facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts Windaction http://www.windaction.org/articles/c95+61?theme=atom Xarayar 2006-06-12T02:16:27Z .36992 2013-01-09T20:28:45Z 2013-01-09T20:28:45Z

Iberdrola Business Development Manager Jenny Briot has stated that her company is canceling 100 projects in the United States, according to leaseholder James Pitcher, who had been in conversations with her regarding the future of wind in Hammond and elsewhere.

.36899 2012-12-29T21:56:26Z 2012-12-29T21:56:26Z

Wind energy plans have been shrinking in the state, as the industry faces a glut of cheap natural gas resulting from hydrofracking, uncertainty over federal support and dwindling financing.

.36017 2012-09-13T21:31:29Z 2012-09-13T21:31:29Z

"Industrial wind companies have pulled the wool over the eyes of the American public for far too long and left far too many victims in their path," Mrs. Hamilton said. "The real victims are the thousands upon thousands of people who now live in divided towns across this country and world ...

.34266 2012-02-03T01:46:19Z 2012-02-03T01:46:19Z

Wind power - wait, not so fast, says "Windfall," Laura Israel's urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. An account of rural Meredith, in upstate New York, when wind turbines came to town, the film depicts the perils of a booming industry and the bitter rancor it sowed among a citizenry.

.34240 2012-01-30T18:38:03Z 2012-01-30T18:38:03Z

President Obama got bipartisan applause during his State of the Union address when he called for an all-out clean-energy initiative. But a new film serves as a cautionary tale. ..."Windfall" opens Friday in New York City and will be available through Video On Demand. Details of screenings can be found at WindfallTheMovie.com .

.34208 2012-01-27T19:23:18Z 2012-01-27T19:23:18Z

"I want to create discussion and encourage people to look at this industrial development for what it is - industrial development," she says. "I want them to discuss it in a more balanced way." Don Quixote, she's not. And she's certainly produced an eye-opener of a film.

.34079 2012-01-12T23:44:58Z 2012-01-12T23:44:58Z

The film, which was an official selection at the Toronto Film Festival, shows both the pros and cons of living with turbines - from the noise to the positive environmental impact. However, what it highlights most is how the technology bitterly divides a community.

.31736 2011-04-18T12:45:03Z 2011-04-18T12:45:03Z

Today, none of those large-scale proposals are active, a circumstance that in some cases is attributed to fierce public opposition. Two months ago the Canadian province of Ontario, which had been promoting wind energy, terminated or suspended all offshore projects.

.29977 2010-10-15T18:05:49Z 2010-10-15T18:05:49Z

Last spring, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) put out $200 million in state funding, some of which went to large-scale wind farms. But wind companies eyeing development in New York say the pot's not sweet enough. Developers want assurances that they can make money once the wind farms are built.

.29066 2010-09-10T15:03:59Z 2010-09-10T15:03:59Z

A scene from �Windfall��Windfall,� a new documentary that premieres Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, could take the sails out of wind power. The film observes the deeply divided residents of Meredith, New York � an Upstate farm community in decline � as they debate the pros and cons of allowing wind turbines on their land.

.27958 2010-06-26T21:13:15Z 2010-06-26T21:13:15Z

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 -- also known as the "cap and trade" bill -- will harm manufacturing jobs and farming by dramatically increasing energy costs, said Gibson, the Republican candidate for the 20th Congressional District seat. The House, with the vote of incumbent Rep. Scott Murphy, passed the bill with a 219-212 vote a year ago. The Senate hasn't voted on the bill.

.26774 2010-04-18T13:39:07Z 2010-04-18T13:39:07Z

Suddenly, the Great Lakes are awash in plans for offshore wind farms. The New York Power Authority wants developers to place electricity-generating turbines a few miles off the shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. In five years, officials say, the waters off Rochester or Wayne County could be home to dozens of turbines. Two similar projects are proposed on the Canadian side of the lake, a sprawling 500-turbine project in western Lake Erie has been announced, and twin wind farms are being promoted in Lake Michigan.

.24870 2009-12-30T20:13:14Z 2009-12-30T20:13:14Z

The nearly 200 wind turbines between Lowville and Barnes Corners provide a surreal image to the Tug Hill plateau ...It's an ideal location for wind energy but ten miles away is a doppler radar tower operated by the National Weather Service.

.24632 2009-12-16T18:15:44Z 2009-12-16T18:15:44Z

Studies of a potential community wind power project are starting, thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The project won a $99,000 grant through the Rural Business Enterprise Grant program. The money is supporting a feasibility study on the capacity of the local grid, possible sites for wind turbines, analysis of the wind resource and data collection on noise and environmental issues.

.23993 2009-11-08T14:11:49Z 2009-11-08T14:11:49Z

Bill Evans wants to make it clear he's not against wind turbines. "I'm not anti-wind. I'm a consultant who people call from both sides when there's a concern about the impact on migrating birds," he said. Evans, 50, is an Ithaca-based ornithologist who has studied bird migration in North America for more than 25 years. He helped start the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's research into avian night flight calls in the mid-1990s and in 1998 founded the non-profit group Old Bird Inc.

.23027 2009-09-07T21:18:13Z 2009-09-07T21:18:13Z

Every state in the Northeast has set a target for increasing the amount of renewable energy it produces. Wind power is a big part of this push, but it may pose a danger to birds and bats. As part of a collaboration of northeast public radio stations, David Chanatry reports from the site of the biggest wind farm in the region.

.21793 2009-06-27T11:22:57Z 2009-06-27T11:22:57Z

For the first time ever, the House on Friday passed a plan to combat climate change, a top priority of President Obama's that Rep. Brian Higgins said could rescue the Western New York economy. The bill's opponents, however, were vehement in their contention that the bill could break the bank of the nation's consumers. ...The bill now moves on to the Senate, where its prospects are murky.

.21727 2009-06-23T00:31:14Z 2009-06-23T00:31:14Z

New York Regional Interconnect Inc. is seeking help from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revive plans for a large electrical transmission line from Marcy in Oneida County to New Windsor in Orange County. In two years of meetings and hearings, the proposed line was condemned by most local residents, officials and activists, who deemed it unnecessary, too expensive, and a threat to health and property values.

.20253 2009-03-02T14:03:45Z 2009-03-02T14:03:45Z

.18932 2008-11-23T03:17:37Z 2008-11-23T03:17:37Z

Wind development in New York has hit a bit of turbulence. The nationwide financial crisis has put the brakes on a wind farm under construction in northern New York and another developer has aborted possible projects in eastern and central New York after trouble securing land. And wind energy companies are now being asked to abide by a code of ethics by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.