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Towns keep control over wind, water; Panel rejects bill to transfer permitting authority to state
Lawmakers heard hours of often emotional testimony Thursday on bills that highlight growing tensions over the use of Maine's abundant wind and water resources.
Much of the debate focused on the roles municipalities and local residents play when wind-energy companies and water bottlers come to town.
Dozens of people turned out to oppose a controversial and short-lived proposal that aimed to speed up development of industrial-scale wind power by limiting municipalities' ability to control where massive turbines are located.
March 20, 2009
by Kevin Miller
in Bangor Daily News
Lawmakers heard hours of often emotional testimony Thursday on bills that highlight growing tensions over the use of Maine's abundant wind and water resources.
Much of the debate focused on the roles municipalities and local residents play when wind-energy companies and water bottlers come to town.
Dozens of people turned out to oppose a controversial and short-lived proposal that aimed to speed up development of industrial-scale wind power by limiting municipalities' ability to control where massive turbines are located.
LD 199 would preclude local ordinances in many areas of Maine and give state regulators authority over siting and design of... [continue via Web link]
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