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/21709 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT This sign outside the Cedar Creek wind energy facility forbids the public to walk the land near the Pawnee Buttes in Colorado. After centuries of this land being open to people, this historic area now serves as an industrial power facility. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21709 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24146 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:51:03 GMT Being green, without annoying your neighbors, was high on the list of residents' requirements for the regulation of small wind energy conversion systems at last week's special meeting of the planning commission. While not calling for a ban on wind turbines, many residents requested that commissioners write regulations to make the wind turbines as difficult to install as possible and suggested the alternative of a wind farm here, located on one property, rather than allowing individual systems on eligible parcels. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24146 http://www.windaction.org/articles/22810 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:58:24 GMT Community development director Bob Joseph told the Estes Valley Planning commissioners Tuesday night that a public meeting held last Thursday night regarding residential wind turbine regulations has led to some useful discussions. "We're starting to see people's opinions form," he said. "We're hearing them. We will continue with this effort to get some kind of code adopted during the moratorium." http://www.windaction.org/articles/22810 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21674 Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:27:33 GMT Xcel Energy and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association have filed with the commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the lines, which the companies say will increase the reliability of the grid in the valley and increase their ability to export electricity generated from wind and solar farms in Southern Colorado. ...An administrative law judge will hold a pre-hearing conference Friday in Denver to consider the intervention requests. The utilities commission has until Jan. 26 to decide on the applications by Xcel and Tri-State. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21674 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10442 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:31:41 GMT SEI, the school for renewable energy and sustainable housing technology, won approval June 4 from the Board of County Commissioners for its bid to erect a 106-foot-high tower on its year-old Paonia campus. The tower will support an electricity generating turbine with blades spanning 12 feet to be used for class instruction and to produce power for the school's use. The BoCC, sitting with commission chair Jan McCracken absent, voted 2-0 in favor of the schools proposal after hearing comments from neighbors both in support and opposition of the plan. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10442 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21405 Sun, 31 May 2009 12:45:59 GMT What I remembered most was the quiet solitude, listening to the gentle breezes brush though the grass against my tent. When I arrived at the trailhead I was appalled to see windmills as far as the eye could see to the north and west. Being sadly disappointed, I headed further east in search of more Chalk Bluffs that could afford some good photography. I drove all the way to Sterling and could not find one bit of the plateau without windmills. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21405