start the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's research into avian night flight calls in the mid-1990s and in 1998 founded the non-profit group Old Bird Inc. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23993 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23757 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:34:09 GMT The 39-turbine Roaring Brook wind farm project in the town of Martinsburg received little public comment Wednesday. And the four people who did speak at the town Planning Board public hearing on the project expressed mixed opinions. "There is insufficient evidence to suggest that birds won't be displaced by Roaring Brook Wind Farm," said Chris K. Lajewski, the Northern New York land steward for the Nature Conservancy. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23757 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23322 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:04:07 GMT Every state in the northeast has set a target for increasing the amount of renewable energy it produces. Wind power is a big part of this push. Those towers and turbine blades can pose dangers to birds and bats. With more interest nationally in developing wind power, scientists are searching for more answers about the impacts, and how to minimize them. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23322 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23027 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:18:13 GMT Every state in the Northeast has set a target for increasing the amount of renewable energy it produces. Wind power is a big part of this push, but it may pose a danger to birds and bats. As part of a collaboration of northeast public radio stations, David Chanatry reports from the site of the biggest wind farm in the region. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23027 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22269 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:37:22 GMT The state Department of Environmental Conservation wants to see more studies in the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm's draft environmental impact statement. Upstate NY Power Corp., backed by Pattern Energy Group LP, San Francisco, plans to build an 84-turbine wind farm on the island rated at 252 megawatts. Recently, Pattern bought out Babcock & Brown Ltd. http://www.windaction.org/articles/22269 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21553 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:11:02 GMT Comments on the proposed Galloo Island Wind Farm submitted to the state Department of Environmental Conservation criticize the project's effects on birds and animals and ask for public access. DEC collected 22 written comments on the draft environmental impact statement submitted by Galloo Island developer Upstate NY Power Corp. Oral comments were taken at two public hearings May 18. As lead agency, DEC collects comments and then determines whether the draft statement is complete. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21553 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21266 Mon, 18 May 2009 03:08:31 GMT More than 90,000 households could be powered by the proposed Hounsfield Wind Farm on Galloo Island in Jefferson County. "This is a real opportunity for renewable energy in New York State. It's a very unique site. There are not too many islands that, I think, in the New York waters that would be suitable for a wind farm," said Jack Nasca, Department of Environmental Conservation. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21266 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20946 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:38:56 GMT Town officials would like to regulate wind energy and adult entertainment, asking for the public's opinions regarding both issues. ...Supervisor Sally Carlson said about seven people from the Jamestown Audubon Society raised concerns during Tuesday's wind energy hearing about the possibility of commercial windmills within two miles of Chautauqua Lake affecting migratory birds. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20946 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20327 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:22:25 GMT As several wind power projects finish their supplemental environmental impact statements, the state Department of Environmental Conservation has sent out reminders that projects may need state permits for accidental deaths of threatened or endangered species. Region 6 Wildlife Manager William H. Gordon sent letters, dated Jan. 27, to the towns of Cape Vincent and Clayton addressing BP Alternative Energy's Cape Vincent Wind Farm, Acciona's St. Lawrence Wind Farm and Iberdrola's Horse Creek Wind Farm. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20327 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20292 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:17:09 GMT The state DEC office has released a much anticipated draft assessment on possible impacts of a wind farm to be located on a island just off of Sackets Harbor. The project, proposed by a West Seneca Company, Upstate New York Power Corporation, would put 84 wind turbines on Galloo Island, about 12 miles west of Sackets. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20292 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20049 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:02:45 GMT Wind energy developers in New York now have guidelines on how to survey potential turbine sites for their impact on birds and bats. Earlier this month, the state Department of Environmental Conservation issued its advice regarding how to minimize damage to bat and bird habitats. "These guidelines set forth DEC's recommendations to commercial wind energy developers on how to characterize bird and bat resources at on-shore wind energy sites and how to estimate and document impacts resulting from the construction and operation of these projects." http://www.windaction.org/articles/20049 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19732 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:40:27 GMT The company building the wind plant on Wolfe Island has withdrawn an appeal it had launched to avoid being held responsible for a diesel spill that occurred last fall. Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. had appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal, an independent provincial agency, after failing to comply with a director's order the Ministry of the Environment issued as a result of the spill. The firm launched the appeal in an effort to have its name removed from the order. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19732 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19691 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:10:40 GMT The town of Orleans citizens wind committee agreed on a chairman at its meeting Friday night. ...At the next meeting, 7 p.m. Feb. 6 at the Orleans town office, Paul E. Carr, an engineering professor at Cornell University, Ithaca, and Clifford P. Schneider will present information on turbine noise. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19691 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17128 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:55:05 GMT Various people with various opinions, all wishing to find out more information and ask questions about the 142-megawatt, 95-turbine wind project planned for the agricultural areas of Cape Vincent. BP Alternative Energy held an open house Wednesday to inform people of the potential project. The company detailed where they would build roads, place transmission lines and most importantly, put up turbines. ...This project is in the middle of a SEQR process. Environmental, visual and sound studies could be done as early as October. http://www.windaction.org/articles/17128 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16462 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:13:31 GMT Iberdrola Renewables is considering options for Horse Creek Wind Farm about two weeks after it told the Clayton Planning Board it was suspending its application. While the company insists it was an internal decision, its representative did admit that the nearby Indiana bat population was a consideration. Indiana bats are an endangered species and there is a hibernation spot near the proposed wind project. The bats also have been affected by white nose syndrome, the mysterious ailment that has killed thousands of bats. The loss of the endangered species to disease has made federal wildlife experts even more sensitive to losses induced by man. http://www.windaction.org/articles/16462 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16260 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:36:02 GMT The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has sent a letter to to the developers of three wind farms in upstate New York strongly urging they consider other locations for their proposed projects. Biologists for the agency are concerned that the wind farms will further threaten imperiled bat populations suffering from an unprecedented die-off. One of the wind energy developers, Iberdrola Renewables has decided to hold off on moving forward with the Horse Creek project until the impacts of white nose syndrome on bat populations are better understood. But developers of the other two projects have yet to make similar moves. http://www.windaction.org/articles/16260