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Residents of Owls Hollow Road gathered Saturday to share their opinion on the proposed wind farm on Lookout Mountain by Austin, Texas-based Pioneer Green Energy.
Their opinion was simple and to the point - not here, not now, not ever.
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Alabama]
Proposed wind turbine farm in McCain Valley met with opposition
May 7, 2013 by John Carroll in ABC TV 10 News
May 7, 2013 by John Carroll in ABC TV 10 News
Boulevard Planning Group chair Donna Tisdale did not mince words.
"It's immoral, unethical and in my opinion, unlawful," she said.
Tisdale and the others were in front of the County Administration Building on Monday calling attention to a vote that the county supervisors will cast on Wednesday.
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California]
"If InfraVest continues to neglect the danger its wind turbines pose to the local residents, they should get out of Taiwan," said Lin, stating that the promotion of green energy should be a common priority of the government and all societies, with an actual plan that is safe yet eco-friendly.
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Asia]
Wildlife Embarrassing snafu at Ocotillo Express Wind Project
April 29, 2013 by Chris Clarke in ReWire
April 29, 2013 by Chris Clarke in ReWire
This isn't the first time that reports have surfaced of workers at the Ocotillo Express Wind site failing to hew to the highest standards of professionalism. In February, Pattern's construction manager Russell Scott Graham was arrested by Imperial County Sheriffs deputies after allegedly assaulting and threatening Parke Ewing, a local opponent of the project.
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California]
Native American Heritage Commission declares Ocotillo wind site a sacred site; asks attorney general to weigh legal action
April 26, 2013 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
April 26, 2013 by Miriam Raftery in East County Magazine
By a 4-0 vote, with the remaining commissioners absent, the NAHC voted to grant requests by Viejas and Quechan tribes to declare the 12,400 acre Ocotillo wind project site a sanctified Native American sacred site. Further, the commissioners voted unanimously to ask California Attorney General Kamala Harris to research if legal action can be taken.
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California]
Tribal Commission seeks enforcement action against Pattern project
April 23, 2013 in North American Windpower
April 23, 2013 in North American Windpower
The California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) has declared the area surrounding the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility, located in Imperial Valley, Calif., as a sacred Native American site and is seeking assistance on enforcement options from the office of the California Attorney General.
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California]
The Maplefields owner and gasoline distributor has ponied up $10,000 to run a new, 30-second attack ad on WCAX-TV for a week, according to the station. In it, Vallee accuses Sanders of seeking to "industrialize our mountains with giant wind turbines."
"Once we sacrifice our mountains to big corporate interests, it will change Vermont forever," the ad's narrator says.
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Vermont]
High Court ruling supports wind turbine exclusion distances
April 17, 2013 in The Renewable Energy Foundation
April 17, 2013 in The Renewable Energy Foundation
“To avoid public anger and disenchantment, it is crucial that there are reasonable safeguards to protect the amenity of wind turbine neighbours. The judgment in the Milton Keynes case shows that the law in fact supports Local Authorities that wish to set minimum separation distances, although it also shows that these must be designed and worded carefully.”
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UK]
Opposition mounts to building of wind farms in midlands
April 9, 2013 by Ronan McGreevy in Irish Times
April 9, 2013 by Ronan McGreevy in Irish Times
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Ireland]
Sales in our wind: Ireland's ambitious wind-energy plans
April 6, 2013 by Frank McDonald in Irish Times
April 6, 2013 by Frank McDonald in Irish Times
It is "far too soon" to make final judgments on which of the export-orientated windfarm projects now being mooted will be approved and under what terms. "There is no fait accompli at this stage. None of this has reassured objectors, who are concerned about the noise and visual impact of onshore turbines and also see the export of wind energy to Britain as equivalent to "selling the family silver".
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Energy Policy|
Ireland]
Foreign energy firms have flocked to a narrow region of southern Mexico, known as one of the world's windiest places, to build towering wind turbines ...their presence has angered some of the indigenous populations, with some protests turning violent.
Last week, more than 20 people were injured when police clashed with a group of protesters.
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Mexico]
She claimed the UK Government and the European Union breached the UN's Aarhus Convention, under which the public must be given reliable and transparent information on environmental matters, and sufficient participation in decision-making.
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UK]
Lori Lerner and her husband purchased a second home on Newfound Lake more than a decade ago and loved the area so much that they moved in for good. Now, she worries the construction of wind turbines on the ridges above the lake might stop others from following in their footsteps.
"Who wants to invest their hard-earned money in an area that's being over taken by these monstrosities?"
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New Hampshire]
Rural Mainers turn out in force to back bills that would change wind energy law
March 27, 2013 by Robert Long in Bangor Daily News
March 27, 2013 by Robert Long in Bangor Daily News
Testifying neither for nor against LD 616, Patrick Woodcock, director of the Governor's Energy Office, urged legislators not to shy away from trying to improve the 2008 Wind Energy Act. He reiterated LePage's intent to streamline energy permitting processes in Maine, but in a way that does not favor one industry over another, which he said the current law does.
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Maine]
Leesburg Mayor Edward Mackey addressed the commission before it voted on a few routine business items.
"There are just too many red flags with this," Mackey said of the project. "Why should we have them here in the first place?"
His short address drew applause from the crowd, several of them standing in the back of the room with the crowd spilling out into the hallway
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Alabama]
Developers Falck Renewables Wind Ltd has announced they will not appeal the decision last month by Highland Council to refuse planning permission.
Dave Thompson, SNP MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said: “I am very glad that Falck have recognised the considerable opposition to their plans, and decided not to proceed with this development.
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UK]
Industrial Wind Turbines: Scars on the rural landscape
March 21, 2013 by Denny Manchee in Watershed Magazine
March 21, 2013 by Denny Manchee in Watershed Magazine
"In Ontario, Canada, there is a suspension of critical appraisal and due process regarding industrial wind turbines. The lack of confidence in the political and regulatory systems will persist if governments and industry continue to deny the existence of adverse impacts from human exposure to industrial wind turbines...The negative psychological effect of disempowerment interacting with the adverse health effects attributed to industrial wind turbines has intensified the negative synergy of justice lost."
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Canada]
Aeroplanes couldn't fly within one kilometre of a stationary turbine, and weren't allowed within five kilometres down wind of a moving turbine. Wind farm company Epuron said turbines wouldn't stop fire fighting aircraft from assisting during an emergency.
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Australia / New Zealand]
Fears have been raised by councillors over a wind turbine development that could lead to ‘open season' for Dorset.
Puddletown parish councillors voiced strong concerns at a meeting over the proposed nine-turbine complex.
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UK]
Picturesque village is facing wind farm 'catastrophe'
March 11, 2013 by Auslan Cramb in The Telegraph
March 11, 2013 by Auslan Cramb in The Telegraph
"However, the area is now under imminent threat from wind farm developers. Separate plans from five different companies, if allowed to go ahead, would see the village encircled in a virtual ring of steel, which would devastate the local environment and put the villagers' way of life in peril."
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UK]