Category: Campaigns

What price do you put on friendship?

"For four years, a handful of farmers in the district hid a secret that not even a weekly drinks session or years of friendship could drag out. They had covertly opened up their farm gate to wind farm developers, lured by the cash offer of $15,000 for every wind turbine dug into their property — unbeknownst to the mate across … Continue reading What price do you put on friendship?

Turbine hosts won’t live near wind farm

From The Telegraph, February 22, 2013 By Andrew Carswell THEY are about to subject their neighbours and friends to the low drone and heartache-inducing vibrations of giant wind turbines, built just 2km from their homes. But the vast majority of farmers in the central west who have given wind companies permission to build turbines on … Continue reading Turbine hosts won’t live near wind farm

STT ‘tears the arse out of the wind industry’

Alan Jones said this on 2GB on Thursday: "There is a website which is magnificent ... It's a collection of current stories and goings on in the world of wind turbines and the fight that these poor people have on their hands. It's well written, it's completely legit and as one correspondent wrote to me … Continue reading STT ‘tears the arse out of the wind industry’

Er, Leanne, what do you call this?

Isn't it interesting how things operate when money is at stake. Here is a copy of a letter from the secretary of the NSW Farmers Association, Leanne Heath, to Mid Western Regional Council. Ms Heath refers to an unnamed survey that found 70 per cent of people favor wind energy. She also talks about propaganda, … Continue reading Er, Leanne, what do you call this?

Open mind, changed mind, changed world

Some time ago, it may have been last year, it may have been the year before, we attended one of DLP Senator John Madigan's community wind farm forums. The wind farm issue is no longer new. For many of us, it's become so much a part of the fabric of our lives, the timing is … Continue reading Open mind, changed mind, changed world

As always, money and power is in the hands of corporate wind …

Guest poster: Frank Campbell, Elmhurst, Victoria, Australia. Frank is a retired sociologist and former supporter of the Greens. It's galling that paid propagandists like Leigh Ewbank (Pyrenees Advocate, February 1, 2013), safe in their Carlton castles, lecture rural people about the wonders of wind turbines. The rural press is flooded with their formula letters. Like … Continue reading As always, money and power is in the hands of corporate wind …

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