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02/22/12 |
Vermont leaders back away from renewable energy goals — Two key legislators say businesses are worried about higher costs and that the 2017 state goal is unreachable. |
Portland Press Herald (AP) |
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02/13/12 |
New Documentary Illustrates Global Backlash Against Big Wind |
Energy Tribune |
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02/17/12 |
Learning from Others' Mistakes: Europe's Experience with Renewable Mandates and Subsidies
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Armstrong Center for Energy and Environment |
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02/16/12 |
You Thought Solyndra Was Bad? There’s More On the Way |
Forbes |
|
02/15/12 |
Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties |
The Washington Post |
|
02/15/12 |
It's Time to End Big Wind's Big Loophole — Calls $27 billion wind subsidy “a waste of money that could be used for energy research or to reduce the debt” |
Office of Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) |
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02/15/12 |
(Sen. Lamar) Alexander Opposes Production Tax Credit, Wind Industry Subsidy |
The Chattanoogan |
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02/15/12 |
PTC Extension For Wind Energy Not Included In Payroll Tax Bill |
North American Windpower |
|
02/15/12 |
Technology, not Politics: Meet LePage’s Energy Team |
The Maine Wire |
|
02/14/12 |
University of Maine Fails Data Test |
Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power |
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02/13/12 |
Why I Turned Against ‘Green’ Windpower |
MasterResource |
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02/13/12 |
Wind Power Panic: AWEA’s Last Stand (death spiral looms for taxpayer-dependent industry) |
MasterResource |
|
02/13/12 |
In support of Gov. LePage's energy policies |
Village Soup |
|
02/01/12 |
(Review of the documentary) Windfall |
RogerEbert.com |
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02/09/12 |
Donald Trump accuses Alex Salmond of 'destroying coastline' with wind plans |
BBC News |
|
02/09/12 |
Big Wind's Inconvenient Truth |
CounterPunch |
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02/06/12 |
Solyndra of Maine: First Wind "Incipient Event of Default"?
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As Maine Goes |
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02/05/12 |
Tilting at windmills — A new documentary on turbines in upstate New York shows that wind farms are a lot of hot air
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New York Post |
02/02/12 |
MOTION FOR DISMISSAL AND SANCTIONS (pdf) |
Maine Public Utilities Commission
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02/04/12 |
Renewable Reality Check |
The Maine Wire |
|
02/02/12 |
Wind-Power Firms on Edge |
Wall Street Journal |
|
01/31/12 |
Green electricity finds few customers in Mass.—Wind farms bring higher NStar bills |
The Boston Globe |
|
01/28/12 |
Cutting Wind Power Cuts CO2 Emissions |
Ideas for a Smarter Grid (Canada) |
|
01/26/12 |
Algonquin bows out of deal to buy stake in First Wind |
Reuters |
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01/26/12 |
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Announces Withdrawal from Minority Interest Wind Investment |
CNW — Canada Newswire |
|
01/26/12 |
Obama admin sweats legal response as turbines kill birds |
EE News Greenwire |
|
01/22/12 |
Christopher O'Neil: The other side of the wind power story |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
01/21/12 |
Energy proposal a 'job killer' |
Governor LePage's Weekly Radio Address |
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01/19/12 |
The Great Renewable Energy Scam: Is There A Change In The Wind? |
Forbes |
|
01/20/12 |
Anti-wind group backs LePage in fight against renewable energy initiative |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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01/20/12 |
PUC staff: No go for energy firms’ wind deal |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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01/19/12 |
Truth behind clean energy referendum: it's about wind |
Kennebec |
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01/18/12 |
LePage challenges backers of Maine renewable energy initiative |
Bangor Daily News |
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01/16/12 |
Electricity Costs: The folly of wind power |
Civitas (UK) |
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01/14/12 |
New renewable mandate would drive up costs |
Bangor Daily News |
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01/12/12 |
Lincoln’s economy struggled in 2011, town leaders say |
Bangor Daily News |
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01/07/12 |
Lowering Energy Prices Creates a Path to Economic Growth and
More Jobs for Mainers |
Governor LePage's Weekly Radio Address |
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01/07/12 |
LePage opposes renewable-energy initiative in Maine |
Portland Press Herald |
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01/06/12 |
A Look at Some of the Obstacles Facing Wind Energy in the U.S. |
OilPrice.com |
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01/04/12 |
Renewable energy mandates — Nothing new. Nothing good. |
The Maine Wire |
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01/03/12 |
Peaks Island wind plan abandoned, Portland waterfront turbine not producing |
The Forecaster |
|
12/04/11 |
Californians for Renewable Energy (CARE) Sues Energy and Treasury Departments Over Loan Guarantees —
Department of Energy Approved Solyndra and Other Projects Allegedly Without Required Oversight, Say Plaintiffs |
PRWeb |
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12/26/11 |
Solyndra: Politics infused Obama energy programs |
Bangor Daily News |
|
12/24/11 |
Let's discuss energy as adults |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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12/20/11 | Why the Wind Industry Is Full Hot Air and Costing You Big Bucks |
Fox News |
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12/15/11 |
N.C. wind farm can't close a deal to sell power—Iberdrola puts the 31-square-mile project near the coast on hold. |
Charlotte (NC) Observer |
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12/13/11 |
Wind turbines: a burning issue |
Daily Mail |
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12/11/11 |
Thinktank blasts wind power support—Renewables policy overambitious and unrealistic |
The Guardian (U.K.) |
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12/02/11 |
Obama's Job-Killing Global-Warming Agenda Continues Under the Radar |
Human Events |
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12/04/11 |
Lawsuit targets "Illegal" $117M Federal Loan Guarantee for (First Wind's) Kahuku Windfarm |
Hawai'i Free Press |
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12/05/11 |
The Empty Promise of Green Jobs |
House of Representatives, Committee on the Budget |
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11/27/11 |
Paying the Rates Obama Demands |
Town Hall Finance |
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11/16/11 |
The Dutch fall out of love with windmills |
Reuters |
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11/19/11 |
Wind farms are useless, says Duke — The Duke of Edinburgh has made a fierce attack on wind farms, describing them as “absolutely useless”.
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The Telegraph |
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11/19/11 |
Bowers wind project mix of bad motives |
Bangor Daily News |
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11/13/11 |
Mafia-Connected FirstWind Got $117M in Federal Loans for Kahuku Windfarm |
Hawaii Free Press (NYT) |
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11/16/11 |
First Wind wants to pull Bowers Mountain wind project — for now |
Bangor Daily News |
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11/05/11 |
Wind Farms Disrupting Radar, Scientists Say |
FOX News |
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11/02/11 |
All the colors of wind power should be presented at panels, not just one |
The Maine Campus |
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10/18/11 |
Wind not seen as the wave of our energy future; traditional fuels and conservation are |
Pine Tree Watchdog |
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10/04/11 |
Lessons From Lemmings: The EU's Green Power Folly |
Forbes |
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10/22/11 |
Renewable Lies |
The Energy Tribune |
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10/28/11 |
The High Cost of Wind Energy as a Carbon-Dioxide Reduction Method |
Manhattan Institute |
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10/28/11 |
Gas Against Wind |
The Rational Optimist (U.K.) |
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10/25/11 |
Natural gas line same cost, more benefits than wind |
Kennebec Journal |
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10/22/11 |
Wind Power Is Dying |
Front Page Mag |
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10/18/11 |
Wind not seen as the wave of our energy future — traditional fuels and conservation are |
Pinetree Watchdog |
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10/20/11 |
Wind power not the best answer |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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10/12/11 |
America’s Worst Wind-Energy Project —Wind-energy proponents admit they need lots of spin to overwhelm the truly informed |
National Review |
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10/01/11 |
The Downeast Mugging |
Northwoods Sporting Journal |
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10/03/11 |
Wind Turbine Catches Fire Near Rep. Susan King's Home |
KTXS.com |
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10/03/11 |
LURC to meet on 2 wind power projects |
Bangor Daily News (AP) |
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10/02/11 |
Ontario wind power bringing down property values |
CBC News |
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09/06/11 |
Wind power developers get profits; we carry risk |
Kennebec Journal |
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08/31/11 |
Renewable policies crushing New England’s economy |
Daily Energy Report |
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08/31/11 |
Wind power fans should admit green's not their color |
Tri-City Herald (WA) |
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08/28/11 |
Wind Power is Dying |
Front Page Mag |
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08/24/11 |
Land-based wind won't offer enough power to justify its downside— Maine is giving up a huge amount of its wilderness' natural beauty for a very small return. |
Portland Press Herald |
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08/12/11 |
The Wind-Energy Myth — The claims for this “green” source of energy wither in the Texas heat. |
National Review |
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07/29/11 |
Group alleges political meddling in Vinalhaven wind project |
Bangor Daily News |
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07/28/11 |
T. Boone’s Windy Misadventure And the Global Backlash Against Wind Energy |
Energy Tribune |
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07/26/11 |
Support tourism or multinational corporations |
Morning Sentinel |
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07/26/11 |
Tribes: Wind plan may interfere with sacred ceremonies — Maine tribal officials also say LURC has not consulted with them on the Bowers Mountain turbine project |
Kennebec Journal |
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07/25/11 |
Industrial wind development would spoil region's natural beauty — Bowers Mountain, watershed area 'a national treasure' |
Kennebec Journal |
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06/12/11 |
Broken Wind Turbine Blades Create Mountainous Waste Problem |
CO2 Insanity |
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07/19/11 |
A New Study Takes The Wind Out Of Wind Energy -- reality has overtaken green hope |
Forbes |
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07/20/11 |
Opponents protest outside as new wind project is dedicated |
WCSH TV-6 (Portland) |
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07/20/11 |
Ceremony draws wind power proponents, opponents together in Lincoln |
Bangor Daily News |
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07/20/11 |
Developers and Protestors Clash at Wind Project Ceremony |
WABI TV-5 |
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07/20/11 |
"First Wind" cuts ribbon on Rollins Mountain project |
WLBZ TV-2 (NBC) |
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07/20/11 |
Stop and analyze wind power projects before building more |
Bangor Daily News |
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07/15/11 |
Portland plans for possibility of wind power |
Bangor Daily News |
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07/13/11 |
Say no to Bowers Mountain wind project |
Bangor Daily News |
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07/06/11 |
Golden eagles, wind power don't mix |
Bangor Daily News |
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07/06/11 |
Impact on wildlife focus of LURC’s hearing on Bowers Mountain wind project |
Bangor Daily News |
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06/29/11 |
Forest fires and wind turbines: The danger no one is talking about |
Bangor Daily News |
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06/28/11 |
Katahdin-area wind project generates comments, controversy at public hearing |
Bangor Daily News |
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06/26/11 |
Nowhere's special |
Portland Press Herald |
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06/06/11 |
Fishermen don’t come to Maine for industrial scenery |
Bangor Daily News |
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06/05/11 |
LURC plans hearings on Bowers wind project |
Portland Press Herald (AP) |
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05/28/11 |
Maine Voices: Downeast Lakes watershed needs protection — A forest of wind turbines would forever change the pristine woodland into an industrial site. |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/21/11 |
So much for the green economy |
The Caledonian (VT) Record |
|
05/22/11 |
The great green wind scam — Not only will large-scale wind power blight Maine, but it won't lower emissions or reduce our oil dependence |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/21/11 |
Inconvenient Truths About 'Renewable' Energy |
The Wall Street Journal |
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05/21/11 |
Look to other green alternatives and forget about wind power— Conservation and solar and tidal energy are better alternatives than mountaintop wind. |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/21/11 |
LePage not keen on renewable power subsidies |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/13/11 |
Northwest power surplus may halt wind energy |
Bangor Daily News |
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05/13/11 |
Renewable energy bill would end goal targets — LePage’s proposal aims to lower power costs by ending requirements for renewable percentages |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/10/11 |
Editorial about wind power 'bad reporting, not truthful' |
Kennebec Journal |
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05/09/11 |
King's wind power project is bad math, bad policy for Maine — Negative impacts would far exceed benefits, with taxpayers burdened by unnecessary expense |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/07/11 |
Ontario's Wind Policy Blows |
Toronto Sun |
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05/06/11 |
Panel combining bills on wind power policy — A broad measure to amend the Wind Energy Act will serve as the basis for other ideas that win support. |
Portland Press Herald |
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05/03/11 |
Wind power just doesn't make sense |
Kennebec Journal |
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05/03/11 |
Highland Wind withdraws its application — The developer runs into obstacles in its quest to install 39 turbines in Highland Plantation. |
Portland Press Herald |
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04/26/11 |
Wind Power Promises and Predictions Gone Awry |
The Empire Page |
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04/30/11 |
First Wind to partner with two Canadian companies |
Bangor Daily News |
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04/29/11 |
Legislative inquiry into Maine Green Energy Alliance deepens |
Bangor Daily News |
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04/20/11 |
Hold the accolades on China’s ‘green leap forward’ |
The Washington Post |
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04/17/11 |
Why support wind power? |
Daily Bulldog |
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04/06/11 |
A Reality Check for Wind Power Investors |
Seeking Alpha |
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04/14/11 | High Prices, Debt Crisis May Doom Obama's Green Energy Plans |
Fox News |
|
04/14/11 |
Wind power worth lots of money to developers |
Kennebec Journal |
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04/12/11 |
Clean Energy Loan Program at Risk in Budget Talks |
The New York Times |
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04/09/11 |
Natural Resources Council of Maine hypocrite on environment |
Kennebec Journal |
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04/07/11 |
Report Questions Wind Power’s Ability to Deliver Electricity When Most Needed |
John Muir Trust |
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04/07/11 |
Clifton residents voice wind farm concerns |
Bangor Daily News |
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04/07/11 |
Wind project critics cheer decision — Tougher standards will be used to judge proposal |
Kennebec Journal |
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03/28/11 |
More information needed before we fall for the latest energy fad |
Bangor Daily News |
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03/30/11 |
Frankfort gives wind developer cold shoulder |
Village Soup |
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03/28/11 |
Hawaii Wind Developer tied to Largest — ever asset seizure by anti-Mafia police |
Hawai'i Free Press |
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03/28/11 |
Rural Mainers seek wind-power limits — Residents want to tighten permitting standards and ensure restitution if land values fall. |
Portland Press Herald |
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03/27/11 |
Wind turbines won't come easily to Unity |
Morning Sentinel |
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03/27/11 |
Maine's mountains are an economic treasure |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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03/19/11 |
Wind and Solar Subsidies Drying Up In Europe |
Canada Free Press |
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03/21/11 |
Taxpayer Organization Charges Wind Turbine Promotion as a Scam and Stealth Tax |
Taxpayers United of America |
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03/18/11 |
Maine already generates more electricity than used |
Kennebec Journal |
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03/15/11 |
More questions arise for Carthage wind project |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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03/12/11 |
Wind power threats continue to expand in Maine (PDF file) |
Maine Appalachian Trail Club |
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03/11/11 |
Crowd turns out for wind development hearing |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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03/09/11 |
Mainers should have had say in wind turbines |
Morning Sentinel |
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03/07/11 |
Big Wind: full of sound and fury, signifying nothing |
Institute for Energy Research |
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03/07/11 |
Wind Shortfalls Make Grid Guys Nervous |
EnergyBiz |
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03/06/11 |
Industrial wind project not right for Saddleback Ridge |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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03/05/11 |
Wind farm developer offers $120,000 to save teaching jobs |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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03/05/11 |
Opposition to wind turbines overwhelming |
Morning Sentinel |
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03/05/11 |
Wood pellets can help with oil crunch, says industry entrepreneur -- Maine has what it needs to heat homes and businesses without oil: Trees are the answer. |
Portland Press Herald |
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03/04/11 |
Maine wind farm receives federal loan guarantee |
Portland Press Herald |
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03/04/11 |
Opponents celebrate First Wind's decision to withdraw Brimfield wind farm plan |
Mass Live |
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03/04/11 |
First Wind scraps plans for first Mass. project |
Boston Business Journal |
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03/01/11 |
Don't Forget Tourism |
Bangor Daily News |
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03/01/11 |
Why aren't Lackawanna (NY) windmills turning? |
WIVB Channel 4 |
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02/28/11 |
Why the £250bn wind power industry could be the greatest scam of our age -- and here are the three 'lies' that prove it |
Daily Mail (U.K.) |
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02/28/11 |
Study says green sector costs more jobs than it creates |
BBC (Scotland) |
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02/27/11 |
Obama's green subsidies attract do-gooder bandits |
The Washington Examiner |
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02/26/11 |
Town puts up resistance to wind power proposal |
Portland Press Herald |
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02/25/11 |
Baxter’s legacy sacrificed on wind altar |
Bangor Daily News |
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02/25/11 |
U.S. oil, gas reserves surpass average OPEC nation |
The Portland Press Herald |
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02/25/11 |
Wind turbine project boosts Lincoln economy |
Bangor Daily News |
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02/22/11 |
Record Hill looking for federal guarantee on its loan |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/20/11 |
Renewable energy conference disallows dialogue on effective alternatives for conservation at UM |
The Maine Campus |
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02/18/11 |
Another commercial wind venture |
Daily Bulldog |
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02/15/11 |
Goal of many more ‘green’ jobs is elusive |
Kansas City Star |
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02/16/11 |
Freedom wind developers subject of federal investigation |
Village Soup |
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02/16/11 |
Wind project unveiled for Canton Mountain |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/16/11 |
Snowmobiles, Wind Turbines, Oh My! |
Earth Techling |
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02/08/11 |
Why Wind Won't Work -- it's Weaker than Water |
The Carbon Sense Coalition |
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02/15/11 |
Wind Power: Voluntary Guidelines Proposed To Avoid Bird Deaths |
Huffington Post |
|
02/14/11 |
Franklin County braces for wind ordinance debates |
Kennebec Journal |
|
02/13/11 |
Groups gather to fight wind power development |
WLBZ Channel 2 |
|
01/29/11 |
In China, the true cost of Britain's clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale |
The Daily Mail (UK) |
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March 2011 |
Against the Wind |
Downeast Magazine |
|
02/12/11 |
Pulling back the curtain on industrial wind |
Capital Gazette
(Annapolis MD) |
|
02/12/11 |
Wind turbine opponents gather in Freeport |
WGME News 13 |
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02/10/11 |
Holland slashes carbon targets, shuns wind for nuclear |
The Register (UK) |
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02/12/11 |
Inconsistent applications stall vote on wind project |
Portland Press Herald |
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02/11/11 |
Summit will help wind foes make case -- Thirteen groups will discuss restrictions to Maine energy projects, but proponents say they’re creating jobs |
Portland Press Herald |
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02/10/11 |
To cut deficit, energy subsidies should be limited, reformed |
Morning Sentinel |
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02/09/11 |
LePage wants questions about oversight of energy alliance answered |
Bangor Daily News |
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02/09/11 |
State Renewable Energy Standards Under Attack from GOP Legislators |
Reuters |
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02/09/11 |
T16 Wind Farm Application Under Review |
Fence Viewer |
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02/09/11 |
Wind farm opponents to host Freeport summit |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/09/11 |
Temple considers wind energy moratorium |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/09/11 |
Proposed wind power ordinance limitations debated |
Daily Bulldog |
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02/09/11 |
Wind developers donate to snowmobile club |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/08/11 |
Selectmen to meet with TIF consultant |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/08/11 |
Groups seek to change DEP rules on wind turbine noise |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/07/11 |
Temple residents to vote on moratorium, committee eyes ordinance |
Daily Bulldog |
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02/07/11 |
Energy group failure exposes hole in system |
Portland Press Herald |
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02/07/11 |
Energy group funded via state agency hired mostly Dem lawmakers, activists |
Bangor Daily News |
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02/07/11 |
Wind energy to be discussed |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/04/11 |
Efficiency promoters paid well, fall short |
Portland Press Herald |
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02/04/11 |
Maine BEP denies Spruce Mountain appeal |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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02/02/11 |
Petition filed for judicial review of wind power project decision |
Daily Bulldog |
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02/02/11 |
Freedom selectmen reject tax request for wind project |
Morning Sentinel |
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02/02/11 |
Proposed wind farm imperils falcons, other threatened species |
AllVoices News |
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02/01/11 |
Group challenges Kibby expansion |
MaineBiz |
|
01/31/11 |
Wind developer asks Freedom for abatement, revaluation |
Village Soup |
|
01/30/11 |
Retiring PUC head says there are no sources of cheap power |
Bangor Daily News |
|
01/30/11 |
Energy program shut down after questions raised about politics, effectiveness |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
01/28/11 |
Austerity pulling plug on Europe's green subsidies |
The (Canadian) Globe and Mail |
|
01/28/11 |
Wind farm scheme thrown out |
Worcester (UK) News |
|
01/28/11 |
Board tackles wind blade shadow flicker standard, safety setbacks |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
01/26/11 |
Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, discusses wind power and the State of the Union address with host Stuart Varney of Varney & Co |
Fox TV's Varney & Co. |
|
01/25/11 |
Eddington residents to hear proposed wind turbine rules |
Bangor Daily News |
|
01/21/11 |
Big new wind turbines too close together -- Latest wind farms 'underperforming' |
The Register (UK) |
|
01/21/11 |
Choosing to Disagree |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
01/20/11 |
Somerset commissioners vote down tax boon -- First Wind vows to continue effort to build wind farm |
Morning Sentinel |
|
01/19/11 |
Freedom tries to assess value of wind farm |
Morning Sentinel |
|
01/18/11 |
Eastbrook to vote on wind turbine ordinance |
Bangor Daily News |
|
Winter 2010/11 |
High-cost subsidized renewable resources destroy jobs and hurt consumers |
Regulation |
|
01/16/11 |
Million-dollar deal may be gone with the wind -- First Wind pulls plug on TIF talks with Somerset County |
Morning Sentinel |
|
01/14/11 |
Rumford selectmen plan work on wind farm issues |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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01/13/11 |
Wind power opponents advance legislation |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
01/13/11 |
Electric costs reality not reflected on SAM website |
Kennebec Journal |
|
01/12/11 |
Mass. 'Clean Energy' Plant Closing After $58 Million in State Aid |
CNS News |
|
01/12/11 |
Opposition to mountaintop wind development is growing as supporters' claims are challenged. |
Portland Press Herald |
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01/12/11 |
Maine high court considers two wind power projects -- A state board that OK'd two projects unfairly shunned hearings and health questions, Maine justices are told. |
Portland Press Herald |
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01/09/11 |
The Law: Ambitious scope increases wind's potential rewards, risks -- The bill's sponsor says clever use of the 'broader than envisioned' law could benefit older communities. |
Maine Sunday Telegram |
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01/09/11 |
A difficult choice on the horizon -- Can the promise of money and lower taxes convince a town to try wind energy and tolerate turbines? |
Maine Sunday Telegram |
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01/09/11 |
How It Works: Wind won't blow all the time, even in Maine winter |
Maine Sunday Telegram |
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01/08/11 |
Health effects of turbines? We already know |
The Observer |
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01/06/11 |
LURC approves Kibby Mountain Wind Project expansion |
WCSH6 News |
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01/05/11 |
Protestors Rally Against Wind Farm |
WABI TV News |
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01/05/11 |
Amid protests, LURC approves wind power expansion project on Sisk Mountain in northern Franklin County |
Daily Bulldog |
|
01/05/11 |
LURC approves Kibby Mountain II wind power plan |
Bangor Daily News |
|
01/04/11 |
Land regulators' decision on wind energy expansion slated |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
01/03/11 |
Crisis Triggers Reality Check in Spain Power Sector |
Energy Tribune |
|
12/30/10 |
The Midwest Wind Surtax -- The latest scheme to socialize the costs of renewable energy |
The Wall Street Journal |
|
12/30/10 |
State's record on wind power has little to boast about -- The Baldacci administration has shown very little concern for the impact of its policies on Maine's environment. |
The Portland Press Herald |
|
12/28/10 |
You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows |
The Daily Mail (London) |
|
12/24/10 |
Wind ‘not dependable,’ reserve power needed |
Morning Sentinel |
|
12/23/10 |
First Wind Secures $76 Million Financing for Sheffield Wind Project |
Business Wire |
|
12/22/10 |
A Wind Power Boondoggle |
Wall Street Journal |
|
12/21/10 |
First Wind seeks $300M in private funding |
Boston Business Journal |
|
12/21/10 |
3 out-of-state firms to lead CMP upgrade |
Bangor Daily News |
|
12/21/10 |
Editorial: LePage Right on Wind |
Bangor Daily News |
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12/20/10 |
The Wind Subsidy Bubble -- Green pork should be a GOP budget target. |
The Wall Street Journal |
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12/20/10 |
Maine blows hot, cold on wind power |
Portland Press Herald |
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12/19/10 |
Wanted: Buyer for controversial Cape Wind energy |
KTAR.com |
|
12/19/10 |
Winds of change loom in Somerset County--Proposed wind farms pit developers against residents |
The Morning Sentinel |
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12/17/10 |
New England renewable energy projects aided by R&D tax credits |
Mass High Tech |
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12/17/10 |
Guides, sporting camps oppose wind farm |
Kennebec Journal |
|
12/17/10 |
Appeal rejected for Spruce Mountain wind project |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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12/16/10 |
Organization Opposes Land-Based Wind Project |
WABI-TV5 |
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12/16/10 |
LePage spokesman nixes wind power moratorium |
Bangor Daily News |
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12/14/10 |
To Conquer Wind Power, China Writes the Rules |
The New York Times |
|
12/11/10 |
Wind power is gas power, and comes with pollution |
Canadian Energy Issues |
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12/11/10 |
Wind power grows dirtier since export from Europe |
The Kennebec Journal |
|
12/10/10 |
How to renege on egregious green contracts |
The (Canadian) Financial Post |
|
12/10/10 |
Senate Dems give boost to renewable energy in tax plan |
San Francisco Chronicle |
|
12/10/10 |
Are all bets off for solar and wind if Treasury grant program isn’t renewed? Not everyone agrees |
GreenBeat |
|
12/10/10 |
Loss Of Renewable Energy Grants Could Threaten Smaller Projects |
The Wall Street Journal |
|
12/10/10 |
Tax Compromise Could Hinge on Energy Provisions |
The New York Times |
|
12/09/10 |
Powerful Democrats help Chinese energy firm chase stimulus money |
American University |
|
12/09/10 |
Say no to the wind power industry |
Daily Bulldog |
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12/07/10 |
One expert’s take on fixing wind energy: Think smaller |
GreenBeat |
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12/06/10 |
Workshop Dec 9 to craft new Rumford wind ordinance |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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12/06/10 |
An 82-year-old got tired of spitting into the wind, went out on a limb -- By risking arrest to oppose wind power, he drew attention from media far and wide. |
Portland Press Herald |
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12/04/10 |
Moscow approves its first wind ordinance |
Morning Sentinel |
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12/02/10 |
Conservationists push for ocean wind power -- The National Wildlife Federation admits costs and complexity
make wind projects a tough sell. |
Portland Press Herald |
|
12/01/10 |
Wind power project expansion approved |
The Daily Bulldog |
|
12/01/10 |
LURC rezoning clears way for wind power in Washington County |
Bangor Daily News |
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11/30/10 |
2nd wind ordinance forum scheduled for Eastbrook |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/30/10 |
Friends of Lincoln Lakes attempts to stall First Wind project with finances inquiry |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/30/10 |
Rollins Wind Opponents File Another Lawsuit |
Maine Public Broadcasting Network |
|
11/29/10 |
Western Maine town weighs wind rules |
Portland Press Herald |
|
11/28/10 |
States Diverting Money From Climate Initiative |
The New York Times |
|
11/26/10 |
Land regulators to take up new wind energy application |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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11/24/10 |
Brookings report, recommendations good places for LePage to start work |
Kennebec Journal |
|
11/24/10 |
Wind power is bad science, economics |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/24/10 |
State Forces Vinalhaven Wind Turbine Operator to Turn Down Volume |
Maine Public Broadcasting Network |
|
11/24/10 |
D.E. Shaw's First Wind Holdings Withdraws $240 Million Initial Share Sale |
Bloomberg |
|
11/24/10 |
First Wind to file final IPO-killing SEC papers |
Mass High Tech |
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11/24/10 |
First Wind moves to withdraw IPO registration |
The Boston Globe |
|
11/23/10 |
DEP: Vinalhaven turbines too loud |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/21/10 |
Skeptics issue challenge to 'green' claims of wind-farm developers |
News.Scotsman.com |
|
11/19/10 |
Bingham residents cancel meeting, discuss wind farm anyway |
Morning Sentinel |
|
11/19/10 |
Rumford selectmen extend wind moratorium 180 days |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
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11/15/10 |
Wind protesters really prophets who warn of dire peril ahead |
Portland Press Herald |
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11/14/10 |
Will turbines rise on Rollins Mountain? |
Maine Sunday Telegram |
|
11/14/10 |
Wind towers would intrude on scenic vistas |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
11/12/10 |
Maine Voices: Things aren't all rosy on Vinalhaven about wind turbines |
Portland Press Herald |
|
11/11/10 |
Wind Jammers at the White House |
The Wall Street Journal |
|
11/10/10 |
Wind project manager: Nothing new in Spruce Mountain appeal |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
11/10/10 |
Wind Energy: The Truth Blows |
Energy Tribune |
|
11/09/10 |
Hancock County considers wind power payments |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/08/10 |
Protesters arrested at Lincoln wind site |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/08/10 |
Protesters arrested at Lincoln wind farm |
Portland Press Herald |
|
11/07/10 |
Anti-wind power group to protest Rollins project |
Bangor Daily News |
|
11/07/10 |
Cost of Green Power Makes Projects Tougher Sell |
New York Times |
|
11/05//10 |
The Big ?: The Future of Wind Energy |
Power-Gen Worldwide |
|
11/05/10 |
Unity of Knowledge: Leading Experts Pool Their Most Recent Understanding of the Harm of Industrial Wind Turbines on Human Health |
Wellington Times |
|
11/03/10 |
Minnesota Wind turbine maker slashing 110 jobs |
Argus Leader |
|
11/03/10 |
U.S. Weighs Funding for Renewable Energy Projects |
Wall Street Journal |
|
11/01/10 |
Spruce Mountain group appeals wind farm permit |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
10/31/10 |
Balancing wind farms, the view
| Bangor Daily News |
|
10/29/10 |
First Wind cancels plans to go public |
Morning Sentinel |
|
10/29/10 |
First Wind IPO sputters suddenly |
Boston Globe |
|
10/28/10 |
First Wind cuts forecast on proceeds from IPO -- Investors wary of Boston company’s red ink, big debts |
The Boston Globe |
|
10/27/10 |
Lack of support spells demise of Camden wind power effort |
Bangor Daily News |
|
10/27/10 |
First Wind Holdings slashes IPO price |
MarketWatch |
|
10/27/10 |
Wind power: an ill wind blowing |
The New American |
|
10/22/10 |
IPO VIEW-First Wind IPO could face turbulent debut |
Reuters |
|
10/21/10 |
Millions in grants went to wind farms built before stimulus passed |
American University |
|
10/20/10 |
Wind Energy -- The Truth Blows |
Energy Tribune |
|
10/20/10 |
Wind farms would give taxpayers different options |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
10/19/10 |
Carthage residents pose questions about wind farms |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
10/17/10 |
Natural gas elbows its way to center stage |
AP, Portland Press Herald |
|
10/15/10 |
Wind energy debate heats up |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
10/14/10 |
Stimulus Cash Flowed to Completed, Under-Way Renewable Energy Projects |
The New York Times |
|
10/14/10 |
Conservation easement protects 4,632-acre parcel in three towns |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
10/08/10 |
Wind Power may be blowing Downeast -- Iberdrola to start wind tests |
The Quoddy Tides |
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10/05/10 |
For Those Near, the Miserable Hum of Clean Energy |
The New York Times |
|
09/28/10 |
CMP's parent: Wind power development hinges on Maine policies |
Bangor Daily News |
|
09/21/10 |
Denmark's famed wind industry nothing but hot air |
Energy Probe |
|
09/12/10 |
Consultant: Vinalhaven wind turbine noise exceeds limit |
Bangor Daily News |
|
09/11/10 |
State apologizes, cuts price for emails (see also 8/16 article below) |
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting |
|
09/07/10 |
A line in the sand: wind power’s ill effects |
Energy Probe |
|
09/03/10 |
Bowers Mountain wind farm gets commission approval |
Bangor Daily News |
|
08/19/10 |
Residents say state rules for wind farms lacking |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
08/16/10 |
State wants $36,000 for public records on wind energy (see also 9/11 article above) |
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting |
|
08/13/10 |
Organized crime greasing the wheels of Europe’s wind
industry |
Energy Probe |
|
08/13/10 |
Rollins Mountain appeal rejected |
Bangor Daily News |
|
08/11/10 |
State clears the way for wind power profiteers |
Bangor Daily News |
|
08/11/10 |
Part 3 of 3: Wind power law hasn’t prevented development conflicts |
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting |
|
08/10/10 |
Part 2 of 3: Task force had mandate to promote wind power, not study it |
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting |
|
08/09/10 |
Part 1 of 3: Some now have second thoughts about fast-tracking wind |
Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting |
|
08/03/10 |
Reality check on wind power |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/25/10 |
The false promise of mountaintop industrial wind |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/21/10 |
Wind development opponents meet |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/14/10 |
Dear Virginia: Beware of a Windpower Racket in Your State |
MasterResource |
|
07/14/10 |
Dixfield: Petition seeks to zone out wind power |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/08/10 |
Denial probable for Kibby wind power expansion proposal |
Daily Bulldog |
|
07/ 08/10 |
TransCanada wind permit in question |
AP, Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/07/10 |
Wind power draft hits regulation snag |
Bangor Daily News |
|
07/05/10 |
The latest cost of going green: your health |
Energy Probe |
|
07/05/10 |
Regulators to deliberate on TransCanada's proposed expansion in Franklin County |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/04/10 |
Former Maine defense site eyed for wind |
AP, Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
07/03/10 |
First Wind details new project -- State asked to reclassify Bowers Mountain land |
Bangor Daily News |
|
07/03/10 |
Wind project comes at great cost -- The Highland Mountains of western Maine would be despoiled by this unwise and unnecessary project |
Portland Press Herald |
|
06/30/10 |
Financial Experts Warn of Fallout, Urge Extension of Recovery Act Renewable Energy Stimulus Programs Scheduled to Sunset at Year’s End |
Business Wire |
|
06/26/10 |
Wind project generating opposition |
Morning Sentinel |
|
06/25/10 |
'Green Job' subsidies don't perform as advertised |
Portland Press Herald |
|
06/25/10 |
Central Maine Power customers to pay more |
AP, Portland Press Herald |
|
06/15/10 |
Calling the green job bluff |
Energy Probe |
|
06/11/10 |
An Energy Strategy for Grown-Ups: Wind power is not a realistic substitute for oil |
Wall Street Journal |
|
06/05/10 |
Reversing the turbines on Maine's mountains |
Maine Outdoor Journal |
|
06/02/10 |
Industrial Wind Power Threatens Maine's Mountains |
Earth First Journal |
|
06/01/10 |
Wind-energy companies losing to cheap natural gas, lack of subsidies |
Bloomberg News Service |
|
05/27/10 |
The Next Financial Crisis |
The Harvard Crimson |
|
05/26/10 |
An ill First Wind hits the public in the pocketbook |
Novakeo.com |
|
05/20/10 |
Forest cover declining across New England |
Bangor Daily News |
|
05/19/10 |
Amendment legal, but raises questions: Company clarifies timing, contents of compensation package presented to former PUC chairman in revised filing |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
05/16/10 |
Answer to energy needs isn't blowing in the wind |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
05/15/10 |
Maine's adventure in wind power |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
05/14/10 |
First Wind warns of possible loan default |
Boston Business Journal |
|
05/11/10 |
Kittery to sell failed wind turbine—Town expects to receive less in return than it paid |
Seacoastonline.com |
|
05/10/10 |
Wind Power the most expensive |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
05/05/10 |
Green jobs are the new cash for clunkers |
Energy Probe |
|
04/18/10 |
Green jobs prove difficult to capture in black and white |
Portland Press Herald |
|
04/13/10 |
Industrial Wind and the Wall Street Cap and Trade Fraud |
Citizens Power Alliance |
|
04/06/10 |
Maine Voices: Wind power unlikely to come close to breaking even |
Portland Press Herald |
|
04/04/10 |
Towering turbines generate animosity in rural Illinois |
Chicago Tribune |
|
03/30/10 |
First Wind set to test the waters with IPO |
Portland Press Herald |
|
03/25/10 |
Sierra Club Fights CMP Project |
Portland Press Herald |
|
03/24/10 |
Another $117 Million For First Wind |
The Future of Capitalism |
|
03/21/10 |
Wind energy will leave Mainers, the nation shackled to a heavy weight |
Lewiston Sun Journal |
|
03/25/10 |
Wind-Power Developer First Wind To Price IPO In April |
Dow Jones Clean Technology Insight |
|
03/23/10 |
Wind power's dirty secret? Its carbon footprint. |
KATU News, Portland, OR |
|
03/19/10 |
Wind Wind Eyes IPO amid maturing loan |
Journal of New England Technology |
|
03/19/10 |
Several towns eye hold on tower construction |
Bangor Daily News |
|
03/18/10 |
Trading Our Environment for Wind Power |
Friends of the Boundary Mountains |
|
03/8/10 |
OPINION: Not conflict of interest because panel says so |
Kennebec Journal Morning Sentinel |
|
03/03/10 |
The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power |
Energy Tribune |
|
02/23/10 |
Who are these guys? Cape Wind, EMI, UPC, First Wind, IVPC? |
Newsvine.com |
|
02/15/10 |
Feeble wind farms fail to hit full power |
The Times (U.K.) |
|
02/15/10 |
Wind Energy's Ghosts |
American Thinker |
|
02/08/10 |
Most Wind Grants go to foreign firms |
Investigative Reporting Workshop |
|
02/03/10 |
First Wind eyes Bowers Mountain |
Bangor Daily News |
|
Feb 2010 |
Wind Power Folly (part 2) |
Northwoods Sporting Journal |
|
Jan 2010 |
Wind Power ? Not So Fast! (part 1) |
Northwoods Sporting Journal |
|
12/08/09 |
Hard lessons from the Fox Islands Wind Project |
The Working Waterfront / Island Institute
|
|
11/17/09 |
Mafia Ties to Wind Fraud in Italy Investigated |
Energy & Environmental News for Business |
|
11/16/09 |
Trouble in Green Paradise: Wind Farm Scams |
Dakota Times |
|
10/29/09 |
Wind firms join lobbying frenzy |
Investigative Reporting Workshop |
|
05/06/09 |
Organized Crime and Renewable Power |
PA Pundits |
