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/31442 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:39:40 GMT In Ogden Township, petitions are being circulated against Supervisor James Goetz and Clerk Phyllis Gentz. Both are accused of having conflicts of interest for lease agreements they signed with would-be developers for unspecified payments if any turbines are erected on their farmland. http://www.windaction.org/articles/31442 http://www.windaction.org/articles/31403 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:28:03 GMT Wind turbines are touted by developers as a source of clean, locally produced energy. But the huge turbines also produce a not-in-my-backyard backlash from some who fear declining property values because of noise, vibrations, and shadow-flickering. Concerns about digital TV reception also are being raised. http://www.windaction.org/articles/31403 http://www.windaction.org/articles/31021 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 13:51:48 GMT Issues range from shadow flickering to noise to lowered property values, they said. "Our politicians are trying to pound square pegs into round holes," said Tom Stacy, a critic of the wind industry who lives in Logan County and belongs to the national energy policy committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. http://www.windaction.org/articles/31021 http://www.windaction.org/articles/26599 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 04:09:31 GMT Proponents of wind turbines tout their ability to cleanly generate power, transmit it to the grid and do so without the pollution of coal plants and potential dangers of nuclear sites. But opponents of the giant propellers worry about the noise they create along with threats to birds, disruption to lakebeds in construction, and the possible difficulties in actually getting the power to transmission lines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/26599 http://www.windaction.org/articles/32780 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:22:23 GMT In Michigan's Lenawee County and near the Ohio-Indiana state line, proposals to install wind turbines are attracting organized opposition. It is easy -- but unfair -- to dismiss this as an expression of classic Not In My Back Yard sentiments. If majority opinion and market forces lead to zoning ordinances that discourage developers from operating in an area, they must be respected. http://www.windaction.org/articles/32780