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Shocking: Proposal to Limit Wind Energy Fails to Appease Fairhaven’s Wind Opponents

October 16, 2012 By thegreenmiles

Two new Fairhaven wind turbines have been menacing 2nd Amendment rights forcing people to gay marry quietly collecting free electricity, saving the town $45,000 in just their first three months of operation. Despite a NIMBY group called … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: fairhaven, wind-energy, wind-power, Windwise

Renewable Energy

November 28, 2010 By warrior02131

Hi All:   Does anyone know of a contractor like GroSolar that fits homes for wind power generation? It appears that my house is not facing the proper directon or that my property has too many trees to make a solar panel installation … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, massachusetts, wind-power

In light of the disasters, what we need to do NOW (Good Politics+Good Policy=Good Future)

May 21, 2010 By jumbowonk

An exclusively clean energy bill will have great results for relatively little cost, and will be very popular as well.  It reduces our dependence on foreign oil, helps prevent more disasters like these, creates jobs, and, if a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-energy, coal, coal-mine-disaster, national, oil, oil-rig-disaster, solar-power, wind-power

Say Yes to Cape Wind — Tell Salazar to Support Good, Green Jobs

February 4, 2010 By the-electrical-worker-ibew

In a letter calling on the Interior Secretary to support Cape Wind, Electrical Workers head Ed Hill writes: If allowed to proceed, Cape Wind will create 600 to 1,000 jobs, employment opportunities that are critical to IBEW members. When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, green-energy, ibew, interior-department, ken-salazar, unions, wind-power

Stop Delaying Cape Wind Say Unions, Enviornmentalists

October 21, 2009 By the-electrical-worker-ibew

Now the project--which would power up to three-quarters of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket with approximately 450 megawatts of emissions-free electricity-is facing another delay.  Unions and environmental groups are speaking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, green-energy, ibew, renewable-energy, unions, wind-power

Cape Wind passes yet still another test — the last?

January 16, 2009 By Charley on the MTA

The federal government's Minerals Management Service did the entirely expected today, and passed Cape Wind in its environmental impact statement:Analysis finds impacts are expected to be mostly negligible or minor; some moderate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, energy, environment, kerry, markey, national, ted-kennedy, wind-power

The future of power: Small, dumb, everywhere

November 30, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

This really is a pretty cool story in the Globe magazine on small-time wind power, now growing in Massachusetts one turbine at a time. The state is indeed subsidizing the heck out of the industry, but at least it seems to be making the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: environment, globe, patrick, power, wind, wind-power

The mandate and Gore’s 10-year plan

November 11, 2008 By Charley on the MTA

Al Gore had an op-ed in the Times Sunday, laying out a five-point plan for 100% carbon-free electricity in 10 years: Big solar and wind projects from Texas to the Dakotas, and new geothermal plants. A "unified national smart grid for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, global-warming, gore, markey, wind, wind-power

Attaboys

June 26, 2007 By Charley on the MTA

Echoing MassLib: Things I don't have a lot to say about except good job, keep it up:We're going to take steps to save energy. With the New England grid under stress, how about trying conservation first? Fluorescent bulbs, energy-efficient … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, gic, massachusetts, patrick, wind-power

Cape Wind Kibosh: It’s Ted Kennedy’s doing

April 29, 2006 By Charley on the MTA

So, we learned this week that the so-called "Young Amendment", named after Rep. Don Young (R-AK), that would allow a MA governor to kill Cape Wind, should actually be called the Kennedy-Stevens amendment:   The efforts to move the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cape-wind, environment, global-warming, kennedy, massachusetts, offshore-wind, stevens, wind-power, young

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