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/11591 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:10:49 GMT Turbine in Hull Massachusetts http://www.windaction.org/articles/11591 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10690 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:13:32 GMT The blades of the wind turbine ‘Zephyr’ are raised yesterday at Jiminy Peak. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10690 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9457 Thu, 10 May 2007 11:18:41 GMT A TALL ORDER: This wind turbine at the Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne towers over nearby houses. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9457 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9224 Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:17:04 GMT A wind turbine next to the Hull, Mass., high school, located in the shadow of Boston, in 2006. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9224 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7628 Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:42:01 GMT This 100 kilowatt Fuhrlander wind turbine, owned by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, is located in Dorchester http://www.windaction.org/articles/7628 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5764 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:54:37 GMT New computer simulations of Cape Wind provide views of how the project will look from some of the state's favorite vacation spots. Here's a view from Oak Bluffs in Martha's Vineyard. http://www.windaction.org/articles/5764 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4205 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:04:33 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4205 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4164 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:46:31 GMT This 164-foot-tall wind turbine has stood at the tip of Hull since 2001. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4164 http://www.windaction.org/articles/3605 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:29:59 GMT This photo shows a representation of how 196.85-foot-tall wind turbines might appear at the former Tilcon site on Nauset Road in North Eastham. The proposed turbines for this site would be close to 400 feet tall. http://www.windaction.org/articles/3605 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2417 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 11:50:12 GMT This photo shows an artist's conception of the proposed energy-producing wind farm by Cape Wind Associates. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2417 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38408 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:20:59 GMT John Wethington has asked a Superior Court judge to throw out April's much-disputed election results and compel a new Board of Health race. [Note: The outcome of the election would impact how the community addressed noise from the Fairhaven wind turbines.] http://www.windaction.org/articles/38408 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38394 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:29:12 GMT "Clearly, very few people asked questions, and everyone was on board," Davis said. "It became clear this year to me and to other people who were sort of on the sidelines watching "» we really had a problem here, and it was tearing our community apart." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38394 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38385 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:22 GMT In an about face, the Independence turbine owners at Kingston Wind Independence are refusing to participate a long-awaited acoustic monitoring study. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38385 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38374 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:02 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/38374 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38390 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:12:04 GMT Falmouth was among the first towns in Massachusetts to install large turbines so close to homes. When people complained, the town tried curtailing their operation when it got real windy. Then they shut them off at night. They even considered buying out the homeowners. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38390 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38325 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:49:33 GMT The zoning board of appeals declared two town-owned wind turbines a nuisance in a 4-1 vote Thursday night. The decision overturned Building Commissioner Eladio Gore's determination that noise from the turbines did not constitute a nuisance. Turbine abutter Neil Andersen, of 211 Blacksmith Shop Road, appealed that decision in November, and the board closed that hearing last week. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38325 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38316 Thu, 09 May 2013 21:08:09 GMT In the second half of a four-hour annual town meeting, residents unanimously approved a one-year extension of the town's wind-turbine moratorium and bought the Highway Department a new, used pick-up truck and a reversible, power-angled snow plow. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38316 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38295 Tue, 07 May 2013 17:17:54 GMT For some projects, the town bylaws require surety bonds - money set aside to cover any cost to the town in the event a developer doesn't finish a project or, in this case, if a wind turbine needs to be decommissioned. ...But Camelot Wind, the company that owns the Camelot Park turbine, says no insurance company will sign off on such a lengthy bond. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38295 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38281 Sat, 04 May 2013 13:00:41 GMT The Board of Health has been discussing creating shadow flicker regulations and may hire an engineer with knowledge of flicker effect to analyze the flicker study report. The question, was there ever a shadow flicker study done before the Independence was installed, has been a point of contention at public meetings as recently as last week. Town Planner Tom Bott, for one, has come under fire by Leland Road residents Doreen and Sean Reilly, among others. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38281 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38249 Wed, 01 May 2013 22:40:07 GMT Town Meeting would have to approve the spending of $8.3 million, which includes $4.9 million borrowed to construct Wind 2, $2 million to pay back the renewable energy credits, and $1.4 million to remove both turbines. That is the same amount Town Meeting failed to authorize earlier this month by six votes shy of a two-thirds majority. "I'm guardedly optimistic" that the ballot question will pass, Mr. Suso said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38249