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The Destruction, And The Deception, Continues
Plum Creek is cutting the hell out of their land in Lexington and Concord. They have taken load after load of wood out of the country near Iberdrola’s Lexington Met Tower, and now they are cutting the last of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Animal Habitat, Animals, Aquifer, Atlantic Wind, Bayroot, Clear Cut, Commercial Forest, Concord, Cutting, Deception, DEP, Destruction, Education, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Gate, Gated Roads, Habitat, Haynes, Highland, Highland Wind LLC, Hunting, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Land Owner, Lexington, Lies, Loss Of Access, LURC, Maine, Met Towers, Mountains, Networking, New England, People Of Maine, Permit Application, Plum Creek, Protest, Public Comment, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Tourism, Truth, Update, Wagner, Wind, Working Forest, Yale
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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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Tagged Angus King, Atlantic Wind, Augusta, Bayroot, Caratunk, Concord, Cowards, Education, Eolian Energy, Eric Stumpfell, FHM, First Wind, Fletcher Mountain, Frankfort, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Governor, Highland, Highland Project, Highland Wind LLC, Hold The Line, Iberdrola, Ignacio Galan, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Legislation, Legislature, Lexington, Liars, LURC, Maine, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, Maine Media, Maine Wind Limited, MDIF&W, Meetings, Met Towers, Mountains, Networking, Oakfield, Permit Application, Peter Vigue, Plantations, Pleasant Ridge Plantation, Plum Creek, Portland Press Herald, Power Line, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Residents, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Somerset County Commissioners, Tax Payers, The People Of Maine, Thieves, Truth, Unorganized Territories, Unorganized Territory, Update, Wind, Wind Ordinance, Yale University
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A Really Good Event
Today, more than 25 people from all over Maine gathered in Norridgewock to raise awareness about the destruction being wrought on our State by industrial wind development. They stood at an intersection in the middle of town and held signs … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus King, Citizens, Education, Facts, Friends, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Maine, Meetings, Met Towers, Mountains, Oversize Load, Protest, Public Comment, Rally, Rob Gardiner, Roxbury, Scam, Somerset County, State Police, Truth, Update, Wind
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It’s Time To End The Nonsense
Angus King was once Governor of Maine. It was his sworn duty to protect this State. Rob Gardiner was the one time Director of the Bureau of Public Lands. We once entrusted him with the task of looking out for … Continue reading
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Tagged Agency Comments, Alan Michka, Angus King, Bayroot, DP4862, Education, Friends, Friends of The Highland Mountains, Governor, Gwen Hilton, Highland Plantation, Highland Wind LLC, Highland Wind Project, HWLLC, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Interveners, LURC, Maine, Maine Bureau Of Public Lands, Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife, Marcia Spencer-Famous, MDIF&W, Met Towers, Permit Application, Protest, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Rob Gardiner, Somerset County, Update, Wind, Yale
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For Patriots Day
As we approach Patriots Day, I’m reminded of Captain John Parker’s words, spoken to the Citizen Soldiers–his friends and neighbors–on the morning of April 19, 1775, on the Lexington Green: “Stand your ground. Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they … Continue reading
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Tagged A Time for Choosing, Atlantic Wind, Captain John Parker, Concord, Education, Fletcher Mountain, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Lexington, Maine, Met Towers, Parker's Revenge, Patriots Day, Protest, Public Comment, Revolutionary War, Ronald Regan, Socialist, Somerset County, Totalitarian Government, Wind
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News, Updates, And Information
News, updates, and information; that is what many of you have come to expect from me and this Blog. I apologize for having fallen behind. Like many of you, I have been working on ‘wind’ every day, but ‘real work’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Wind, Bingham, Carthage, Concord, DEP, Education, First Wind, Friends, Highland, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Lexington, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Met Towers, Networking, Patriot Renewables, Permit Application, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Saddleback Mountain, TIF, Update, Wind
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Catching Up
It’s been busy around here so I’m going to try to catch up a bunch of news in one posting. The latest word I have from Vinalhaven is that Art Lindgren is home and doing well after his recent heart … Continue reading
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Tagged Appeal, Art Lindgren, Atlantic Wind, BEP, Concord, DEP, Education, Friends, Friends of Spruce Mountain, Friends of The Boundary Mountains, Great Lakes, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Kibby, Lexington, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Met Towers, Networking, New York, News, Niagara County, Patriot Renewables, Permit Application, Poll, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Robert Bryce, Sisk Mountain, Site Visit, TransCanada, Update, Vinalhaven, Vote, Wind, Woodstock
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Bowers Mountain/Champlain Wind Update
I just received the following update from LURC. It appears that they expect to have an application in hand shortly for the Bower’s Mountain Project. To be fully informed, please send an email to fred.todd@maine.gov and ask to be listed … Continue reading
Greed, Arrogance, And Iberdrola
I’ve spent most of the last twenty years living, working, walking, and sometimes crawling, all over Fletcher Mountain and the surrounding area—in the Sun, the rain, the snow—during daylight and dark. And before I lived here, I still explored the … Continue reading →