WCAX: Tracking bear behavior near proposed wind project

May 21, 2012 No Comments by

Reposted from WCAX.   SEARSBURG, Vt. – A proposed wind farm in southern Vermont has Fish and Wildlife officials concerned about possible negative impacts on bear populations. So they have begun to track the bears’ movements before construction even begins.

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Courthouse News Service: Vermonters Fight Mountaintop Wind Farm

Apr 20, 2012 No Comments by

Reposted from Courthouse News Service.   BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (CN) – Environmentalists sued the U.S. Forest Service to try to stop a wind farm that would put 15 turbines 389 feet tall atop “pristine mountain ridgelines” in the Green Mountain National Forest.

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Rutland Herald: Environmental group takes forest service to court over wind turbines

Apr 17, 2012 1 Comment by

Reposted from Rutland Herald.   A local environmental group, Vermonters for a Clean Environment, filed a complaint in U.S. District Court asking that the U.S. Forest Service be prohibited from issuing a special permit for the construction of an electricity generation plant using 15 wind turbines in Readsboro and Searsburg.

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Bennington Banner: Non-profit sues over Deerfield Wind Project

Apr 17, 2012 No Comments by

Reposted from Bennington Banner.   SEARSBURG — A Vermont non-profit is taking the Green Mountain National Forest to court over a proposed wind power facility.

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VCE’s Suit Against Forest Service to Appeal Deerfield Wind Decision

Apr 13, 2012 No Comments by

Vermonter’s for a Clean Environment filed suit against the US Forest Service to stop their approval of the Deerfield wind project. You can find a copy of the suit here.

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Rutland Herald: Wind project approval upheld

Apr 12, 2012 No Comments

Reposted from Rutland Herald.   READSBORO — After receiving seven appeals of its decision to approve the 15-turbine wind-powered electricity generation proposal for the Deerfield Wind project in Readsboro and Searsburg, the Green Mountain National Forest announced Tuesday that its decision had been upheld by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Heartlander: Environmentalists Challenge Vermont Wind Power Project

Apr 06, 2012 No Comments

Reposted from Heartlander.   Environmentalists have filed a challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a wind turbine project slated for Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont.

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Deerfield Valley News: Town Appeals Wind Turbine Decision

Mar 19, 2012 No Comments

Reposted from Deerfield Valley News.   WILMINGTON- The town has appealed the US Forest Service’s decision to approve the construction of 15 wind turbines on two ridgelines on Green Mountain National Forest land in Searsburg and Readsboro.

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