So King Islanders - ready to sell your Souls? Be warned - this time, the Devil ain't got no fiddle of gold to trade - only a generation of misery. STT has already reported on the King Island “cash for votes scandal” and looked at the other deceptive methods used by Tasmanian Hydro to bring … Continue reading The Devil went down to King Island and he was looking to make a deal
Category: Campaigns
Victims: Noel and Janine Dean
STT would like to introduce to Noel Dean and his wife Janine. Noel and his family farmed prime agricultural land, with significant irrigation infrastructure, located near the turbines of the Waubra wind farm in Victoria. He can't live with the pain of the noise emitted from the turbines and has moved away, at great expense, … Continue reading Victims: Noel and Janine Dean
Victims: Carl and Sam Stepnell
STT would like you to meet Carl and Samantha Stepnell, who have long since left their home, which was 900m from the turbines at the Waubra Wind Farm. They have moved a 30 minute drive away for the sake of their health and sanity. Samantha was severely affected, as soon as the turbines started - … Continue reading Victims: Carl and Sam Stepnell
Chinese move in to snap up King Island as a handy little turbine anchor
For little more than 30 pieces of silver, wind farm Judas Iscariot, Hydro Tasmania is all set to cash in by flogging Bass Strait’s jewel, King Island to its Chinese Overlords. The Hydro steamroller Tasmanian Times Donald Graham* 20 May 2013 Hydro Tasmania has called for the EPA in Hobart to back-up the King Island … Continue reading Chinese move in to snap up King Island as a handy little turbine anchor
Victim: Colin Schaefer
STT would like you to meet Colin Schaefer, who lives 8 km from the Waterloo turbines in the mid-North of South Australia. You may have already come across Colin in an earlier post when he was on the Sunrise Report. Initially, Colin was as strong advocate for the turbines, even helping in their construction, but … Continue reading Victim: Colin Schaefer
Come on Greg, put them all out of OUR misery!
The energy industry boys are behaving like a bunch of cannibals at an all-you-eat-buffet, where the wind industry suits are the prized dish. **** STT smells more than just a little fear among the stench of desperation in this Reuters’ report. Chill breeze of politics stills Australian renewables Reuters Rob Taylor 27 May 2013 BUNGENDORE, … Continue reading Come on Greg, put them all out of OUR misery!
There’s always time for a nice cup of tea
As a Wilde young London lad named Oscar once quipped: “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” STT is happy to know we’re being “talked” about. Not least by that struggling lefty-rag, The Age. Libs defy party on wind farms The Age Chris Johnson 26 May 2013 Outspoken Liberal … Continue reading There’s always time for a nice cup of tea
Wind Power Price Pounded Ford: Maurice Newman points to the “Elephant in the Room”
FINALLY – someone has the nacelles to say what STT has been bellowing long and loud: that the RET policy and the REC tax on power consumers is killing what’s left of Australian industry and punishing the poorest and most vulnerable to boot. **** RET/REC driven power prices are the Elephant in the Room that … Continue reading Wind Power Price Pounded Ford: Maurice Newman points to the “Elephant in the Room”
No way José: Mexican stand-off brewing on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
A major battle is brewing as an indigenous community living in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca State, Mexico fight to save their land and livelihoods from the clutches of "big wind". One of our Amigos reports. A Perilous Path Slowfood.com Mexico 17 May 2013 In Mexico, indigenous communities living in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec … Continue reading No way José: Mexican stand-off brewing on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Make time for a Brew: Trawool Valley Legend Rides to the National Rally
They don’t come much tougher than Trawool’s own Tim Brew. One of the mighty Trawool Valley Whiteheads Creek Landscape Guardians that gave Infigen a towelling back in March, Tim is going to ride the 700km from Trawool, the place that’s “got it all” to Canberra to support the National Rally and to raise money for … Continue reading Make time for a Brew: Trawool Valley Legend Rides to the National Rally
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