Vermont Governor Jim Douglas was a guest on VPR this past week. In response to a call-in phone question he had the following to say about Industrial wind in Vermont. You can also play the clip below.
The following is a My View column by Win Smith (President of Sugarbush Resort) published on 9/2/2010 in the Valley Reporter. Unintended Consequences In my opinion, there is no question that we need to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and also move more rapidly away from dependency on carbon-based fuels and towards various forms [...]
Reposted here from Northern Woodlands. The Burning Question: Is Biomass Right for the Northeast? by Chuck Wooster | August 18th 2010 Photo courtesy of Biomass Energy Resource Center Like a forest fire that appears to be contained before exploding into an inferno, biomass has gone from being a topic of interest primarily to foresters and [...]
Article posted below from original at Caledonian-Record. Irasburg May seek Party Status In Wind Project Robin Smith Staff Writer Irasburg officials may seek party status in the hearings before state regulators about the Lowell wind development project.
Below is a video of a community television show entitled “Community Council on the Climate Crisis” as they address the topic of solar power in Vermont with guest Annette Smith from Vermonters for a Clean Environment. Community Council on the Climate Crisis #3 from Theo Talcott on Vimeo.
Reposted here from the Shelburne News. Wed, Aug 18th 2010 01:00 pm by Margo Callaghan The discussion of a proposed noise ordinance at last week’s Planning Commission meeting on Aug. 12 proved to be the most time-consuming item on the agenda. Committee member Daren Jorgensen presented findings from his research of ordinances in other locations [...]
Reposted here from the Valley Reporter. Job number one, for whoever becomes Vermont’s next governor and those who become our next state representatives and senators, is to change the process by which alternative energy projects are reviewed, permitted and sited. Currently, such projects come before the Vermont Public Service Board, which notifies towns that an [...]
Reposted from the Valley Reporter. 9/2/2010 By Lisa Loomis Citizens Wind is not soliciting bids for a commercial wind project on the Northfield Ridge in Waitsfield.
In 2008, the Town of Sutton, Vermont, with the assistance of the Northeastern Vermont Development Association, designed a project to determine the feasibility of re-developing the former Burke Lumber mill site in Sutton into a new wood using industry. The Town hired Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC to undertake the work.
Download the Environmental Court’s decision in PDF form here.
Attached is a rough map of where the proposed Citizens Energy project would be along the Waitsfield, Moretown, and Northfield lines. You can download it here.
