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/4166 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:58:12 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4166 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4165 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 11:56:54 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/4165 http://www.windaction.org/articles/35972 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 19:58:15 GMT Bird deaths by the town's wind turbines are causing concern among local birders even though some favor alternative energy. Photos of dead birds were taken by Windwise, which opposes the turbines, and e-mailed to the Advocate. On Tuesday, Windwise member Ken Pottel said someone from the state environmental police is looking into it. http://www.windaction.org/articles/35972 http://www.windaction.org/articles/26270 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:08:13 GMT A group of environmental organizations and opponents of wind energy projects say they likely will file suit if the federal government approves the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm. A 60-day notice of violations of the Endangered Species Act was sent this week to Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin and to the U.S. Interior Department and other federal agencies that have reviewed Cape Wind's plan to build 130 wind turbines in the sound. http://www.windaction.org/articles/26270 http://www.windaction.org/articles/26266 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:13:51 GMT Cape Wind critics threw up an eleventh-hour roadblock this week, accusing two U.S. government agencies that approved portions of the proposed offshore wind energy project of violating federal laws. "We put them on notice," said Lisa Linowes, executive director of the Industrial Wind Action Group, which tracks the benefits of wind energy projects. Her group and eight others filed a 60-day notice of violations with U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. http://www.windaction.org/articles/26266 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20308 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:59:04 GMT The major ecological concern when five wind turbines were built here several years ago was whether they would kill migrating birds. They have, including two ospreys and a peregrine falcon. But as it turns out, it isn't the death of birds that is drawing the most attention. The real casualty is bats. The New Jersey Audubon Society is halfway through a three-year study on the impact of the turbines, and so far twice as many bats as birds have died. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20308 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19587 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:42:12 GMT The Minerals Management Service's 800 page Final Environmental Impact Statement on Cape Wind was released on Friday and in a largely favorable review found nearly all impacts to be negligible or minor. The few exceptions, where the 130 turbine wind farm would potentially or certainly have moderate to major impact were on birds, especially marine birds such as terns or sea ducks, on navigation and safety of recreational or commercial fishing boats, although those effects could be mitigated, and on visual resources of Nantucket Sound. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19587 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19560 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:12:04 GMT Massachusetts and Vermont wildlife officials are asking the public to help identify bats affected by a mysterious illness known as white nose syndrome. This time of year, bats are normally hibernating in caves and in abandoned mines across the Northeast. But researchers are getting reports of bats weakly flying around in broad daylight or dying on decks and in backyards. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19560 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11764 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:52:45 GMT While Cape Wind faces stiff opposition to its proposed turbine site in Nantucket Sound, the other wind farm in southeastern Massachusetts appears to be moving forward without the same intense scrutiny. That could change, however, when the results of an avian study being conducted in Buzzards Bay are known. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11764 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10638 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:59:03 GMT NEW BEDFORD - The Boston developer who wants to build a 300-megawatt wind farm in Buzzards Bay called the results of preliminary bird studies "encouraging" but said it is too early to determine whether threats to endangered terns that nest and feed in the bay could kill the $750 million project. "I am fifty-percent comfortable," said Jay Cashman of Patriot Renewables, LLC., a renewable energy subsidiary of his construction company, Jay Cashman Inc. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10638 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4575 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:52:25 GMT The phrase ''not permittable'' is typically the last thing a developer wants to hear. But that's exactly what the state environmental office has called Boston construction magnate Jay Cashman's proposal to build a 120-turbine offshore wind farm in three clustered Buzzards Bay sites. If Cashman wants to pursue his renewable energy plan, he ''proceeds at the risk of denial'' because the sites fall within the Cape and Islands Ocean Sanctuary, according to a certificate written by former Secretary of Environmental Affairs Stephen Pritchard that lays out the state's scope of review over the project. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4575 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4535 Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:46:21 GMT A Romney administration report has concluded that a proposal by a prominent Boston developer to build up to 120 wind turbines off Buzzards Bay would violate state law and could threaten an endangered species of bird. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4535 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4077 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:14:14 GMT Boston construction giant Jay Cashman wants to build a massive wind farm in pristine Buzzards Bay, but says there is one potential obstacle. "The one thing I am concerned about is birds," Mr. Cashman told a group in Fairhaven when he unveiled his $750 million renewable energy project earlier this month. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4077 http://www.windaction.org/articles/4072 Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:40:50 GMT BUZZARDS BAY — Researchers at Massachusetts Maritime Academy are studying how the school's new 241-foot wind turbine is affecting the flight patterns of birds that fly around the windy campus. http://www.windaction.org/articles/4072 http://www.windaction.org/articles/3347 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:44:12 GMT Before Cape Wind can build turbines on the sound, it first must prove to skeptics - and the state - that, among other things, the 417-foot-tall towers won't harm birds. http://www.windaction.org/articles/3347 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2262 Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:02:54 GMT The Massachusetts Audubon Society gave its preliminary blessing yesterday to a large-scale wind power project off Cape Cod, saying its studies show that turbine blades are not likely to cause significant harm to birds, as the group had once feared.......But the group said its final decision will hinge on additional research of several bird species. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2262 http://www.windaction.org/articles/748 Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:56:00 GMT When it comes to Cape Wind Associates’ plan to create a 130-turbine wind farm on Nantucket Sound, environmentalists not only disagree, some can’t even agree as to whether or not there’s a disagreement. http://www.windaction.org/articles/748 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19145 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:41:55 GMT Let's look at Bird Island off the coast of Marion in the center of Buzzards Bay, and what towns around the bay have plans for commercial wind turbines. ...In several years, Bird Island, the largest nesting area of roseate terns in North America, will be surrounded by commercial wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19145 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19069 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:31:10 GMT The US Fish and Wildlife Service just completed a 97-page "biological opinion" that the 130-wind turbine project off Cape Cod will not harm the Roseate Terns. ...In several years Bird Island, the largest nesting area of Rosate Terns in North America in Buzzards Bay, will be surrounded by commercial wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19069 http://www.windaction.org/articles/17403 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:54:03 GMT There is a face-off brewing between two federal agencies over the fate of birds in Nantucket Sound, centering on the Cape Wind energy project. At issue is whether the U.S. Minerals Management Service defers to the cautionary advice of its expert peer, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, or will it ramrod the Cape Wind project forward, driven by political considerations? ...In the apparent hurry to permit the Cape Wind project this year, Minerals Management seems poised to ignore the Fish & Wildlife Service. Citizen action is needed to get the message across to Minerals Management: "Proceed with caution. Do not play 'wind turbine Russian Roulette' with endangered species. Move Cape Wind elsewhere, out of harm's way!" http://www.windaction.org/articles/17403