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One Cape Vincent blogger settles lawsuit; judge pares action against second
May 14, 2013 by Brian Kelly in Watertown Daily News
May 14, 2013 by Brian Kelly in Watertown Daily News
A judge has dismissed several causes of action in a defamation suit brought by wind farm development supporters against a local blogger, while a second blogger has reached a settlement with the wind supporters.
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General]
Cape Vincent's town board, WPEG apply for 99% of intervenor funds
May 11, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
May 11, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
The town government hopes to hire several experts - three in conjunction with the Wind Power Ethics Group - to review and critique BP's Cape Vincent Wind Project proposal with intervenor funding made available under Article X.
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General]
In 11 letters sent to Ridgeline Energy - which has proposed 492-feet high wind turbines in the area - the administration warns that the structures would exceed height standards unless they were reduced to between 85 feet and 175 feet depending on the location.
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Safety]
You'll meet people from New York and Massachusetts, living just 120 miles apart, but claiming to have similar health issues they attribute to giant wind turbines in their backyards.
"It sounds just like a prop jet outside the house," says Keith Dillenbeck, a dairy farmer in Herkimer County.
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Impact on People|
Massachusetts]
State says BP failed to meet several requirements for Cape wind project
April 23, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
April 23, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
BP Wind Energy has failed to meet several state requirements in its preliminary scoping statement for the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm and used a half-century-old map for its turbine site plan, according to state Department of Public Service staff.
"The mapping included in the PSS is seriously out-of-date United States Geological Survey (USGS) topographic quadrangles published circa 1958," the department's staff said.
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General]
BP to push forward with Cape Vincent wind project, pending possible sale of renewables division
April 18, 2013 by Joanna Richards in Innovation Trail
April 18, 2013 by Joanna Richards in Innovation Trail
Earlier this month, energy company BP announced its entire renewables division was up for sale. At a recent public meeting on the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm, a BP official confirmed the company will push ahead with the development anyway, and local leaders vowed to hire experts to help them fight the project.
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General]
The appeal of the Herkimer County Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Town of Litchfield's ban on industrial wind turbines has been withdrawn.
That means the lawsuit against the town is over and the town's law banning industrial wind turbines stands.
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Zoning/Planning]
Cape officials blast BP's scoping statement in letter to state
April 12, 2013 in Watertown Daily News
April 12, 2013 in Watertown Daily News
BP Wind Energy's preliminary scoping statement for the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Project "willfully disregards every concern that our town government has expressed," town officials told the state Public Service Commission in a recent letter.
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General]
New York renewable power plan would cost $382 billion by 2030
April 8, 2013 by Louise Downing in Bloomberg News
April 8, 2013 by Louise Downing in Bloomberg News
"It's too ambitious by 2030 to replace all the state's power with renewables," Angus McCrone, a senior analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance in London, said today. The projections, he said, look "unrealistic" for individual technologies. ...offshore wind turbines would cover an area of about 4,903 square miles, and onshore machines would cover a further 1,000 square miles.
BP files preliminary scoping statement for Cape wind farm
March 30, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
March 30, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
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General]
Proposed offshore Long Island wind farm threatens scallop fishery
March 29, 2013 by Michele Hallowell in Fisheries Survival Fund
March 29, 2013 by Michele Hallowell in Fisheries Survival Fund
The construction of wind turbines and other mechanisms associated with NYPA's proposal will inhibit scallopers' ability to continue their operations in the area. Concerns include radar interference and navigational obstacles, as vessels attempt to dodge wind turbines and underwater electrical cables. ...the "fatal flaw analysis" concluded that the proposed lease may generate adverse affects for the regional fishing industry.
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General]
Cape Vincent bloggers ask that defamation suit be dismissed
March 22, 2013 by Brian Kelly in Watertown Daily News
March 22, 2013 by Brian Kelly in Watertown Daily News
State Supreme Court Judge James P. McClusky is expected to decide next month whether a defamation suit against two Cape Vincent bloggers should proceed or be dismissed.
Richard C. Wiley Sr., author of a blog at jeffersonleaningleft.blogspot.com, and Kathryn A. Hludzenski, author of pandorasboxofrocks.blogspot.com, were sued in July by several longtime Cape Vincent residents who are proponents of a wind farm development in the town.
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General]
To vote, or not to vote: Cape Vincent seasonal voters faced with a dilemma
March 21, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
March 21, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
The registration change by the Fischers and hundreds of other seasonal residents helped re-elect Supervisor Urban C. Hirschey and replaced pro-wind councilmen, with ties to wind lease holders, with past members of an anti-wind turbine group.
But the Fischers paid a price. They lost up to $400 in STAR (School Tax Relief) rebates at their residence in Canandaigua.
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Impact on People]
Four candidates nominated for CV Wind Farm Article X ad hoc committee
March 8, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
March 8, 2013 by Jaegun Lee in Watertown Daily News
"They are all respected members of the community and versed in the application and projects advantages and disadvantages for the townships. Further they have all participated in committee functions at some point in their career and will interact well with the committee," Cape Vincent Supervisor Urban C. Hirschey said.
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General]
The law firm of Lippes & Lippes has now sent a letter of notice to the company building the wind farm, Invenergy, and land owners who have signed leases for the project, that they could all be sued for damages, health effects, and loss of quality of life as a result of the Stony Creek project.
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Impact on People]
Legal battle continues between EverPower, Allegany
March 7, 2013 by Kate Day Sager in Olean Times Herald
March 7, 2013 by Kate Day Sager in Olean Times Herald
The prolonged legal struggle between the town of Allegany and EverPower Wind LLC continued Thursday when an appeal was filed by the company objecting to the dismissal of its lawsuit against the town's planning board.
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Legal]
Everpower sued both the Town of Allegany and the Allegany Planning Board, claiming the board's request for a supplemental review of noise impacts, in light of the wind power company's request to use larger turbine blades, was arbitrary.
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General]
Administrative Law Judge Kevin Casutto says there's no public need for a transmission line between the wind farm project and the mainland.
The judge recommends the State Public Service Commission dismiss the application by Upstate NY Power
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Transmission]
Judge recommends dismissal of Galloo Island wind farm connection request
February 27, 2013 by Brian Kelly in Watertown Daily News
February 27, 2013 by Brian Kelly in Watertown Daily News
Citing a lack of substantive activity on the project, an administrative law judge has recommended the state Public Service Commission dismiss an application to construct a 50-mile electric transmission line from Galloo Island on Lake Ontario to the mainland. ...the application "lacks viability at present" and has had a "chilling effect" on landowners and their plans for business development.
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Transmission]
Numerous noise complaints from abutting neighbors led to the action. Under the terms of the permits, they can be revoked if the applicant engages in any misrepresentation of fact ...When the Zoning Board of Appeals granted special use permits for the turbines in 2010, the applicants said the turbines were "extremely quiet," "almost silent," according to the resolution.
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Noise]
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