"I have never investigated a noise problem where the public has been so vocal about ruined lives and home abandonment. Why are neighbors complaining about industrial wind turbines? Why are regulatory agencies unable to protect public health and wellbeing? "I recommend that anyone who thinks wind turbines are good acoustic neighbors to do what I … Continue reading Safety, health and public welfare
Category: Big wind politics
Waterloo Wind Farm’s Acoustic Torment Condoned by SA’s Environment Protection Authority
From: Mary Morris, 4th generation farmer To: Dr Campbell Gemmell, CEO Environment Protection Authority Adelaide, SA. 17 October 2012 Dear Dr Gemmell, Waterloo Wind Farm Noise Complaints: the EPA's statutory responsibility I refer to your letter of 2 October 2012 which I received with great disappointment. Your letter completely overlooks my request to have you … Continue reading Waterloo Wind Farm’s Acoustic Torment Condoned by SA’s Environment Protection Authority
Dear Premier Weatherill …
This letter to the Premier of South Australia, Jay Weatherill (above), was sent on July 18, 2012. A reply was never received. Dear Premier Weatherill, I have written to you previously about continuing problems in my community from the Waterloo wind farm and about Frank Wang’s disputed survey of the 75 households within 5 km … Continue reading Dear Premier Weatherill …
The crusade of Mary Morris
Mary Morris knew immediately when she was on the right track in her campaign to have houses around Waterloo wind farm tested for low frequency noise and infrasound. It was when the Clean Energy Council began its smear campaign. "They said I was telling people to make up complaints," Mary said today. "That made me … Continue reading The crusade of Mary Morris
Now finally, the truth laid bare
This television report was broadcast within the last 24 hours. It makes compelling viewing. It marks an unprecedented move by the Environmental Protection Agency in South Australia to begin testing residences near Waterloo wind farm. The investigation will include the measurement of infrasound and low frequency noise, down to 0.25 Hz, inside and outside homes, … Continue reading Now finally, the truth laid bare
Let the (wind farm) games begin
Forget Question Time in Parliament. That’s just theatre. And forget about the door stops, when politicians front a barrage of microphones outside the doors of the House of Representatives or the Senate. That’s spin: scripted messages delivered to create a perception. And most news stories? That's journalists rehashing "stuff" from their "sources". It's a back-scratch … Continue reading Let the (wind farm) games begin
I am James Lovelock
I am an environmentalist and founder member of the Greens but I bow my head in shame at the thought that our original good intentions should have been so misunderstood and misapplied. We need take care that the spinning windmills do not become like the statues on Easter Island, monuments of a failed civilisation. December … Continue reading I am James Lovelock
Alby Schultz, Australia’s Don Quixote
Political retirements are a little like funerals. It might be the first time someone actually says something nice about you. So we thought we'd get in early. Member for Hume Alby Schultz announced last year his political retirement at the next election. He was elected to NSW state parliament in 1988 before switching to federal … Continue reading Alby Schultz, Australia’s Don Quixote
Day of protest in Canada
Ontario’s Liberals get an “F” WIND OPPONENTS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE TURBINE MORATORIUM, RESIGNATION OF DR ARLENE KING, MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH, AND PUBLIC INQUIRY: MASSIVE “Pants on Fire” PROTEST AT ALLAN GARDENS/MAPLE LEAF GARDENS, JAN 26 2013 In what will surely be the largest and most vocal public display of public outrage in Ontario’s … Continue reading Day of protest in Canada
The ‘tainted’ work of Brett Lane and Associates
One of the wind industry’s most frequently used consultants has a damning track record of producing inaccurate, incomplete and confusing reports. Work undertaken by environmental consultants Brett Lane and Associates has been the subject of repeated criticism in planning panel hearings for almost a decade. But the company continues to be utilised by wind farm … Continue reading The ‘tainted’ work of Brett Lane and Associates
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