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/38667 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:38:13 GMT Fairhaven Wind developer Gordon Deane announced his intention Monday to recover from the town the lost profits of the two turbines the Fairhaven Board of Health ordered shut down overnight. His announcement was in reaction to news earlier Monday that the Board of Health had issued a written order to shut down the turbines at night. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38667 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38655 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:31:02 GMT "Continued operation of the wind turbines ... in excess of the limit set forth in the DEP noise regulations, during the hours of 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., constitutes a nuisance which is injurious to the public health," the order reads. The board also "hereby orders that the turbines not operate from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. until such time that the order is removed by the Board of Health." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38655 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38639 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:03:10 GMT Kingston Wind Independence co-owner and manager Kially Ruiz said that while there is still disagreement over the methodology, the monitoring will go forward as soon as MassDEP is ready to begin compliance testing. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38639 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38610 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:44:45 GMT Applause broke out the Fairhaven Town Hall, after the Board of Health voted to shut down the Fairhaven wind turbines from 7 at night until 7 every morning, effective immediately. The Health Department received over 400 complaints. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38610 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38603 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:59:44 GMT The Fairhaven Board of Health voted unanimously to shut down the town's two wind turbines between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. beginning tonight. ...the board of selectmen also voted to put the turbines' developers on 30 days notice because state testing of the turbines revealed that the turbines not only violated state noise regulation but also violated the contract between developers and the Board of Selectmen. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38603 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38593 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:14:09 GMT Tuesday night, selectmen approved a request from the Board of Health to hire an engineer to act as an outside consultant ...Selectmen Dennis Randall said the results of any study, no matter how scientific, can be brought into question, so the town needs to make sure the professional engineer hired to review the results of the flicker study is a neutral party. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38593 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38524 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:48:34 GMT "The evidence that the O'Donnell turbines are operating outside the boundaries of the DEP noise regulation is incontrovertible, and the effects are devastating," he writes. "Residents are being forced to abandon their homes during periods of high wind speeds. Others, with no alternative, simply hunker down and try to survive day-to-day with a debilitating lack of sleep." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38524 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38517 Fri, 31 May 2013 12:30:25 GMT Select Board Chairman Charles Murphy Sr. said last week he will move to shut the turbines down at night at a meeting Monday, June 10, with the Board of Health. ...Mr. Murphy said there is language on the contract that would allow the town to shut the turbines down if they have an adverse impact on town residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38517 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38460 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:08:21 GMT "The evidence that the O'Donnell turbines are operating outside the boundaries of the DEP noise regulation is incontrovertible, and the effects are devastating," he writes. "Residents are being forced to abandon their homes during periods of high wind speeds. Others, with no alternative, simply hunker down and try to survive day-to-day with a debilitating lack of sleep." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38460 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38470 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:45:24 GMT In an abrupt about face late last week, the Independence turbine owners at Kingston Wind Independence are refusing to participate a long-awaited acoustic monitoring study. The Board of Selectmen and Board of Health are sending a letter to the state Department of Environmental Protection this week asking that officials step in and provide assistance to the town. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38470 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38450 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:43 GMT The Falmouth wind turbine problem will also be a black mark on the wind industry both locally and internationally in the years ahead, he said. He compared the turbines to the odor that came from the wastewater treatment plant, which took 15 years of neighbors' complaints for the town to resolve the problem. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38450 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38430 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:05:45 GMT Tuesday night's Board of Health meeting erupted in angry shouts. This after the state Department of Environmental Protection showed the wind turbines often exceed legal noise limits. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38430 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38427 Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:17 GMT DEP Deputy Commissioner Martin Suuberg told the Board of Health that noise from the turbines exceeded state regulations in five of the 24 periods during which the DEP conducted testing. ...many in the audience began shouting for Board of Health Chairman Peter DeTerra to make a motion to shut down the wind turbines until Fairhaven Wind presented the board with a mitigation plan. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38427 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38381 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:41:38 GMT After years of complaints about noise and health effects, on May 21, 2013 residents of Falmouth, MA will vote on whether or not to tear down both of the town's wind turbines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38381 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38334 Sat, 11 May 2013 11:45:43 GMT A group of residents have complained that the noise and shadow flicker from the turbine, erected last year, are hurting their health. At the behest of the town's board of health, Scituate Wind hired Tech Environmental to see if the turbine complies with state noise standards. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38334 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38285 Fri, 03 May 2013 00:13:34 GMT Neil P. Andersen of Blacksmith Shop Road filed the appeal in November, asking the zoning board to overturn Building Commissioner Eladio R. Gore's ruling that Wind 1 did not present a nuisance by virtue of excessive noise-a ruling issued in response to a complaint by Mr. Andersen. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38285 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38120 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:04:05 GMT Thompson said that placing a 400-ft tall industrial wind turbine within 650 feet of a residence was "outrageous." "But that is exactly what has happened in the case of the McKeever family," he said. "And legislation allows wind developers and their engineering supporters to proceed with these developments using modeling that grossly understates the levels of noise and strobe light generated by these industrial wind turbines." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38120 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38048 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:57:13 GMT Burbine, 64, a small-business owner, said the residents who live near the turbine, which is off the Driftway, need relief. ..."You can't help but feel empathy, and (I'm) so sad for those people that are dealing with all of this without any real recourse," Burbine said."If we've got to spend a little bit of money, risk-wise, to say, ‘OK, let's turn it off from 7 p.m. at least until first thing in the morning,' we might risk $100,000," Gilmore said. "What's $100,000 (if we're protecting residents)?" http://www.windaction.org/articles/38048 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38025 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:41:07 GMT Murphy said he hopes to provide some relief for the 57 families who have filed complaints about the turbines at the wastewater treatment plant on Arsene Street, including the noise they generate. "I am sorry for all of your suffering and what you have been through," he said. "I realize that many of you tried to speak out and were denied a place on our agenda, and I thank you for your persistence." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38025 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38024 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:35:02 GMT Although it passed by a simple majority, Article 22 failed to yield the 2/3 majority needed for a vote on borrowing money. Selectmen plan to present an amended warrant article when special Town Meeting resumes at 7 p.m. April 10 at the Lawrence School auditorium. ...While Town Meeting Member Marc Finneran said, "This pits money against people's welfare, and I always come down on the side of people's welfare." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38024