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01.03.2011: This afternoon, AG Richard Blumenthal met with representatives from Save Prospect and FairWindCT (Joyce Hemingson, Manuel Cords, and Noah Ullman) in his Hartford office. Afterwards, there was a press conference and he handed out the attached press release, calling … Continue reading →

01.03.2011:  Colebrook Historical Society ~ Letter to Siting Council

TV News-8 on 01/03/2011:  Blumenthal backs wind turbine opponents

The Hartford Courant 01/03/2011:  Blumenthal Calls for Clear Standards To Guide Wind Farms

Response to “Wind Turbine Syndrome” prepared by Epsilon Associates (the Massachusetts company hired by the CT Siting Council to review the Prospect application). Epsilon prepared it for a company with turbines in Illinois, and they dispute Nina Pierpont’s book on … Continue reading →

Integrating Wind Power: Wind Fails in Two Important Performance Measures

categories: Massachusetts, Opinions link: http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/12/24/making-the-case-against-the-turbine/ I am writing in response to a commentary published in the Dec. 16 edition by Robert Broker, who endorsed the proposed wind turbine proposal by The Trustees of Reservations. Mr. Broker (15 Barnes Road) is … Continue reading →

categories: Editorials, U.S. link: http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/12/22/the-wind-subsidy-bubble/ Ethanol isn’t the only heavily subsidized energy source that won a multibillion dollar jackpot in last week’s tax deal. The other big winner was the wind industry, which received a one year extension of a … Continue reading →

categories: Connecticut link: http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2010/12/17/proposed-order-would-keep-wind-turbines-away-from-homes/ PROSPECT – A proposed order from a group against a wind project in Prospect would set turbines back 3,000 feet from abutting property and 2,500 feet from roadways. Save Prospect Corp. submitted the proposal, along with … Continue reading →

Wind Power Protests in Prospect