Wind turbine catches fire near Weatherford Oklahoma

Two acre fire caused by turbine fire, throwing sparks and causing ground fuels to ignite. Eight #okfire engines responded to the fire which is two acres in size.   Wind turbine catches fire near Weatherford POSTED 4:28 PM, MARCH 28, 2018, BY KFOR-TV Wind turbine catches fire near Weatherford WEATHERFORD, Okla. -  Several residents near Weatherford caught video of a wind turbine on … Continue reading Wind turbine catches fire near Weatherford Oklahoma

Turbines Do Not Align with local Tourism

Tourism is, a crucial contributor to the L'Anse and the greater Baraga County area economy. The first thing to take into account is what are the tourist attractions in L'Anse Township and the surrounding areas?  It is obvious from any brochure, website or information that the majority of the tourist activities in L'Anse and Baraga … Continue reading Turbines Do Not Align with local Tourism

Lake Superior Wind Farm

ALGOMA GREED ENERGY ATROCITIES AND COTTAGE LIFE Posted on August 5, 2016by lsarc The Bow Lake IWT as seen from Hwy 17 just south of Orphan Lake The peripatetic duo, Gord Benner and Joyce Chyrski, once again made a holiday summer stop on the Algoma coast of Lake Superior.  As testified at the Bow Lake ERT they have a long-standing devotion to … Continue reading Lake Superior Wind Farm

Video: Kevon Martis Wind Presentation

Baraga County Wind Presentation L'Anse Mi, 2-1-2018 Kevon Martis of the Interstate Informed Citizen's Coalition speaks on equitable wind energy zoning in L'Anse Michigan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKnwo9CBAxE&feature=youtu.be   RES Americas has proposed the construction of as many as 121 utility scale wind turbines across the rugged and undeveloped Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This project will even place … Continue reading Video: Kevon Martis Wind Presentation

Do wind turbines lead to more forest fires? — Opinion — Bangor Daily

Do wind turbines lead to more forest fires? By Clyde MacDonald, Special to the BDN • July 30, 2012 2:25 pm Updated: July 30, 2012 7:01 pm Our three Penobscot County Commissioners made an astute decision today when they decided to defer action on whether to grant an advance tax increment financing deal to the … Continue reading Do wind turbines lead to more forest fires? — Opinion — Bangor Daily

Proposed Zoning Changes

SPECIAL MEETING & PUBLIC HEARING L’ANSE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION – June 28, 2018 6:00 p.m.

Proposed changes: To L'Anse Township Zoning Ordinance 1. Change the typo in Section 3.15 I from 3.17  to 3.15. SECTION 3.15 - LARGE WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS (LWECS) E. STANDARDS 1. Zoning and Setbacks A Large Wind Energy Conversion System may only be located in areas in L’Anse Township that are zoned Conservation and Recreation. … Continue reading SPECIAL MEETING & PUBLIC HEARING L’ANSE TOWNSHIP PLANNING COMMISSION – June 28, 2018 6:00 p.m.

Wabash County revises wind farm regulation relating to ‘shadow flicker’ –

"RES told Wabash County officials they could work with their half mile setbacks, but not their noise limit, and asked that Wabash make their noise limit higher for them. Wabash's response? They INCREASED their setbacks from 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile, KEPT the noise limit at 32 decibels and changed the ordinance to ZERO … Continue reading Wabash County revises wind farm regulation relating to ‘shadow flicker’ –

Other News

More News Also see: WILD HIGHLANDS News Birding + Great Lakes News Youngman, Flaspohler, Knowlton and Dombroski, Journal of Great Lakes Research  Autumn Waterbird Migration Over Lake Superior: Numbers, Species and Timing Wind News Emily Le Coz & Lucille Sherman, Gatehouse News In the Shadow of Wind Farms: How the wind industry angers landowners and divides communities in pursuit of billions of … Continue reading Other News

Irony Alert: Weather Destroys Weather Dependent Power Source – Lightning Incinerating Wind Turbines — STOP THESE THINGS

The wind industry and those that promote it look more ridiculous, by the day. An entirely weather dependent power source, abandoned a couple of centuries back for pretty obvious reasons, exhibits all the resilience of a snowflake in summer. The irony that some ordinary old meteorological phenomenon (wind, rain and lightning) can easily knock wind […] … Continue reading Irony Alert: Weather Destroys Weather Dependent Power Source – Lightning Incinerating Wind Turbines — STOP THESE THINGS