Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 27 April 2025

The great wind and solar scam was founded on lies, built on myth and runs on subsidies. But with Donald J Trump in the White House the scale of the fraud is finally being revealed and his concerted attack on the wind industry has rattled its very foundations. Which brings us to the first of … Continue reading Stop These Things’ Weekly Round Up: 27 April 2025

Irish High Court Slams Wind Turbine Operator For Noise “Like Aeroplanes that Never Land”

Freedom from wind turbine noise nuisance isn’t a “concern”; it’s a hard-won legal “right” based on the lawful entitlement to sleep comfortably in your own home – a right (not a privilege) that’s been upheld against the mighty, rich and powerful for close to 200 hundred years. The grinding, thumping cacophony generated by giant industrial … Continue reading Irish High Court Slams Wind Turbine Operator For Noise “Like Aeroplanes that Never Land”

Peace At Last: Neighbours Enjoy First Decent Sleep In Years After Wind Turbine Shutdown

There is no doubt that the thumping, grinding, mechanical cacophony generated by giant industrial wind turbines drives neighbours nuts. But trying to explain wind turbine noise to someone who has never had to live with it, is like trying to explain a migraine to someone who has never had a headache. A study from Flinders University … Continue reading Peace At Last: Neighbours Enjoy First Decent Sleep In Years After Wind Turbine Shutdown

Landmark Decision Vindicates Victims: Supreme Court Orders Total Wind Farm Shutdown

In a world-first, neighbours tormented by wind turbine noise have won a landmark victory, forcing the operator to shut down all of its turbines at night-time. Yesterday, Justice Melinda Richards of the Victorian Supreme Court slapped an injunction on a wind farm because the noise it generates has been driving neighbours nuts for seven years, … Continue reading Landmark Decision Vindicates Victims: Supreme Court Orders Total Wind Farm Shutdown

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