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Category Archives: Environment
University of Maryland must insist wind developer partner will protect endangered species.
The following was sent this evening via email to University of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan Subject: University of Maryland – US WindForce Power Purchase Agreement Dear Chancellor Kirwan, Recently, US WindForce LLC touted the signing of a 20 year … Continue reading
Friends of Lincoln Lakes: “Region is Being Destroyed By First Wind!”
URGENT!!! Come out and support the Friends of Lincoln Lakes (Maine) on Monday, November 8, 2010 Details: —————————————————————————————— If you want to see the destructive force of mountain top removal, follow this link to see the photo evidence of The … Continue reading
Industrial wind threatens the golden eagles of the Allegheny Front.
In a superb, must-read post, naturalist writer Marcia Bonta takes us to the “Cadillac” of hawk watches, the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch. Beyond her wonderfully descriptive conversation about the bounty of wildlife witnessed during the encounter, Ms. Bonta has this caution … Continue reading
Should wind farms be required to back up their “eco-friendly” claims?
Today’s Roanoke Times has an interesting little editorial titled “What ‘green’ should mean.” Seems the FTC is planning to watch product labeling a little closer and challenge folks who mislead the public in an attempt to sell their product. The … Continue reading
Wisconsin PSC’S wind energy siting rules challenged in court.
“The battle here in WI rages on!” – Fran Kunz According to the filing, “the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (“PSC”) has been sued for failing to conduct an environmental review of the agency’s recently proposed wind energy siting rules under … Continue reading
Call for increased scrutiny of industrial wind farms makes sense.
The following letter was submitted to the Charleston “WV” Daily Mail in response to their editorial titled: Wind farms deserve increasing scrutiny Charleston Daily Mail Editor Dear Sir or Madam: You are correct to demand increased scrutiny for wind farms. … Continue reading
Heck, might as well shut the wind turbine down anyway, “It’s a time when we are not generating a whole lot of electricity to begin with!”
A recent National Geographic article, “Hope for Stemming Wind Energy’s Toll on Bats” subtitled “The Great Energy Challenge,” begins with this, “Windmills—clean, quiet, simple and endlessly renewable—may be the ultimate icons of green energy. But after sundown, their whirling blades … Continue reading
Jon Boone eviscerates “AWEA’s evidentiary offerings on behalf of wind’s carbon saving/fossil fuel slaying potential.”
We are very pleased to offer Jon Boone’s most recent commentary on industrial wind, “Overblown.” In this work, Mr. Boone, an environmentalist recognized internationally for his knowledge about the wind industry, challenges the latest American Wind Energy Association claim of … Continue reading
WV Master Naturalists warn US Fish and Wildlife Service of “irreparable environmental damage” resulting from construction of Beech Ridge Wind Project.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service, reacting to public requests, extended the period for submitting public comments to the USFWS concerning the EIS (environmental impact statement) preparation on the proposed incidental take permit for the Beech Ridge Wind Energy Project … Continue reading
Wind industry representative seems to think folks complaining about environmental problems should just shut up!
Quoted in today’s Cumberland (Maryland) Times-News article, wind industry rep. Frank Maisano seems to blame delays to the Roth Rock wind project in Western Maryland on “a local wind farm opposition group called Save Western Maryland. Maisano accused the group … Continue reading
