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Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 10:19AM
The BPRC Research Nerd

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ACCIONA COMES TO TOWN AND WIND DEVELOPERS GET COZY WITH MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT?

Residents at a town meeting show their displeasure, then the cops come.

SECOND FEATURE:

Click on the image above to find out why concerns were raised about Eric Callisto who is now the chairman of the Public Service Commission and considered by many to be the driving force behind weakening the new wind rules to reflect wind developers wishes. 

THIRD FEATURE:

Fire shut down turbines in Clear Lake, Iowa last week.

In Wisconsin, the new wind rules which take effect at the beginning of 2011 allow wind developers build 500 foot tall turbines just 1250 feet from non-participating homes.

SOURCE: National Wind Watch

 

Article originally appeared on Better Plan: The Trouble With Industrial Wind Farms in Wisconsin (http://betterplan.squarespace.com/).
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