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High court overrules agency OK of multi-million-dollar wind energy deal

categories: Maine link: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2014/03/05/high-court-overrules-agency-ok-of-multi-million-dollar-wind-energy-deal/ A 2012 deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars to expand wind energy projects across the Northeast was dealt a blow Tuesday by the Maine supreme court, which ruled that a state agency’s approval of the … Continue reading

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Exporting Maine’s 
wind energy

Read article:  http://www.pressherald.com/news/Exporting_Maine_s__wind_energy_.html?pagenum=full

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Vermont’s Public Service Board issued an order on Monday opening an investigation to consider the development of sound standards.

A prehearing conference will be held on January 8, 2014, 1:30 p.m., Pavilion Auditorium, Montpelier, Vermont (basement of building that houses the Governor’s office, next to the Supreme Court building which is next to the Statehouse). Interested entities and individuals … Continue reading

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Lawsuit Claims State Went Too Easy On Wind Energy Company

JAY STAPLETON The Connecticut Law Tribune 2013-12-06 14:02:08.0 For several years now, a company called BNE Energy has wanted to place electricity-generating turbines in the Litchfield County town of Colebrook. The proposal has sparked vigorous legal opposition from nearby property … Continue reading

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Opinion: Connecticut deserves a good wind turbine law

By Joyce Hemingson: Monday, December 2, 2013 The issues that have been raised about industrial wind turbines are not new. They date back to the legislature’s Energy & Technology Committee public hearing on Feb. 3, 2011, which led to the … Continue reading

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Fwd: UTILITY COMPANY SENTENCED IN WYOMING FOR KILLING PROTECTED BIRDS AT WIND PROJECTS

Subject: UTILITY COMPANY SENTENCED IN WYOMING FOR KILLING PROTECTED BIRDS AT WIND PROJECTS ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                 ENRD FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013                                                          (202) 514-2007 WWW.JUSTICE.GOV                                                            TTY (866) 544-5309 UTILITY COMPANY SENTENCED IN WYOMING FOR KILLING PROTECTED BIRDS AT WIND PROJECTS           … Continue reading

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Judge orders limited use of wind turbines

Nov. 23, 2013 Republican American story:  Judge orders limited use of wind turbines ASSOCIATED PRESS BARNSTABLE, Mass. — The town of Falmouth was ordered by a judge on Friday to limit the hours two town­owned wind turbines operate after neighbors blamed them … Continue reading

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Environmental group sues state for going easy on wind-power company that cut down trees in state forest

Read Article at: http://www.raisinghale.com/2013/11/07/environmental-group-sues-state-easy-on-wind/

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Maine Legislature’s energy docket set for full slate in 2014

Read article at: http://bangordailynews.com/2013/11/17/politics/maine-legislatures-energy-docket-set-for-full-slate-in-2014/

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Maine wind makes CT solar affordable

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s decision to finance a $1 billion wind farm in Maine will help Connecticut attain its renewable energy goals and support a solar farm development in Lisbon, with minimal impact on ratepayers, according to an administration source. … Continue reading

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