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/23742 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:30:19 GMT Wind turbines on a ridge near Centralia, Columbia County in Pennsylvania. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23742 http://www.windaction.org/articles/13483 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:57:50 GMT This met tower was toppled following harsh winter weather atop Ice Mountain. http://www.windaction.org/articles/13483 http://www.windaction.org/articles/14960 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/14960 http://www.windaction.org/articles/13218 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 15:11:23 GMT This photo was taken in Somerset County at around 4pm on Dec. 15, 2007. http://www.windaction.org/articles/13218 http://www.windaction.org/articles/12992 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:45:37 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/12992 http://www.windaction.org/articles/12755 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:01:07 GMT Gray areas show active and reclaimed coal stripmines. http://www.windaction.org/articles/12755 http://www.windaction.org/articles/12002 Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:25:23 GMT Buckstown, PA wind facility includes 14 rturbines situated in an area of farm fields and woods. http://www.windaction.org/articles/12002 http://www.windaction.org/articles/9623 Fri, 18 May 2007 12:06:40 GMT Wind farms, such as the ones above, have begun to dot the landscape of Pennsylvania. A proposed amendment to the county zoning ordinance could pave the way for more windmills closer to home. Opponents say they present a danger to bird migration patterns and property values. http://www.windaction.org/articles/9623 http://www.windaction.org/articles/13464 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:03:37 GMT Aerial photo of a wind farm along the Allegheny Front in southern Pennsylvania in the United States. http://www.windaction.org/articles/13464 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7895 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:04:31 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7895 http://www.windaction.org/articles/7894 Sun, 11 Feb 2007 23:02:24 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/7894 http://www.windaction.org/articles/501 Mon, 03 Nov 2003 13:23:00 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/501 http://www.windaction.org/articles/329 Wed, 01 Oct 2003 04:00:00 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/329 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24164 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:25:23 GMT Another wind farm is planned for Schuylkill County. The proposal will come up Wednesday night at a zoning meeting at the North Schuylkill High School. There is opposition from people who live near the proposed site for the giant windmills. Even from a few miles away wind farms are hard to miss. They're usually located on mountaintops. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24164 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24071 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:41:20 GMT David Yoder's been farming for more than a third of a century. He's at least the fourth generation of his family who have lived and worked on the land on Cowpath Road near the border of Franconia and Salford townships that has been farmed "forever," Yoder said. Adding a 140-foot cellular tower and a power-generating wind turbine with a blade that reaches to a height of 163 feet will give the farm reduced electric bills and rental income from the cell tower and is similar to adding animals, crops or farm buildings, he said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24071 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24049 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:03 GMT Bell Acres council has approved construction of an alternative energy center that will include a 60-foot wind turbine, but not without a few conditions. Several of the stipulations involve possible noise issues, while others are intended to address residents' concerns for dozens of great blue herons that nest about half a mile away on the Bell Acres-Economy line. In a 5-0 vote Monday, council gave the Alternative Energy Center permission to create an 80-by-80 foot display site for three alternative energy products. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24049 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23896 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:44:02 GMT A week after the Black Creek Township Zoning Hearing Board gave more time to a Sunbury firm looking to build wind turbines on Tomhicken Mountain, dozens of residents attended a township supervisors' meeting to both speak for and against Penn Wind's plans. Supervisors, however, discussed very little about Penn Wind's plans during the Friday meeting, which was rescheduled from Oct. 6. ...Sean Purdy of Penn Wind did not speak during the meeting. His company wants to install four turbines in Black Creek and 18 in neighboring Beaver Township, Columbia County. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23896 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23835 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:00:04 GMT Despite a recent report indicating Pennsylvania's significant growth in wind energy, local projects that once seemed imminent are all either dead or at a standstill. The state ranked second in growth with 29 percent, according to the American Wind Energy Association's report on the market for the third quarter of 2009. ...Two Luzerne County projects have withered on the vine, one dying after a very public legal fight and the other quietly. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23835 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23848 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:55:36 GMT The large wide load grounded Monday remained in town Tuesday, awaiting a part needed for repairs before it continues to West Virginia. Front Street remained closed from Route 54 to Mill Street, where the 150-foot-long, 100-ton windmill base sat on a trailer. The part for a damaged rear turning axle was ordered from Alabama and is expected to be delivered today, Danville Police Chief Eric Gill said. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23848 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23832 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:45:39 GMT Traffic on the Danville-Riverside Bridge was tied up for six hours Monday after a tractor-trailer carrying a wide load turned onto the bridge and got stuck. A crane was called in to move the trailer, which was hauling a section of a wind turbine tower. The truck became stuck at about 11:30 a.m. and was cleared from the bridge at about 5:30 p.m. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23832