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/19492 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:11:55 GMT This photo of the Newburyport wind turbine (292-feet tall) was taken from at the rear property line of a nearby residence. The residents in the area have expressed their concerns to the city about noise, flicker, ice throws and other safety issues. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19492 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/38424 Wed, 22 May 2013 13:22:14 GMT Forty-one percent of registered voters - 9,873 out of 24,158 - turned out to cast ballots on 18 questions, including Question 2, which would have authorized the decommissioning, dismantling and removal of the turbines. ...The selectmen, who support removing the turbines, will now have to find another way to deal with the ongoing dispute. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38424 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38438 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:02:57 GMT Board of Selectmen Chairman Charlie Murphy had called for a meeting in April between the Boards of Health and Selectmen to look into turning the turbines off between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. On Wednesday, he said the study's findings have only strengthened his resolve to "give our residents a good night's sleep." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38438 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/38358 Thu, 16 May 2013 02:19:50 GMT Opposition is growing and, in turn, putting pressure on turbine owners, public and private, to defend their investments. In March, Doreen Reilly, who lives about 1,000 feet from the turbine, told Fox 25 Boston that staying in her home with the noise and strobe effects was "torture." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38358 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/38208 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:39:08 GMT You'll meet people from New York and Massachusetts, living just 120 miles apart, but claiming to have similar health issues they attribute to giant wind turbines in their backyards. "It sounds just like a prop jet outside the house," says Keith Dillenbeck, a dairy farmer in Herkimer County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38208 http://www.windaction.org/articles/38205 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:35:58 GMT All five wind turbines in Kingston - the Independence, Mary O'Donnell's three turbines and the T's turbine - will be part of a shadow flicker study coordinated by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Monday night, the Board of Health informed residents and others at a meeting for discussion of possible new shadow flicker regulations that the study would start this week. A report from the contractor CEC chooses to conduct the study would be completed by June 10. http://www.windaction.org/articles/38205 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/38040 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:15:10 GMT In a vote separated only by 14 people, residents at Scituate's Town Meeting rejected an effort to withdraw support for the town's 400-foot tall turbine. ...Thompson said he was not disheartened by the vote, but emboldened. "I'm very encouraged. ...We'll continue to follow due process. We knew this was a non binding resolution, but I think this sends a message to the town." http://www.windaction.org/articles/38040 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 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37988 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:09:34 GMT Though town officials say they're not obligated to follow the direction of the vote, and turbine owners caution against immediate action, residents are still hopeful that their voices will have some impact. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37988 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37983 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:02:00 GMT "This is something that has polarized the community. It was a situation in which Murphy's Law played out," said Selectman Kevin Murphy, chairman of the board, with no pun intended. ...But the suffering Falmouth residents endure in their own homes requires the turbines' removal, Cool said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37983 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37993 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:13:23 GMT “We have filed noise complaints with the Board of Health since May of 2012, we have been at every meeting and have led most of the discussions regarding noise issues related to the Independence turbine and the negative impact to our lives,” Doreen Reilly said. “It is crucial that our home be included as part of the acoustical sound study.” http://www.windaction.org/articles/37993 http://www.windaction.org/articles/37976 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:30:59 GMT The Falmouth Board of Selectmen and the Falmouth Finance Committee held a joint April 4 meeting and unanimously stood by the selectmen's prior vote to remove the town's wind turbines, despite receiving none of their requested financial assistance from the state to do so. The latest estimate is that it will cost the town about $14 million to remove both Wind 1 and Wind 2. http://www.windaction.org/articles/37976