Tag Archives: Augusta

Sign The Bowers Petition

As most of you know, we recently handed First Wind their first denial, ANYWHERE, EVER, when LURC refused to permit their Bowers Mountain project, near Grand Lake Stream. You may also know that the Legislature recently passed a law handing … Continue reading

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My Passadumkeag Comments

I sent the letter below to the DEP, on Company letterhead.  If you have not yet commented on this project, please take a few minutes and do it before 5 P.M. today.  Tell DEP that this project will have an … Continue reading

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What’s It Worth To You?

The assault continues.  First Wind and Emera go ahead with what may well be an illegal merger; Patriot Renewables is trying to buy off the local residents who appealed their Saddleback permit; Friends of the Boundary Mountains are still fighting … Continue reading

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Just A Little Inspiration

I haven’t had much time for writing on the blog lately, but I felt the need to post something useful.  So below is a compilation of some of the poems that have appeared on this site over the last year … Continue reading

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The Ides Of March—Revisited

About a year ago I wrote the poem ‘The Ides Of March,’ which is copied below. In the introduction to that poem, I wrote these words: Mark my words, folks: We’ve got them on the run, and we ARE GOING … Continue reading

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The Beginning Of The End!

 Mark your calendars. February 2012 may well be the beginning of the end for Big Wind.  There is a lot going on, but I am going to keep this short.  On January 31st, just days after Jackson Parker, the President … Continue reading

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Put Up–Or Shut Up

When the folks behind Highland Wind LLC put up their first website, they said that they would not impose themselves on communities where they were not welcome. Funny, but that page is no longer available……. Eolian Energy made a similar … Continue reading

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Somerset County—The People Speak Out

On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the small town of Caratunk unanimously passed a very restrictive wind zoning ordinance. Although there was no application before them, this tiny community on the bank of the Kennebec had been targeted by Maine Wind … Continue reading

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First Wind–Trying To Pull A Fast One

I am an Intervener in the First Wind/Champlain Wind Bowers Mountain application currently before LURC. At their Last Meeting, the LURC Commissioners voted, unanimously, to deny the permit. They instructed Staff to draw up the denial, which is to be … Continue reading

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Ghosts, Goblins, And Socialists

  On this Halloween day, it seems only right to to talk about the real Ghouls and Witches that threaten us. I have no fear of Ghosts, Goblins, Ghouls, Witches, or workers of the Black Arts, but I do have … Continue reading

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