Once upon a time, offshore wind power was seen as a subsidy Bonanza that would outlast religion. That was then. This is now. The Trump administration has all but destroyed the promise and is well advanced in its efforts to destroy the threatened disasters in the making. Which brings us to this week’s roundup. A … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 5 October 2025
Tag: American wind farm litigation
Locals’ War Against Industrial Wind Power Spreading Like Turbines On Fire
America’s rural communities hate industrial wind power with a passion and they fight. Well-organised and litigious, since 2015 America’s community defenders have knocked out over 600 industrial scale wind and solar projects, so far – see Robert Bryce’s Renewable Rejection Database. And they’re not about to let up. A wind power outfit backed by the … Continue reading Locals’ War Against Industrial Wind Power Spreading Like Turbines On Fire
Not In Anyone’s Backyard: The Truth Behind Rural America’s Great Wind & Solar Backlash
Eco-zealots, like Bill McKibben reckon rural folk just can’t wait to get 240m high wind turbines whirling in their backyard; and that if they express any resistance to such a ‘golden opportunity’, it’s all down to the nefarious activities of ‘evil’ fossil fuel overlords and right wingers spreading “misinformation” about how wonderful it is … Continue reading Not In Anyone’s Backyard: The Truth Behind Rural America’s Great Wind & Solar Backlash
Battle Lines: American Farmers Winning War Against Lying, Greedy Wind & Solar Outfits
Remember all those glowing stories about wind and solar 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 … Continue reading Battle Lines: American Farmers Winning War Against Lying, Greedy Wind & Solar Outfits
No ‘Right’ Place: Industrial Wind Turbines Don’t Belong In ANYONE’S Backyard
As wind turbines are incapable of generating power on demand and wouldn’t last a second without massive subsidies, there is no ‘right’ place for them. Any power generation source that can’t deliver electricity on demand is pointless, so talk about appropriate siting is pure nonsense. Why bother? Rent seekers and crony capitalists are the only … Continue reading No ‘Right’ Place: Industrial Wind Turbines Don’t Belong In ANYONE’S Backyard
Rural America Tells Wind Industry to ‘Stick Its Turbines Where The Sun Don’t Shine’
America’s farmers have rejected the pitch that 600-700-foot-high wind turbines and endless seas of solar panels are a surefire path to peace and prosperity. Rural Americans are angry, organised and lawyered up. These are people who will not become roadkill for the renewable energy rent seekers determined to destroy their peaceful and prosperous communities. The … Continue reading Rural America Tells Wind Industry to ‘Stick Its Turbines Where The Sun Don’t Shine’
Renewables Rejected: How American Communities Successfully Block Wind & Solar Projects
Americans fight - which is the only way to beat Big Wind and Big Solar when they’re threatening anyone’s backyard. Over the last few years, American communities have banded together, got organised and lawyered up. The result is an enviable string of victories by which pro-community and pro-reliable energy groups have defeated the crony capitalists … Continue reading Renewables Rejected: How American Communities Successfully Block Wind & Solar Projects
Grand Cover-Up: Sierra Club Conceals American’s Growing Hostility to Wind Power
The Sierra Club reckons wind power is the future, but hundreds of industrial wind projects have been canned across the USA, and plenty more are being quietly withdrawn, thanks to growing community resentment and hostility towards industrial wind power. The only way to prevent industrial wind power from destroying your hitherto peaceful and prosperous community … Continue reading Grand Cover-Up: Sierra Club Conceals American’s Growing Hostility to Wind Power
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