Category: Big wind politics

Tony Abbott called on to scrap the REC & chase the REC fraud

STT champion and pin-up girl, Annie Gardner says it louder and better than most, so we say: “hats off”. At a meeting in Hamilton last week, Annie gave Tony Abbott a “heads-up” on the REC fraud going on at Waubra (which we’ll cover in another post soon). But never one to rest, here’s what Annie … Continue reading Tony Abbott called on to scrap the REC & chase the REC fraud

The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud

A little while ago one of our readers posted a comment including what would appear to be a fairly simple question, The Callous Wind wrote: I have a request for STT. Would you be able to please explain to us mere mortals, how the REC’s do actually work? There seems to be a lot of … Continue reading The RET & the REC: the anatomy of a National fraud

Well, bugger me, another piece of industry “spin” unravels

STT has enough material under the heading "wind industry lies" to fill a 12 Volume encyclopedia we plan to call "A Million-and-One Things Wind Farm Developers & Their Goons said."  Entries include howlers like: "turbines make the same noise as a fridge at 500m". The gullible can test that whopper by dropping an old Kelvinator … Continue reading Well, bugger me, another piece of industry “spin” unravels

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.’