Parishville-Hopkinton Wind

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Parishville Hopkinton Wind A Community Resource

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14593

please see: http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/news/2011/dr-pierpont-interviews-wts-victims-1-falmouth-ma/

http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/news/2011/six-acres-and-a-nice-un-sellable-home-mass/      {please copy and paste)         also see:      http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/news/2011/wind-turbine-syndrome-by-proxy-wtsp/        and this:     http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/news/2011/still-more-wind-turbine-syndrome-ontario/#comment-16536

Are you aware that even as you read this, a huge foreign-national corporation, Iberdola, is laying the groundwork for a full scale Industrial Wind Generation Facility in the area straddling the boundary of Parishville and Hopkinton?

Do you feel well informed about this developing situation? This website was created to inform the public about the significance of this turn of events. There is a lot of information here, covering a range of related subjects. You will find a table of contents; this is followed by a brief synopsis of each topic, with link to the full articles on the right. You might be quite surprised at what you read here.

In the left hand column, please find links to external sites where you can further inform yourself about the Wind Industry and how it is influencing the lives of many thousands of people in New York State, around the U.S., and all over the world.

1. Health Issues
2. Effects on Family and Community
3. Property Values
4. Inefficiency of Energy Generation
5. Clean, Green Energy
6. Corporate Marketing
7. Government Subsidies
8. Free Wind Energy
9. Leasing Contract Commitments
10. Landowner Liabilities
11. Jobs: Potential Scenarios
12. Impacts on Wildlife

 

Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 11:37
 

1. Health Issues

Saturday, 28 May 2011 11:56 administrator
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1. Health Issues

According to their corporate website, On June 17, 2008, Noble Wind held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially mark the start of construction of the Noble Altona Windpark in Altona NY, which straddles State Route 11 in western Clinton County. This project is rated at about 100 megawatts capacity, from 65 turbines. Along with their adjoining project in neighboring Chateaugay, also rated at about 100 MW, the overall facility was operational in January 2009. Footnote: their corporate office was listed as being located on Lost Nation Road, where, interestingly, in March 6, 2009, the 150 foot blades on one of the turbines spun out of control, causing the massive turbine and its roughly 250 foot tall tower to crash to the ground. At any rate...

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 June 2011 10:19 Read more...
 

2. Effects on Family and Community

Sunday, 29 May 2011 12:41 administrator
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2. Effects on Family and Community:

Perhaps the best way to address this is with a direct link to a story aired on public radio on April 9, 2008:

Across the nation, the demand for renewable energy is booming and so is the construction of wind farms.

From a distance, the spinning windmills can look sculptural and graceful, but residents who live among wind turbines often have mixed and divergent feelings. This is the story of one family in upstate New York that's been divided by the wind.

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 June 2011 09:27 Read more...
 


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