Category: Big wind politics

Winning hearts and minds? These people have no shame.

Normandy faces new assaultBY:DAVID CHAZAN, PARIS From: The Times May 02, 2013 12:00AMEVERY year, thousands of people make a pilgrimage to the D-Day beaches in Normandy to remember the Allied troops who landed there to liberate France from Nazi occupation.Almost 70 years after the assault that changed the course of World War II, however, the … Continue reading Winning hearts and minds? These people have no shame.

The campaign of hate against Sarah Laurie

International anti wind industry campaigners have called the vilification of Waubra Foundation CEO Sarah Laurie a "campaign of hate" and alerted Australian police to concerns for her safety. An organisation based in Spain, the World Council for Nature, as well as the North American Platform Against Wind Power contacted the Commissioner of Police in Tasmania … Continue reading The campaign of hate against Sarah Laurie

Doctor, I’m in trouble

  Details have emerged of an extraordinary meeting between the new Victorian Premier, Denis Napthine, and residents who live near the Macarthur wind farm. Napthine told the amazed locals wind farm developers don't receive subsidies and he appeared not to know about Renewable Energy Certificates. One story we heard (possibly apocryphal) was when asked about … Continue reading Doctor, I’m in trouble

The wind war: men in suits against women on farms and …

This is disturbing footage. Compare Denis Napthine, smiling and in his suit, repeating the fraudulent jobs mantra, with Anne Gardner talking about the affects of Macarthur wind farm on her family and her community. "We're desperate," she says. "We don't know what to do. We can't live in our homes and we can't go on." … Continue reading The wind war: men in suits against women on farms and …

‘Anne Gardner is a very great Australian. Australia will be indebted to people like you.’

Alan Jones on 2GB this morning interviewed Senator Ron Boswell and Anne Gardner.At the bottom are links to the full interview.Alan Jones: "Who wants these blights on the landscape that threaten the health of surrounding residents?""Wind farms are a manipulation of the energy market.""This is a scandal.""Macfarlane, the Shadow Minister for Energy ... part of … Continue reading ‘Anne Gardner is a very great Australian. Australia will be indebted to people like you.’

VCAT Commissioners confirm evidence of damage to sleep and health from wind turbines

Press release from The Waubra Foundation Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal Commissioners, Mr M Wright QC and Mr A Liston have made the following remarks in orders given on 4th April, 2013.¹ Paragraphs 116-118 of their orders state the following: There is evidence before the Tribunal that a number of people living close to wind farms … Continue reading VCAT Commissioners confirm evidence of damage to sleep and health from wind turbines

Union Fenosa’s dirty little secrets

Just who are we getting into bed with when we allow foreign multinational wind companies free range to pillage rural  Australia communities? Spanish-owned Union Fenosa is behind eight wind projects across NSW and Victoria.  Four have been approved and four are in the planning stage. But this company  has been accused of serious human rights … Continue reading Union Fenosa’s dirty little secrets

Of course there’s no problem … look at Denmark

The Danish police gave up removing protesters against the cutting down of forest to make room for the planned National Test Centre for 250 metre-tall wind turbines in Thy, Northern Jutland [Denmark]. Photo: http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com October 2012 Author:  Danish Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine DASAM [the Danish Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine] has with interest … Continue reading Of course there’s no problem … look at Denmark