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Neighbors react to town's vote to not dismantle wind turbines
May 24, 2013 by Brent Runyon in The Enterprise

The Falmouth wind turbine problem will also be a black mark on the wind industry both locally and internationally in the years ahead, he said. He compared the turbines to the odor that came from the wastewater treatment plant, which took 15 years of neighbors' complaints for the town to resolve the problem.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Massachusetts]

Fairhaven Wind Turbine dispute gets louder
May 22, 2013 by Mark Curtis in ABC6 TV

Tuesday night's Board of Health meeting erupted in angry shouts. This after the state Department of Environmental Protection showed the wind turbines often exceed legal noise limits.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Massachusetts]

State finds Fairhaven turbines in violation of noise regulations
May 22, 2013 by Ariel Wittenberg in South Coast Today

DEP Deputy Commissioner Martin Suuberg told the Board of Health that noise from the turbines exceeded state regulations in five of the 24 periods during which the DEP conducted testing. ...many in the audience began shouting for Board of Health Chairman Peter DeTerra to make a motion to shut down the wind turbines until Fairhaven Wind presented the board with a mitigation plan.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Massachusetts]

Peer-reviewed commentary published in Canadian family physician journal
May 18, 2013 by Paul Morden in Sarnia Observer

A peer-reviewed article in the official journal of the College of Family Physicians of Canada says its members should expect to see increasing numbers of rural patients reporting adverse effects from exposure to industrial wind turbines. The commentary, published in the May issue of Canadian Family Physician, says turbines can harm human health if built too close to where people live.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Canada]

Can wind turbines make you sick? No easy answers as turbines pop up around the world
May 17, 2013 in Latitude News

After years of complaints about noise and health effects, on May 21, 2013 residents of Falmouth, MA will vote on whether or not to tear down both of the town's wind turbines.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| USA| Massachusetts]

Lack of wind halts Scituate wind turbine studies
May 11, 2013 by Patrick Ronan in The Patriot Ledger

A group of residents have complained that the noise and shadow flicker from the turbine, erected last year, are hurting their health. At the behest of the town's board of health, Scituate Wind hired Tech Environmental to see if the turbine complies with state noise standards.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Massachusetts]

At Lowell, Sheffield: DPS Commissioner concerned about turbine noise
May 10, 2013 by Robin SMith in Orleans County Record

Since October, 105 complaints about the big three wind projects have been collected by the DPS division on consumer affairs and public information, not including this complaint from McGrath. Some of those complaints are from the same people. Twenty-three different people have complained. In one case in November, 31 people joined to file a petition about wind noise about the Lowell wind project which prompted Green Mountain Power to adjust early operations.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Vermont]

Charlestown turbine foes hear scientific evidence of infrasonic threat
May 9, 2013 by David Pepin in The Westerly Sun

It's not always the noise you hear that damages your ears. The noise you don't hear can be more harmful, wind turbine opponents were told Wednesday night. Harold Vincent, an associate research professor at the University of Rhode Island, told an audience of about 75 residents at Cross' Mills Public Library that infrasonic noise can create health problems that go beyond hearing difficulties.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Rhode Island]

Sheffield: PSB Denies Resident Relief From Wind Farm Noise
May 4, 2013 by Amy Ash Nixon in Caledonian Record

"The noise monitoring plan is entirely under the control of First Wind, who chose the firm to design the plan and conduct the monitoring. This is a perfect example of 'the fox guarding the henhouse,' " Smith said Thursday. "The PSB's order further illustrates the near-impossibility of neighbors being able to participate in protecting their interests before the PSB."

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Vermont]

Macarthur wind farm critic disputes data
May 3, 2013 by Everard Himmelreich in The Standard

AGL Energy (AGL) this week announced that an independent noise compliance assessment on the wind turbines by the AECOM company had shown the farm was operating within the noise limits set down in its planning permit. However, Annie Gardner said residents who lived near the turbines could still not sleep at night.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Australia / New Zealand]

Zoning board to vote on assertion that turbines are excessively noisy
May 2, 2013 by Michael C. Bailey in The Enterprise

Neil P. Andersen of Blacksmith Shop Road filed the appeal in November, asking the zoning board to overturn Building Commissioner Eladio R. Gore's ruling that Wind 1 did not present a nuisance by virtue of excessive noise-a ruling issued in response to a complaint by Mr. Andersen.

Also filed under [ Zoning/Planning| Massachusetts]

Wind Power: Cutting the Spin
April 30, 2013 by John Beard and Greg Neumann in WKOW TV

Sen. Lasee is now pushing for more regulations on wind energy that could limit its future growth even more. "What I'd like to do is at the very least, follow the lead of Australia and have a mile and a quarter setback from anybody's property line," said Sen. Lasee.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Wisconsin]

EPA tests noise near Waterloo wind farm
April 23, 2013 in ABC News

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is using noise testing near a Clare Valley wind farm to determine whether local residents' claims about health impacts are valid. ...Peter Dolan from the EPA says 57 residents will also be keeping 'noise diaries' to document their own experiences.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Australia / New Zealand]

Scituate Town Meeting: Voters narrowly reject article to shut down wind turbine
April 19, 2013 by Ruth Thompson in Wicked Local Scituate

Thompson said that placing a 400-ft tall industrial wind turbine within 650 feet of a residence was "outrageous." "But that is exactly what has happened in the case of the McKeever family," he said. "And legislation allows wind developers and their engineering supporters to proceed with these developments using modeling that grossly understates the levels of noise and strobe light generated by these industrial wind turbines."

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Massachusetts]

House panel scales back large-scale wind study
April 19, 2013 by Andrew Stein in VT Digger

Senators took a bill that called for a three-year moratorium on large-scale wind developments, pared it down to legislation that would have required large energy generation projects to conform to Act 250 land-use criteria, and then stripped it to $75,000 worth of studies for the House to consider.

Also filed under [ General| Impact on People| Zoning/Planning| Vermont]

C-K residents living in shadow of industrial wind turbines resort to drastic measures
April 16, 2013 by Vicki Gough in Chatham Daily News

Sheets of one-inch Styrofoam and thick corrugated cardboard still cover his upstairs bedroom windows. "It helped," he said. But, he says he gets his best sleep now in the basement.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Canada]

Lawsuit alleges wind power; A threat to health and safety
April 16, 2013 by Jack Spencer in Michigan Capitol Confidential

"We've now moved our beds to the basement in a storage room," Shineldecker said. "After living in my house for 18 years, [we're sleeping] in a storage room on an air mattress so I can try to sleep . . . so my lovely wife can get up and go and try to teach second graders and be awake in the morning. "We have been up multiple, multiple nights and cannot sleep."

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Michigan]

Scituate selectman candidates talk wind turbine
April 12, 2013 by Patrick Ronan in The Patriot Ledger

Burbine, 64, a small-business owner, said the residents who live near the turbine, which is off the Driftway, need relief. ..."You can't help but feel empathy, and (I'm) so sad for those people that are dealing with all of this without any real recourse," Burbine said."If we've got to spend a little bit of money, risk-wise, to say, ‘OK, let's turn it off from 7 p.m. at least until first thing in the morning,' we might risk $100,000," Gilmore said. "What's $100,000 (if we're protecting residents)?"

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Shadow flicker| Massachusetts]

Fairhaven official apologizes for turbine 'suffering'
April 10, 2013 by Ariel Wittenberg in South Coast Today

Murphy said he hopes to provide some relief for the 57 families who have filed complaints about the turbines at the wastewater treatment plant on Arsene Street, including the noise they generate. "I am sorry for all of your suffering and what you have been through," he said. "I realize that many of you tried to speak out and were denied a place on our agenda, and I thank you for your persistence."

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Massachusetts]

Falmouth Town Meeting voters refuse to fund removal of wind turbines
April 10, 2013 by Scott A. Giordano in The Bulletin

Although it passed by a simple majority, Article 22 failed to yield the 2/3 majority needed for a vote on borrowing money. Selectmen plan to present an amended warrant article when special Town Meeting resumes at 7 p.m. April 10 at the Lawrence School auditorium. ...While Town Meeting Member Marc Finneran said, "This pits money against people's welfare, and I always come down on the side of people's welfare."

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