Wind Industry Fraud & Corruption Exposed: Pacific Hydro & Acciona Defrauding the Commonwealth

**** Following up on Senator John Madigan's brilliant exposé of criminal fraud and corruption in Australia's wind industry, which we covered in this post: Pacific Hydro & Acciona’s Acoustic ‘Consultant’ Fakes ‘Compliance’ Reports for Non-Compliant Wind Farms Alan Jones went to town on his 2GB Breakfast Show that - some 2 million listeners tune in … Continue reading Wind Industry Fraud & Corruption Exposed: Pacific Hydro & Acciona Defrauding the Commonwealth

Labor’s Bill Shorten Publicly Ridicules Joanne Kermond – a Victim of Pacific Hydro’s Non-Compliant Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm

**** Australia’s Labor Party – once, justifiably, called the worker’s party - has long since ceased being a voice for anything other than the corrupt bosses of the unions that fund it - via the $billions siphoned through Union Super Funds, like IFM Investors. IFM Investors is the outfit that used to own Pacific Hydro, … Continue reading Labor’s Bill Shorten Publicly Ridicules Joanne Kermond – a Victim of Pacific Hydro’s Non-Compliant Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm

Wind Industry Belting its ‘Message’ Home: Trustpower’s Thugs Assault 79-Year-Old Pensioner & Disabled Farmer

Remember all those glowing stories about wind power outfits being welcomed into rural communities with open arms? You know, tales about how farmers are dying to have turbines lined up all over their properties? How locals can’t wait to pick up some of the thousands of permanent, high paying jobs on offer? How developers are … Continue reading Wind Industry Belting its ‘Message’ Home: Trustpower’s Thugs Assault 79-Year-Old Pensioner & Disabled Farmer

Wind Farm Nuisance Case: Falmouth Zoning Board Orders Turbine Shutdown

**** Back in November 2013, we reported on the orders made by a Court in Falmouth, Massachusetts that pulled to a halt the operation of a couple of Vestas V82s that have been driving townspeople nuts, since they kicked into gear over 5 years ago (see our post here). We've also reported on Barry Funfar, … Continue reading Wind Farm Nuisance Case: Falmouth Zoning Board Orders Turbine Shutdown

US Wind Industry in Flat Panic: Report Confirms Turbines a ‘Human Health Hazard’

Back in October last year, we reported on the Brown County's Board of Health's declaration that Duke Energy’s Shirley Wisconsin Wind Development is a “Hazard to Human Health”: Board of Health Declares Wisconsin Wind Farm a “Human Health Hazard” Since then, for the wind industry, things have gone from bad to worse. Wisconsin ‘health hazard’ … Continue reading US Wind Industry in Flat Panic: Report Confirms Turbines a ‘Human Health Hazard’

Banks Baulk at Lending to Wind Power Outfits as Brits Slash Subsidies & Communities Fight Back

**** Our British counter-parts are on a roll. Since David Cameron’s thumping election win, wind power outfits in the UK have been copping a belting on all fronts. And the same is true across the ditch in the Emerald Isle. Furious communities from Armagh to Kerry; and John O'Groats to Cornwall are gathering strength and … Continue reading Banks Baulk at Lending to Wind Power Outfits as Brits Slash Subsidies & Communities Fight Back

French Revolt Against the Great Wind Power Fraud

**** The French have treated revolution as a National pastime, for much of their history: storming the Bastille in 1789; and the streets of Paris in 1969, to name a couple of people-power-hits. Today, the target of the seething masses is these things; or to the French: éoliennes. And - with a burning desire to … Continue reading French Revolt Against the Great Wind Power Fraud

Costly & Pointless Wind Power Subsidies Slammed by Australia’s National Party

**** When STT cranked into gear in December 2012, hammering the wind industry was a fairly lonely occupation: hardly fashionable; a bit like wearing yellow to a funeral, really. Back then, openly questioning the “wonders” of wind power was a guaranteed dinner party showstopper. Nervous hosts – choking on their organic pinot gris – would … Continue reading Costly & Pointless Wind Power Subsidies Slammed by Australia’s National Party

Vesta’s Ken McAlpine Forced to Apologise to Dr Sarah Laurie for …. well, just being ‘Ken’

**** In Australia, struggling Danish turbine maker, Vestas is in more trouble than Ned Kelly at Glenrowan. With construction of wind farms at a standstill; and the very few developers hoping to press on with projects, plumping for cheaper versions of these things - made in India and China, Vesta’s Australian adventure is little more … Continue reading Vesta’s Ken McAlpine Forced to Apologise to Dr Sarah Laurie for …. well, just being ‘Ken’

Pacific Hydro & Acciona’s Acoustic ‘Consultant’ Fakes ‘Compliance’ Reports for Non-Compliant Wind Farms

**** Victorian Senator - and STT Champion - John Madigan delivered the speech-of-a-lifetime in the Federal Senate this week, recorded in the video and Hansard (transcript) below. What John reveals is nothing short of criminal, as we detail later in the post. **** **** SENATE Hansard TUESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2015 Senator MADIGAN: Firstly, I seek … Continue reading Pacific Hydro & Acciona’s Acoustic ‘Consultant’ Fakes ‘Compliance’ Reports for Non-Compliant Wind Farms