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Green energy land rush

by Bob Marshall in "Field and Stream"


November, 2009 by Bob Marshall in Field & Stream


Large-scale wind and solar projects could exact a toll on wildlife

As the nation begins addressing the problem of global warming by looking at renewable alternatives to fossil fuels ...

Environmentalists, DEP raise issues with wind farm

http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/524644.html?nav=742

By Greg Bock, gbock@altoonamirror.com
POSTED: November 24, 2009

PORT MATILDA - Iron pyrite was among the risks to water quality that opponents of the Sandy Ridge Wind Farm ...

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20091025_How_Marcellus_Shale_gas_came_to_be_tax-exempt_in_Pa_.html?viewAll=y

How Marcellus Shale gas came to be tax-exempt in Pa.

Desperate for revenue, Gov. Rendell chose not to tax the “gold rush.”

By Mario F. Cattabiani and Amy Worden
Philadelphia Inquirer ...

The type of cover-up described below is standard practice in PA, where windplant developer who have signed the "voluntary agreement" the Pennsylvania Game Commission routinely block public access to monitoring results. Two years ago, the researcher described in the article below, Dr. Michael Gannon ...

Excellent article in the Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574376543308399048.html

Windmills Are Killing Our Birds

One standard for oil companies, another for green energy sources

By ROBERT BRYCE

On Aug. 13, ExxonMobil pleaded guilty in federal court ...

Actually, I appreciate the wealth of information this whole thread contains. I can appreciate the passion most of you Tyroners have to save your beautiful area from these rapists, for lack of a better word. I have saved this whole thread into a file just in case WNC, for whatever reasoning, takes ...

Litter Bug Captured In The Act By Photo Bug For Game Commission

Sometimes a Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer will be forced to spend days or weeks digging through trash illegally dumped on State Game Lands in an attempt to apprehend the person or persons responsible. Sometimes it is ...

9 or 10 turbines could never equal a functioning wind farm.

Sandstone was referring only to the # of turbines on Borough of Tyrone property. He's right. It would be 10 on Borough land. 12 other turbines would be on land owned by private clubs (Alleghany Hunting Club) and private individuals ...

I looked at the map posted by Ice Man and compared it to the FAA application. Turbines X1, X2, and X3 are not listed on the FAA application. It appears that Gamesa has applied for only 25 turbines to be approved through the FAA, not 28. Why the discrepancy?
I have been watching the numbers from ...

Several people have contacted me over past few hours questioning whether the Sandy Ridge Wind Farm is "a done deal." It is not.

Even though most of the Tyrone Borough Council chose to disregard Ice Mountain's certification as a Blair County Natural Heritage Area and even though 2/3 of the Snyder ...

Great news! What can I do to help?

1. Write to the DEP addresss listed below. Request a public hearing because of impacts to High Quality and Exceptional Value streams. Feel free to borrow from Bill Anderson's letter. PM me if you need advice.

PA Department of Environmental Protection
North ...

either come up with a place for the windmills to be built or quit complaining ....:

OK, as you requested:
http://www.jvas.org/cc_lwfbc.html

Lots of places that are not Blair County Natural Heritage Areas are suitable for windplants. Even more that are not designated as being "of exceptional ...

Here'a an aricle from last July's Mirror describing the ordinance (this is the ordinance calling for 500' setbacks to Important Bird Areas):

Snyder Township adopts wind turbine ordinance

By Greg Bock, gbock@altoonamirror.com POSTED: July 8, 2008

TYRONE - After two years, an ordinance ...

sandstone and icemen then tell how they could cut tree out befor the set back meeting i talk 2 all 3 town ship sup and ask them would game sell but win mills in under that ordinance they all said yes standstone u but NO industrial wind turbines could have been built that a lie i seen the ordinance ...

Fightin' Irish what i ment the other day was tyrone was buting 16 win mills in under the ORDINANCE and with out the set back that was passed all the set back did was give them 9 more but be for the vote game was all ready cuting down tree up there i was up there the sat be for the set back vote and ...