Reposted from VTDigger. Editor’s note: This op-ed is by Lukas B. Snelling, the executive director of Energize Vermont, a nonprofit, statewide, Rutland-based, renewable energy advocacy group. I am writing in response to Avram Patt’s Opinion piece titled, “Wind farms: Large, visible … and necessary” published by VTDigger on Jan. 31, 2012. While Mr. Patt [...]
January 25th’s Barton Chronicle contained a relevant Letter to the Editor. Download this page in PDF format.
Below is an editorial reposted here from the Rutland Herald. Published: January 28, 2012 Over the past six years production of wind turbines in the United States has grown by 12 times, according to a report in The New York Times. There are now more than 400 facilities in 43 states, and according to [...]
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. To the Editor: “The truth will set you free.” In the politically charged debate over industrial wind filled with half-truths misinformation and blatant myths, it is good to see someone stand tall and speak the unvarnished truth.
Reposted from Burlington Free Press. The forward-thinking environmentalists of 40 years ago, after much on-the-ground research, came to the realization that Vermont’s ridge environments over 2,500 feet in elevation were fragile, rare and sacred ecological wonders in need of strict protection.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. Elizabeth Miller, Vermont Department of Public Service commissioner, said recently that when the Lowell wind project is finished, Vermont won’t see or need any more big wind projects.
This week’s Barton Chronicle included several relevant Letters to the Editor as well as coverage of the Lowell wind project. Download the relevant pages in PDF format.
Reposted from Burlington Free Press. The governor is currently considering allowing his utility-scale wind turbine corporate chums to seize our public lands, as if private lands aren’t enough.
