• Community Organization Challenges Wind Farm Law

    Updated: 2010-01-31 03:11:32
    In the Wyoming County town of Orangeville frustrated residents are surrounded on three sides with wind farms in neighboring towns. Unable to get their own town to look at growing research on wind turbine noise and the degree to which visual blight hurts local property values, today they filed a lawsuit against the town board. “Noise limits and setback distances from turbines to homes were dictated by Invenergy,” the company planning a 59-turbine wind farm in Orangeville, according to Cathi Orr, . . .

  • Wind turbines disrupt local residents

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:06:54
    DeKalb County resident Tammy Duriavich has noticed changes since the wind turbines have been turned on near her home. Recently, Duriavich’s horses have been acting differently to the point that one day, her horse bit her. Duriavich said her horses had never behaved in such a way before the turbines were erected. Duriavich also said that her dogs, who are normally quiet, are now constantly barking. Between DeKalb County and Lee County, 145 wind turbines are officially in use. “They are turning and generating electricity . . .

  • PSC commissioner questions cost to customers if power lines go through

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:06:46
    As huge power line projects in Montana are being pitched as the catalyst for a new wave of wind power development, Public Service Commissioner Brad Molnar, R-Laurel, is asking whether these lines might end up harming Montana electricity consumers. Molnar has been traveling the state and writing newspaper columns, arguing that the lines could lead to higher rates for Montanans. If they interconnect with existing power lines, power generator PPL Montana could more easily sell its cheap coal-fired and hydro electricity . . .

  • Question what wind farms reap

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:06:33
    Considering the wind farm(s) projected for Goodhue County, many are concerned for surrounding areas, the affects of sound, flickering reflections, killing of birds, human and wild life habitat, erosion of soil, etc. After attending meetings of the county commissioners where some issues were addressed I checked with some in the foot print of existing farms. One Jeffers, Minn., farmer said he couldn’t even see the 365-foot tower as it was in the far corner of his property. But someone must see it, . . .

  • Wind development, power lines will affect hundreds of landowners

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:06:27
    I am writing concerning a land company trying to buy an easement for an electric transmission line in Harper and Woodward Counties. I recently received a request to buy this easement through our land. The line will service a planned wind farm north of Highway 64 in Harper County, OK. I feel there is some very important information that I need to share with landowners that are being approached regarding this issue. First point, this is a private company, and they . . .

  • Decision coming Tuesday on much-debated wind turbines

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:06:07
    TAZEWELL, Va. — After nearly 14 months of debate, a decision is finally expected Tuesday on a controversial wind turbine farm for East River Mountain. According to an advance copy the Tuesday’s printed agenda for the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors, the board will discuss at 7:55 p.m. and consider the approval of an ordinance to regulate the construction of tall structures on certain ridgelines. If approved by the board, the ordinance would effectively prohibit Dominion and BP Wind Energy North . . .

  • Blowback from wind farms threatens air-traffic control

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:05:59
    Wind turbines may be seen by Ontario’s government as the power source for the future, but a group of Canadian engineers could hold the key to ensuring the clean energy system doesn’t end up causing an aviation disaster. Wind farms are sprouting up around the world, but aviation specialists are raising concerns that the giant turbines are creating blackout zones for air-traffic control radars. The spinning blades of the turbines are being detected by the radars, presenting false images or generating . . .

  • TV botanist in democracy row despite turbine vote delight

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:05:35
    Botanist David Bellamy has questioned democracy in Wales following a key wind farm debate — but hailed the result of the debate as “great news for democracy”. Dr Bellamy wanted to know why Swansea councillor Ioan Richard could not speak at last Thursday’s planning meeting, where members voted overwhelmingly to reject the application. Councillor Richard represents the Mawr ward, where developer RWE npower renewables wants to install 19 turbines. In an email to the Post, Dr Bellamy, who has spoken out against wind . . .

  • Wind law group meets

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:05:30
    CAPE VINCENT — Leaving sound regulations and controversial setback rules for a later date, the Town Council, Planning Board and Wind Committee worked through most of a draft wind zoning ordinance during a work session Saturday. The largest change agreed upon was that the developer or operator of the wind farm would receive post-construction complaints about noise or other issues instead of the town. “The onus of the initial response should be placed on the operator, not at first on the town,” . . .

  • Decision time for wind farm close to A19

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:05:16
    Controversial plans to build five wind turbines on farmland close to a busy dual carriageway are likely to be approved by councillors next week. Planners at Hartlepool Borough Council have received an application from British Telecom to install 375ft high wind turbines at Red Gap Farm, on the outskirts of town, close to the A19. The proposed site is on land immediately to the west of the A19, near Sunderland Lodge, outside Elwick. Nearly a dozen objections have been made against the scheme. But . . .

  • Don’t count on wind: Hidden costs start to peek out

    Updated: 2010-01-31 00:04:49
    Wind has been in the news of late and not just because Mt. Washington’s record for the highest wind speed on earth has apparently been blown away. The federal Energy Department last week reported that wind power could take the place of coal and natural gas for as much as 30 percent of the electricity generation in the eastern two-thirds of the country. There is just one problem: the cost would be huge and the supposed environmental benefit (reduced carbon emissions) . . .

  • Three county energy projects debated; Border-town residents still smarting over Powerlink

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:16:13
    A battle between backers of wind projects in the mountains east of San Diego and those who say big windmills don’t belong in rural communities because they damage the environment is being taken up by state and federal agencies working on a tight deadline. Opponents and supporters of three big projects clashed this week at standing-room-only meetings in small towns just north of the U.S.-Mexico border and about 70 miles east of San Diego. At issue: which factors state regulators and federal . . .

  • Looking for answers

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:16:07
    A city councillor doesn’t know what to expect when Horizon Wind Inc. makes a deputation before council Monday. Coun. Linda Rydhom said she wants to know why the company’s proposed 18-turbine wind farm has moved closer to Loch Lomond Ski area and Neebing residences since entering into a lease agreement for 17,000 acres of land with the city in 2007. The Big Thunder Wind Park was supposed to be closer to the former Big Thunder site and further away from people, . . .

  • Jefferson County board moves wind-tower PILOT to the floor

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:16:02
    In a move that has implications for northern Oswego County, the Jefferson County Legislature’s Finance and Rules Committee opted Tuesday evening to make no recommendations on a payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreement for the Galloo Island Wind Farm project. Instead, the committee sent the resolution to the full floor of its legislature. The vote was a 3-3 tie with Jefferson County Legislature Chairman Kenneth Blankenbush breaking the tie in support of moving the resolution for all legislators to consider. In county governments, it is . . .

  • Third wind-energy facility proposed for Mason County

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:15:54
    LUDINGTON — The major wind-energy proposals just keep on coming for Mason County. Only nine days after a public meeting was held in the county concerning a proposed offshore wind farm, Consumers Energy Thursday announced plans to develop a 100-megawatt land-based wind-generating facility at various sites in the county. A third commercial wind farm is also being considered for sites on Huron-Manistee National Forest land in Mason County’s Grant Township. Consumers Energy’s project in Mason County, officially called the Lake Winds Energy . . .

  • Commission approves power line agreement

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:15:39
    The Brookings County Commission on Tuesday approved a revised franchise agreement for the Buffalo Ridge II wind project. The agreement allows Buffalo Ridge II LLC to “construct , maintain and operate electrical transmission lines and facilities in Brookings County” for the Buffalo Ridge II wind farm for a period of 20 years. The application is a standard procedure for any energy or utility company embarking on a project that involves building power lines on public right-ofways in the state. A public . . .

  • FAA approves 3 wind turbines for Providence wastewater facility

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:15:35
    PROVIDENCE — The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the installation of three, 360-foot-tall wind turbines at the Fields Point Wastewater Treatment Facility on the Providence waterfront. The Narragansett Bay Commission, which operates the plant, still needs approvals from several other agencies, but it hopes to have the turbines up and running by October 2011. The turbines are estimated to cost $12 million. The commission is applying for state energy grants to cover part of that cost. The FAA approval was a major hurdle, . . .

  • Salazar to visit wind farm site

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:15:27
    It is not exactly the best time of year for a boat ride, but the chilly weather is not stopping U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Salazar is scheduled to visit the area Tuesday to meet with representatives from the region’s two Indian tribes and to see firsthand the location for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm. According to Salazar’s office, he will spend part of the day onboard a boat touring the area around Horseshoe Shoal where Cape Wind Associates LLC wants . . .

  • Council welcomes wind farm decision

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:15:15
    North Devon Council has welcomed the decision to dismiss plans for a wind farm at Knowstone. The council originally opposed the application, for nine wind turbines at Three Moors in Knowstone, in 2008. However, the applicant then lodged an appeal, which resulted in a public inquiry last June. Yesterday (Friday) the Planning Inspector made his decision, agreeing with the council that the proposals should not go ahead. Among the reasons were because the proposed development would be seriously harmful to the character and . . .

  • Wind farms: Financial windfall, or destruction of rural land?

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:15:06
    The topic: Construction of wind turbines in Newtown, Sunbury and Nevada townships What happened? Iberdrola Renewables plans to construct a minimum of 150 approximately 400-foot tall turbines within a rural area of Livingston County called Cayuga Ridge. This area includes Newtown, Sunbury and Nevada townships just southeast of Streator. Horizon Wind Energy also plans to build turbines within this area. These projects would connect a line of wind farms that extend to the south of Marseilles. As Judy Campbell looked out to the . . .

  • An ill wind for turbine protestors

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:14:54
    People in Lower Earley need to “wake up” to the reality of five wind turbines on their doorstep, according to a newly-formed campaign group. Plans for the windfarm at the Rushy Mead site south of the M4 have been on the cards for years but developer Partnership for Renewables (PfR) is now potentially just months away from submitting a planning application, prompting concerned neighbours to act. Householders Against Rushy Mead (Harm) has invited sleep scientist Dr Christopher Hanning to its public meeting . . .

  • Second attempt at met mast for proposed windfarm

    Updated: 2010-01-30 11:14:37
    Wind Energy (Newfield) Limited have received renewed permission from Dumfries and Galloway Council for a 60 metres high meteorological mast at Newfield Moor near Lockerbie. It comes a year after vandals risked their lives to damage one of the two met masts on the site above Sibbaldbie, near Balgray Hill, north west of Lockerbie. They unbolted guy-wires holding the structure in place and left it to the elements to bring it crashing to the ground. The monitoring equipment worth £20,000 was rendered useless . . .

  • Wind power capacity grows at record pace, but industry jobs actually fall

    Updated: 2010-01-30 02:02:47
    America’s wind energy industry enjoyed a banner year in 2009, thanks largely to tax credits and other incentives packed into the $787 billion economic stimulus bill. But even though a record 10,000 megawatts of new generating capacity was created, the number of workers employed in manufacturing wind power actually went down – a setback for President Obama’s pledge to create millions of new “green jobs. Obama has long pitched green jobs, especially in the energy, transportation and manufacturing fields, as a . . .

  • Power lines coming soon

    Updated: 2010-01-30 01:18:03
    In the near future, a large electric transmission line will be built through Young County. The only question is where? Oncor Electric Delivery hosted a public meeting Tuesday at the Graham High School cafeteria to discuss the proposed transmission line project with the members of the community it will possibly impact. Members of nearly 200 households turned out to learn more about the project that might end up in their backyards. Oncor plans to install approximately 100 miles of transmission line across . . .

  • West Grey Seeks Moratorium on Industrial Wind Turbines

    Updated: 2010-01-29 21:46:15
    As Mayor of the Municipality of West Grey, on behalf of the Council and citizens of West Grey, I am calling upon the Province of Ontario to place an indefinite moratorium on industrial wind turbines in the Municipality of West Grey and other Ontario municipalities. The Council of the Municipality of West Grey, as its meeting held on January 11, 2010 passed the attached resolution regarding industrial wind turbines and is seeking all Provincial Ministers, MPP’s, local and area MP’s and . . .

  • Township supports moratorium on wind energy projects

    Updated: 2010-01-29 20:28:22
    Asphodel-Norwood – Council says the province should impose a moratorium on wind energy projects until a study of their impact on human health is carried out by an independent third party. Asphodel-Norwood declared its stance this week by supporting a resolution by the Township of Mapleton calling for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to put a moratorium in place. Late last year Mapleton council received a petition signed by more than 250 people who are concerned about possible health issues related . . .

  • North Carolina wind energy article misinforms readers

    Updated: 2010-01-29 20:27:30
    The recent article “N.C. Senate reviews wind energy ban” contained a great deal of misinformation. The article claimed Senate Bill 1068 banned wind energy and the 1983 Ridge Law exempted wind turbines–those claims are false. The Ridge Law exempts single windmills attached to a parent building–500-feet commercial wind turbines didn’t exist in 1983. Senate Bill 1068 doesn’t ban wind energy–it limits turbine size on protected ridges. It’s curious that N.C. field adviser for Appalachian Voices Austin Hall, who has frequently condemned mountaintop coal . . .

  • Standingfauld windfarm would create more than 1,000 HGV journeys, claims objector

    Updated: 2010-01-29 20:27:19
    Construction work on a planned £26 million giant windfarm in scenic Perthshire could take six to eight months. More than 1500 journeys by heavy goods vehicles along narrow country roads and up to 66 “exceptional loads” could be required as sections of 100m-high turbines, as well as mobile cranes and other construction equipment, are delivered to the site between Muthill and Braco. That has prompted road safety fears from the Standingfauld Environmental Action Group (Seag), set up to oppose the development. Welsh-based West . . .

  • Residents voice concerns about wind turbines

    Updated: 2010-01-29 17:10:19
    KINGS — Ogle County residents and public officials have a lot to consider regarding wind turbine projects after hearing about first-hand experiences with them Tuesday night at Kings School. A gym full of about 80 residents, including several locally elected officials, heard from DeKalb County residents about their personal experiences with industrial wind projects and the effects turbines have had on their lives. The meeting Tuesday night was hosted by Ogle Wind The Fourth Community, a group comprised of area citizens who . . .

  • You can’t see the wind, but some want to own it

    Updated: 2010-01-29 17:10:10
    The wind power industry fears bipartisan legislation that would make the wind blowing across your land a private property right unto itself could upend an industry just finding its groove in Colorado. Though bill sponsor Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Yuma, said state law already allows wind rights to be separated from the surface rights to a piece of private property, the bill would make the law explicit, allowing wind rights to be “severable” from surface rights. That means wind would be treated like . . .

  • Middleburg Heights council continues to question fairground wind turbine

    Updated: 2010-01-29 17:10:02
    MIDDLEBURG HTS. — City Council continues to ask questions about the proposed wind turbine at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. It was expected to vote Tuesday to accept the proposal of CBLH Design, Inc. to provide a visual analysis of the application of the Cuyahoga County Commissioners and the fair board for the 280-foot turbine, slated for the parking lot off Bagley Road. The study will cost $5,600 and take five to six weeks to complete. The county received a $1 million grant . . .

  • Plan for Berrier wind farm should be rejected, expert tells inquiry

    Updated: 2010-01-29 17:09:16
    An international environment specialist has urged the inquiry into a windfarm on the edge of the Lake District to reject the plans. Sir Martin Holdgate, who was director general of the International Committee for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources between 1988 and 1994, spoke out against proposals for the Berrier Windfarm at a hearing yesterday morning. He was also the chief environmental scientist in the Department of the Environment, and recently wrote a study on Cumbria’s capacity for renewable energy. However, . . .

  • Thumb named primary wind zone

    Updated: 2010-01-29 17:09:11
    LANSING — The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) took two steps this week that will greatly affect the Thumb region. The first was when the MPSC on Wednesday designated the Thumb area as a primary wind energy zone. The zone consists of parts of Bay, Huron, Saginaw, Sanilac and Tuscola Counties. This area was as Region 4 by the Michigan Wind Energy Resource Zone Board in an Oct. 15, 2009 final report. Per state law, the Wind Energy Resource Zone Board . . .

  • Famous quotes from former wind advocates

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:34:36
    The following are famous quotes from former wind advocates: “Wind turbines don’t make good neighbors,” Enxco’s John Zimmerman admitted at a meeting in Lowell, Vt. “The noise from the 11 550-kilowatt Searsburg turbines is significant a mile away,” said Rob Ide, the director of Energy Efficiency for the Department Department of Public Service in Vermont. Enxco’s New England representative, John Zimmerman also said, “When there is heavy rime ice build up on the blades and the machines are running you instinctively want to . . .

  • Planning inspector rejects South Molton windfarm appeals

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:11:16
    Planning permission for two proposed wind farm developments near South Molton has been turned down by the Planning Inspectorate, it has been announced today (Friday). The proposals for nine wind turbines at Paul’s Moor, Knowstone, and four wind turbines at Bickham Moor, Oakford, have been the subject of a public inquiry, that opened in June last year. Developers Airtricity and Coronation Power appealed against the non determination of their applications by North Devon Council and Mid Devon District Council. Despite acknowledging the . . .

  • Windfarm noise levels challenged

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:03:08
    Noise level claims about a possible windfarm development have been challenged. A pressure group said clarification was needed after a community council was told people would only hear the turbines if they were “standing underneath them”. Galloway Landscape And Renewable Energy highlighted an “admission” by the British Wind Energy Association that ‘noise from modern wind turbines is normally clearly audible on a windfarm site’. GLARE was reacting to a statement from Gillian Cropper, project manager for Cheshire based Community Windpower Ltd’s plan for . . .

  • Drumclog 11-turbine windfarm given go-ahead

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:02:46
    Plans for an 11-turbine wind farm near Drumclog were this week given the go-ahead. The scheme on the slopes of Bankend Rig, to the southwest of the Glengavel reservoir, had attracted 303 letters of objection. Concerns included visual impact, high noise levels and road disruption through Strathaven during the transportation of the turbines. However, the windfarm accords with Government renewable energy policy and is expected to generate 14.3 megawatts of electricity. An access road to the site which lies near the East Ayrshire border . . .

  • Orleans wind project loses out on grant

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:02:12
    ORLEANS — The town’s plans to get a turbine up and running in the watershed was dealt another blow this month when the project didn’t receive grant funding. “It’s unfortunate,” said Assistant Town Planner John Jannell. Jannell said he would go before selectmen in the coming weeks to see if they want to pursue the $2.3 million municipal wind project entirely with town funds or partner with Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative. The town requested up to $570,000 from Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, . . .

  • Setbacks slow wind-harnessing effort in Provincetown

    Updated: 2010-01-29 16:01:41
    PROVINCETOWN — The challenges facing wind energy here got a little steeper Monday when selectmen were informed that a developer interested in erecting a wind turbine next to the Mt. Gilboa water tank had pulled out. Blair Galinsky, a principal with Mass. Wind, a private development company slated to meet with selectmen to discuss the Mt. Gilboa proposal, told town officials there were several obstacles to proceeding at this point. Chief among them were the loss of leadership in the effort . . .

  • Brady Township Supervisors move toward commercial wind turbine ordinance adoption

    Updated: 2010-01-29 15:57:31
    LUTHERSBURG – The Brady Township Supervisors moved one step closer to adopting an ordinance that will regulate the construction of commercial wind turbines in the township. According to supervisors Chairman Darryl Beatty, the purpose of the special meeting was to discuss and amend the ordinance that was presented at an earlier special meeting. The earlier version proposed a $2,000 per megawatt fee on any turbines in the township. Since the proposed wind turbines are 2 megawatts each, the permit fee would have . . .

  • El Supremo tumba un proyecto eólico de Endesa en Lugo por dañar una casa de turismo rural

    Updated: 2010-01-29 13:31:39
    [Supreme Court deals blow to Endesa wind project in Lugo for harm to rural bed & breakfast — The ruling requires that the turbines be sited 2 kilometers from the establishment.] El fallo obliga a que los molinos se sitúen a dos kilómetros del establecimiento. El medio rural gallego ha vuelto a ganar una batalla en la guerra abierta que mantiene con las empresas eólicas. El Tribunal Supremo ha dictado una sentencia en la que obliga a Endesa a modificar el proyecto . . .

  • Concerns raised over Savoy wind farm

    Updated: 2010-01-29 11:43:00
    SAVOY — Local residents raised more environmental concerns about the proposed Minuteman Wind project on West Hill during a ZBA hearing Wednesday night at Town Hall. Planning Board member Karen Dobe presented the ZBA with a report from the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission, which she said found several “deficiencies” in Minuteman’s proposal. She said the planning commission would be reporting them to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) office, which reviews the environmental impacts of all building projects over a certain . . .

  • Meteorological tower on Sisk Mountain damaged in partial collapse

    Updated: 2010-01-29 11:42:48
    CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP – A 197-foot meteorological tower on Sisk Mountain in northern Franklin County has partially collapsed, with the company that owns the tower saying a guidewire snapped. A representative of the Canadian-based energy company TransCanada, which erected the tower in August 2009, said that the project team had confirmed that the structure had partially collapsed. The damaged tower, which consists of a single pole, equipped with sensors and 12 guidewires, is undergoing repairs. “We confirmed with our project team . . .

  • Barnstable denies college wind project

    Updated: 2010-01-29 11:42:31
    WEST BARNSTABLE — The turbine’s parts have arrived from India and sit quietly in an unused hangar at Otis Air National Guard Base. Materials to construct a platform for the 600-kilowatt Elecon Turbowinds turbine intended for Cape Cod Community College have been stored away on the school’s West Barnstable campus, and a once gaping hole there has been filled with dirt. Following a decision this week by the Barnstable Old King’s Highway Historic District Committee to reject the wind-energy project, it . . .

  • Town passes moratorium on wind law

    Updated: 2010-01-29 11:42:08
    HAMMOND — The town of Hammond has passed a six-month moratorium on its wind law, but not without opposition from pro-wind residents. Local Law 2, passed by the town board on a 3-1 vote with one abstention, establishes a moratorium to give the new board time to amend the wind law adopted by the outgoing board in December. Local Law 1 of 2010, also passed 3-1, “authorizes the board to adopt, amend, repeal, or revoke any land use regulation, restriction or zoning . . .

  • Wind whips more debate

    Updated: 2010-01-29 11:41:51
    Crowds filled the Converse County Courthouse’s inauspicious basement meeting room and spilled out down the hallway. As TV news cameras rolled in the corner, infants and old-timers alike listened intently – sometimes with solemn contemplation and other times with heart-felt applause – as concerned citizens used fiery passion and vivid imagery to relate tales of pristine natural beauty and struggles to save family ranches. Audience members settled in and a debate played out for nearly two hours. It flared on until . . .

  • LIPA prohibited from holding wind farm project’s lease

    Updated: 2010-01-29 11:41:03
    Two years after it began exploring a wind-farm project off the coast of the Rockaways, the Long Island Power Authority last week discovered that it cannot be the lease holder for the project because LIPA’s own bylaws prohibit it from holding a lease in federal waters. LIPA chief Kevin Law Thursday confirmed that a legal review following a meeting with federal officials from the U.S. Interior… [full story at newsday.com: "http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lipa-prohibited-from-holding-wind-farm-project-s-lease-1.1730798]

  • One year ago – Natural Gas Shutoff

    Updated: 2010-01-12 00:08:28
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  • Quotes from System Operators

    Updated: 2010-01-10 17:49:48
    I have been catching up on some reading of wind publications, and came across an interesting article in WindSight. The article is titled “System Operators find Integration Solutions”. “We’ve gotten over the variability of wind. It’s variable and that’s fine. We’re going to deal with it.” Kim Warren, Ontario Independant Electricity System [...]

  • The Carbon Tax in Ireland

    Updated: 2010-01-05 23:19:54
    After many years of talk and conjecture, the Irish Government have introduced a carbon tax on transport (Diesel and Petrol) and thermal (heating) fuels. This year the rate set is €15 per tonne. This is about the middle of the rates that I had heard suggested. Electricity isn’t included because all electricity generators are already included [...]

  • Winning the Battle

    Updated: 2010-01-04 01:27:05
    With the New Year upon us, I thought I would reflect on the state of the world. It is sometimes easy to get discouraged. The climate denial machine, funded by fossil fuel lobbies, continues to have more ink than they deserve. Copenhagen collapsed in disarray – it’s a wonder our species has [...]

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