Download this release in PDF format. In response to a Vermont Agency of Natural Resources memo released last week discussing water quality impacts around the Sheffield wind project site, project owner First Wind claimed that the data indicated no harm had occurred on the area streams during construction.
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Reposted from Caledonian-Record. DERBY – Two determined Derby residents have talked Select Board Chairman Brian Smith into considering the idea that Derby should participate in the state hearing process over the Derby Line wind project.
Reposted from Brattleboro Reformer. MONTPELIER — Two key state lawmakers said Tuesday that Vermont won’t meet its goal of getting 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2017, and they’re withdrawing their support for setting a new goal of 30 percent renewable power by 2025.
Reposted from Seven Days Blog. The debate over burning forests for electricity is heating up again as a wood-fueled power plant moves closer to construction in Fair Haven.
Reposted from Rutland Herald. NORTH SPRINGFIELD — A group of North Springfield residents have formed a group to fight the proposed wood-fired power plant in North Springfield.
Reposted from Orleans County Record. There is gathering opposition to utility-sized wind projects. We endorse it, and we hope that the movement spreads.
This week saw continued State House debate about the future Vermont’s transmission infrastructure company VELCO as a group of Senators continued to push for the State to study whether it might make sense to acquire the operation.
