**** A couple of weeks back we ran a story on the Bavarian government's new mandatory setback rule (10 times the height: 10-H) which, with turbines towering 200m, means a minimum distance of 2km from homes. In closely settled Bavaria that rule spells the end for hundreds of proposed projects; and, coupled with the German … Continue reading German Wind Farm Backlash Begins: Bavaria’s High Court Confirms 2KM Setback Rule
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Wind Industry Corruption in NSW: Planning Officer ‘Doctors’ Noise Impact Report to Get Project Approval
New South Wales is a hotbed of wind industry corruption, as Maurice Newman (the Business Adviser to former PM, Tony Abbott) laid plain during a recent interview with STT Champion, Alan Jones: Wind Industry Corruption in NSW: Maurice Newman Lifts the Lid Alan is back, this time with yet more detail on just how rotten … Continue reading Wind Industry Corruption in NSW: Planning Officer ‘Doctors’ Noise Impact Report to Get Project Approval
Want Hate-Filled Communities? Then Just Add Wind Farms
The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers keep telling us that rural communities are falling over themselves to get in on some wind farm action. However, as usual, their spin and the reality on the ground are miles apart. Nancy Tips details how wind farms destroy the trust and faith that make vibrant and prosperous … Continue reading Want Hate-Filled Communities? Then Just Add Wind Farms
Wind Turbine Infrasound: German Doctors Demand Shutdown of Turbines Within 3KM of Homes
One of the myths pedalled by the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers is that Germans - who live cheek-by-jowl with thousands of these things - are not troubled in the slightest by incessant turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound. Yet again, as with wind industry propaganda in the main, the truth is a whole … Continue reading Wind Turbine Infrasound: German Doctors Demand Shutdown of Turbines Within 3KM of Homes
Governor’s Wind Farm Push Brings Community Backlash in Upstate New York
**** The wind industry rides roughshod over rural communities wherever it goes, and Upstate New York is no exception. New York's Governor, Andrew Cuomo is another of the wind industry's willing 'enablers' who seems to believe that arrogance and malice are a political virtue. Crash or crash through is a style long associated with those … Continue reading Governor’s Wind Farm Push Brings Community Backlash in Upstate New York
The Wind Industry’s Malicious & Unjustified Harm to Public Health
Wind power is a public health problem Cape Cod Times Lilli-Ann Green 7 March 2016 Wind turbine projects have previously been rejected in Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Harwich, Dennis, Brewster, Barnstable and Bourne. Health concerns have been a major issue. A Superior Court judge, hearing neighbor’ complaints that wind turbine noise constituted an intolerable “nuisance” that … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Malicious & Unjustified Harm to Public Health
Split Asunder: Wind Farms Cause Hatred & Permanent Community Division
After years of being shunned by former friends and neighbours for introducing turbines into their communities (or signing up for that to happen in future), many turbine hosts are keen to wind the clock back and make amends. Bitter community division, angry former friends and hostile neighbours are just one aspect of what has caused … Continue reading Split Asunder: Wind Farms Cause Hatred & Permanent Community Division
If You’re Going through Wind Farm Hell, Then Keep Going
**** What impresses STT most is the tenacity and perseverance of community defenders, all over the Globe. Pro-farming (REAL farming, that is), pro-community and pro-real power groups are better informed and organised, and more vocal and hostile, than ever before. Hard-working, decent, rural people throughout the world are fighting back – to obtain sensible energy … Continue reading If You’re Going through Wind Farm Hell, Then Keep Going
51 Ontario Towns & Municipalities Call For Wind Power Subsidies to End
Ontario is an economic and social disaster zone: set upon by corrupt wind-zealots, they have seen power prices spiral out of control; and whole communities destroyed, as thousands of these things have been speared into the most agriculturally productive part of Canada. Hundreds of hard-working family farmers have been forced to abandon homes and thousands … Continue reading 51 Ontario Towns & Municipalities Call For Wind Power Subsidies to End
Irish High Court Slams Cork Wind Farm
High Court overturns permission for Cork wind farm The Irish Times Mary Carolan 25 February 2016 Judge says process used by An Bord Pleanála did not comply with Irish law The High Court has overturned a grant of planning permission for a wind farm near Inchigeelagh, Co Cork. Mr Justice Bernard Barton ruled the permission … Continue reading Irish High Court Slams Cork Wind Farm
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