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/22193 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:09:11 GMT Cohocton Wind Farm leaseholder Hal E. Graham told north country residents Wednesday night about the noise and other effects the 50-turbine wind farm has had on his and his neighbors' lives. Mr. Graham has one turbine on his property, 2,000 feet from his house. A neighbor has one 1,050 feet away from Mr. Graham's house. ... http://www.windaction.org/articles/22193 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7094 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:38:17 GMT Stamford town officials agreed last week to propose a 2,500-foot setback requirement in an ordinance they are creating to regulate wind-turbine installations. “It’s the strictest I’ve seen,” said Dave Groberg, director of business development for Chicago-based Invenergy, LLC, which hopes to install a line of turbines along a mountain ridge between Stamford and Roxbury. Town officials have been working on the ordinance since last year, and regulations are still in the early stages. A year-long moratorium on the wind-turbine development expires in February. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7094 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5846 Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:06:27 GMT If you have ever driven off campus, you have likely noticed giant windmills looming on the horizon. Part of a system of some twenty turbines, these iron giants comprise the Fenner Windpower Project, just one component of a nationwide initiative to utilize clean and renewable energy. Operational since the fall of 2000, the mills have the capacity to power about 10,000 homes solely by harnessing the energy of the wind as it sweeps over the Adirondacks and down the Chenango Valley. Despite their efficiency, the mammoth cost to assemble just one of these turbines (about $2.5 million dollars) has stirred local and national debate over cost versus benefit at the Fenner site, not to mention the intrusions they cause for residents. http://www.windaction.org/articles/5846 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6032 Thu, 25 May 2006 20:52:01 GMT But I was sitting at my kitchen table in North Buffalo, far from the wind farms of the Southern Tier, and such distance makes for simple, black-and-white comprehension. There are places in Western New York where wind energy isn’t so clear a choice. Places with names like Perry, Sheldon and Arkwright, rural towns perched atop the high glacial ridges to the east and south of the city, whose landscapes might soon be dominated by hundreds of towering, 400-foot windmills. As wind companies eye their windswept fields and make overtures to local town boards, divisions run deeper and deeper between citizens who disagree on the merits of wind farm development in their backyards. In such locales, the gray areas of wind development come into sharp focus. http://www.windaction.org/articles/6032 http://www.windaction.org/articles/2204 Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:47:56 GMT The idea of windmills brings to mind bucolic Renaissance paintings of Dutch landscapes and tulip beds. But that is hardly the experience of some who have to live next to the 400-foot electricity-generating windmills being built across America's breezy plains. http://www.windaction.org/articles/2204 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7670 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:32:41 GMT Two industrial wind turbine farms are proposed by parent UPC Wind Partners for the town of Cohocton, NY and will permanently alter the town. The large blades on MW scale turbines can at certain times produce moving shadows on the landscape or create distracting flicker on the scenery. To capture the wind these turbines are to be installed on hilltops around the town and thus have significant potential to create a shadow flicker nuisance at great distances from the turbines. All environmental effects of projects require consideration and possible mitigation. Siting selection is important since wind turbines are a permanent installation and may significantly impair resident’s enjoyment of neighboring lands or even personal health. http://www.windaction.org/articles/7670 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6566 Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:33:01 GMT Prepared for Horizon Wind Energy by Wind Engineers, Inc http://www.windaction.org/articles/6566 http://www.windaction.org/articles/923 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:48:49 GMT ...I want people to be well aware of the negative side of these giant windmills before allowing them to be built in your neighborhoods. http://www.windaction.org/articles/923 http://www.windaction.org/articles/927 Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:07:20 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/927 http://www.windaction.org/articles/10587 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:10:48 GMT Town officials who want to find out about wind power should book a room at the Flat Rock Inn in Tug Hill, in the midst of New York's largest wind plant, which has more than 150, 400-foot-high turbines. If they like the look during the day and the sound at night, they should come back and tell their constituents that the current proposal for wind power is just perfect. We, however, disagree. Yes, wind power is a wonderful solution to our energy problems but, like many good things, it can become a bad thing when used irresponsibly. Wind power plants must be carefully and responsibly sited and operated. The proposal as it stands is unsatisfactory and would seriously harm our community. http://www.windaction.org/articles/10587 http://www.windaction.org/articles/6202 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:07:06 GMT The commercial wind industry is making a mockery of environmental and renewable energy advocates who support them. They're often ruthless in their local activities, and will no doubt disappear long before we can hold them accountable for their indiscretions against us and against the planet. Where, I wonder, will Invenergy and others like them be when society realizes the folly of it all? http://www.windaction.org/articles/6202