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HPC opposes windmills in Cape May
May 4, 2010 by Jack Fichter in Cape May County Herald

The city's Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is wary of wind mills and wind turbines in the historic district or elsewhere in the city that would be visible from the historic district. ...Coupland said windmills would be visible since they are elevated and need clear air space and therefore were not appropriate in the city's historic district. "And maybe not in Cape May," he continued.

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Community council supports ban on industrializing Scarborough's waterfront
April 29, 2010 by Danielle Milley in Inside Toronto

More than 20 delegates were on hand Tuesday, April 27, afternoon to share their thoughts about Scarborough East Councillor Paul Ainslie's motion requesting city council ask the provincial and federal governments not to "industrialize" any crown lands or adjacent waterways along the Scarborough Bluffs. The goal of the motion was to prevent a wind farm from being erected offshore in Lake Ontario.

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Cape Wind: State official says it would harm the area
March 24, 2010 in The Patriot Ledger

State historical preservation officer Brona Simon spoke out against the Cape Wind turbine project proposed for Nantucket Sound during a hearing in Barnstable on Monday. She noted that the project is 24 to 25 square miles. "You can see the concern we have with the adverse effects of the proposal," she said. "The visual element will alter the setting outside the character of the historic properties."

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Feds hear closing comments on Cape Wind
March 23, 2010 by Patrick Cassidy in Cape Cod Times

The proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm will either make history or destroy it, according to speakers at what could be the last public hearing on the project. Barring a lawsuit sending the project back for more review, yesterday's hearing at Cape Cod Community College's Tilden Arts Center marked the final opportunity for opponents and supporters to be heard on the plan by Cape Wind Associates LLC.

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State preservation chief cites wind farm impact
March 23, 2010 by Beth Daley in Boston Globe

The state's top historic preservation official told a federal panel yesterday that the impact of the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm on Native American and other historic sites is "unparalleled'' in the state's history. It was Brona Simon's first public remarks on the Cape Wind project since issuing a formal opinion in November that Nantucket Sound should be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Historic officer: Cape Wind impact 'unparalled' on historic sites
March 22, 2010 by Beth Daley in Boston Globe

Speaking publicly for the first time on the subject, the Massachusetts Historic Preservation Officer told a federal panel today that impacts from the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm on Native American and other historic sites were "unparalleled" in the state's history.

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Feds name Cape Wind panel
March 14, 2010 by Christine McConville in Boston Herald

A federal panel charged with assessing Cape Wind's impact on dozens of historic sites includes an architect, an anthropologist and a Texan who runs one of the nation's largest beer distributors. Last week, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation identified a five-member Cape Wind review panel, as a final federal ruling on the controversial offshore wind farm appears on the horizon.

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Alexander warns about perils of renewable energy projects
March 9, 2010 in The Chattanoogan

Senator Lamar Alexander expressed concern on Tuesday over the siting of renewable energy projects during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, of which he is the ranking member. "We've spent more than a century and billions of dollars of public and private money protecting certain landscapes and scenic areas," Sen. Alexander told Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.

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Wind project developers ask for a 'Yes' or 'No' on offshore proposal
March 8, 2010 by Dustin Dwyer in Michigan Public Radio

Steve Warner is Scandia's CEO. He says the company is asking county officials for a definitive answer on whether the visual impact to the shoreline is acceptable. "If the answer's no, you know, we respect that," he says. "And we will not move forward."

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SCC gives go-ahead for wind farm project in Highland County
March 2, 2010 by Laurence Hammack in Roanoke Times

A mountain ridge in Highland County has been cleared for the state's first commercial wind farm. While site preparation began last summer, official clearance came recently from the State Corporation Commission, which dismissed a complaint that the project will ruin the view from a nearby Civil War battlefield.

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700 wind turbines proposed for lakes Erie, St. Clair
February 18, 2010 by Sharon Hill in The Windsor Star

Seven hundred offshore wind turbines are being proposed for Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair including 165 turbines north of Lakeshore and wind farms off Amherstburg, Colchester, Kingsville and Leamington. SouthPoint Wind of Leamington had already proposed 15 turbines in three spots off the shores of Kingsville and Leamington. If SouthPoint gets approval for that project, it is proposing a 1,400 megawatt project with 13 wind farms.

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Tribe explains Cape Wind opposition rooted in history and Indian culture
February 10, 2010 by Nelson Sigelman in The Martha's Vineyard Times

In a press release sent to news outlets on Friday, Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, chairman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), outlined the tribe's opposition to the Cape Wind project in terms of cultural, religious, and environmental concerns. The press release followed the visit last week of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar.

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Few protections for Nantucket Sound as historic place
January 26, 2010 by Peter B. Brace in The Nantucket Independent

When the National Park Service declared the 560-square-mile Nantucket Sound eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, all the federal protections of actually being on the list became effective. Yet, as it turns out, these protections have little bearing on existing commercial and recreational activities in Nantucket Sound.

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Examiner: Toss Highland Co. wind farm complaint
January 26, 2010 by Laurence Hammack in Roanoke Times

A complaint that a proposed wind farm in Highland County will ruin the view from a nearby Civil War battlefield should be dismissed, a hearing examiner with the State Corporation Commission ruled Monday. The recommendation, which now goes to the full SCC, appears to give a green light for developers of the first commercial wind farm in Virginia.

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Wind farms could blight one in six beauty spots
January 15, 2010 by Ben Leach in Telegraph.co.uk

Out of 89 sites given special protection due to the quality of their landscape, planning permission for turbines has been approved or sought at 14. Affected areas range from Cornwall and the Isle of Wight to the Lake District, the Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Islands. Campaigners claimed that the projects would spoil much-loved views and called for clearer rules on where wind farms can and cannot be built. In England, out of 35 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), four are the subject of a planning application for turbines.

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Wind farm 'would ruin views of trail'
December 17, 2009 in This is Hull

Campaigners against plans for a wind farm in North Newbald, near Market Weighton, have argued the scheme would destroy the Yorkshire Wolds landscape. Members of the public were given the opportunity to have their say this afternoon on the scheme at a public enquiry at County Hall in Beverley.

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Plan to protect Wellington region's best scenery
December 1, 2009 by Tanya Katterns and Paul Post in The Dominion Post

Councils are clamping down on big developments in the Wellington region to protect outstanding landscapes. The lifestyle property boom and big wind farm projects are about to be slapped with stringent controls as Greater Wellington regional council begins a review of the area's most dramatic scenery in a bid to control piecemeal development.

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Artists not blown over by windfarms
November 28, 2009 in United Press International

Residents of a small Colorado artists' colony have galvanized resistance against three proposed wind farms, authorities say. The 880 writers and artists comprising La Veta live two miles from the proposed 7,000-acre Silver Mountain Wind Farm. The town council voted down the 150-megawatt facility and wants a moratorium on new wind projects until the county updates its land use regulations and master plan, The Denver Post reported Sunday.

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Windfarm developer's ‘astounding' admission for Cumbria
November 27, 2009 by Thom Kennedy in News & Star

The developer behind a four-turbine windfarm near Wigton has admitted it could have "major, long-term impact" on the local area. ...As part of the application, the firm has carried out an assessment of the impact the turbines would have on the local landscape, and made the admissions within that assessment. The impact of the turbines would extend for around 18 kilometres. But the biggest impact would be on Threapland itself.

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Wind turbines disfavored in scenic corridor; Vote on wind energy facilities slated for Tuesday
November 20, 2009 by Jon Duval in Idaho Mountain Express

Though a final decision has yet to be made, the Blaine County Commission made it clear this week that it does not favor allowing wind energy facilities in the "scenic corridor," the area visible from state Highway 75. It's the biggest issue the commission faces while continuing deliberations on a proposed ordinance regulating wind energy facilities. The meeting Tuesday at the Old County Courthouse in Hailey was the fifth public hearing on the issue and another, possibly the last, is set for Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m.

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