A week or so back we covered the antics of another foreign owned wind power outfit struggling to come to grips with the fact that Australian rural communities have had - as they say - ‘a gutful’ of the wind industry’s lies, treachery and deceit. And they’ve especially had enough of the bully-boy, stand-over tactics … Continue reading Rye Park Rumble: 91% of Locals Hostile to Trustpower’s Planned Wind Farm Disaster
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Communities Fight Back & Set the Wind Industry on Fire
*** 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 … Continue reading Communities Fight Back & Set the Wind Industry on Fire
Germany’s Wind Power ‘Dream’ Becomes a Living Nightmare
**** The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers, around the globe, hail Germany as THE wind power ‘Super Model’. Trouble is, in Germany - as elsewhere - the ‘gloss’ has well-and-truly worn off - and the 'Model' is looking more than just a little worse for wear. The Germans went into wind power harder and … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Power ‘Dream’ Becomes a Living Nightmare
Irish Wind Farm Victories Mount
**** There aren’t many guarantees in life – death and taxes spring to mind: to which can be added community opposition to giant fans. Wherever wind farms have appeared – or have been threatened – big numbers of locals take a set against the monsters being speared into their previously peaceful – and often idyllic … Continue reading Irish Wind Farm Victories Mount
The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle
There aren’t many guarantees in life – death and taxes spring to mind: to which can be added community opposition to giant fans. Wherever wind farms have appeared - or have been threatened - big numbers of locals take a set against the monsters being speared into their previously peaceful – and often idyllic – … Continue reading The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle
Big Win for Big Thunder: Candian Fan Plan Canned
Contract scrapped Leith Dunick tbnewswatch.com 25 July 2014 Irene Bond, spokeswoman for the Nor'Wester Escarpment Protection Committee, says she's ecstatic to learn Horizon's contract with the OPA was terminated. A spokeswoman for the Nor’Wester Mountain Escarpment Protection Committee says she’s ecstatic that Horizon Wind Inc.’s planned turbine farm in Thunder Bay might be dead in … Continue reading Big Win for Big Thunder: Candian Fan Plan Canned
Fighting the Great Wind Power Fraud? You’re Not Alone
Hard to think it's only been a Year since we took the fight to Canberra. On 18 June 2013, 364 pro-farming and pro-rural community representatives - from Tolga in Far North Queensland, Coopers Gap in Southern QLD; from all over the Tablelands of NSW; a big contingent of Victorians and South Australians; and a contingent … Continue reading Fighting the Great Wind Power Fraud? You’re Not Alone
Wind Power: Failing to “win hearts & minds” – or “when push comes to shove”
Wherever it tries to set up shop these days, the wind industry faces growing “community opposition”. This “dreadful” phenomenon has arisen all over the world. Could the "soundtrack" to this video provide a clue, perhaps? **** **** Covered in this post - Cape Bridgewater locals have not only had to tolerate an endless barrage of … Continue reading Wind Power: Failing to “win hearts & minds” – or “when push comes to shove”
Ireland: National Wind Energy Protest March
Residents in Ireland are appalled at the scale of Industrial Infrastructure that is occurring/proposed from a flawed energy policy. I am sure this is the same in every country where big wind has been allowed to get too close to government. The Midlands groups decided to act. We began by hosting a Wind Energy Protest … Continue reading Ireland: National Wind Energy Protest March
Muriel Blair: Better to Die on your Feet than Live on your Knees
Canadians are in the midst of a pitched battle to save what’s left of their – previously – idyllic Ontario from the clutches of wind weasels like Next Terror. STT gave one of their natural born leaders, Esther Wrightman a wrap up in this post. Well, Muriel Blair is keen to encourage the growing band … Continue reading Muriel Blair: Better to Die on your Feet than Live on your Knees
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