Hamlin Preservation Group - Social & Environmental

Details of Picken's plan

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:42:19 -0400

Here is the direct link to Picken's plan. www.PickensPlan.com I am a but surpised that Effie and Anne in the midst of our energy crisis have gone quiet on this topic. But I guess that says volumes.

Time to reap the benefits - Clinton wind park is fully operational

Mon, 26 May 2008 19:55:17 -0400

Here's an interesting article in the plattsburgh republican.
http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_138224546.html

BTW - in case anyone is interested. My own observations are that these turbines are extremely quiet. A fanstastic engineering feat.

More local benefits from the wind energy

Sat, 03 May 2008 12:00:11 -0400

Amazing isn't it? All the early hype about towns not getting any tax benefit seems to have evaporated as the benefits keep pouring in. Here is another recent article about school budgets increasing and taxes decreasing. Wonderful story isn't it?

http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_122054557.html

Cohocton residents complain about country roads

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:58:52 -0400

Big trucks carrying thousands of pounds on dirt roads can cause big road problems, as Cohocton highway Superintendent Tom Simons knows well.

At this week's Cohocton town board meeting, several residents complained about the conditions of the roads to Simons.

Repairing the roads, however, has been an on-going process for wind turbine contractor Mortenson Construction, Simons said. Mortenson is the main contractor on the 50-turbine industrial wind development on Pine, Lent and Dutch hills by UPC Wind Management.

Wind Farm's Moving Along in Franklins

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:39:34 -0500

Seems like a lot of positive progress lately in Franklin county with the approval of two additional wind parks. Is Anne going to boycott this county too?

WIND FARMS: Invertebrates; arthropods; fungi, soils and peat

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:13:24 -0400

A Scottish mycologist I've called on the UK Government to declare a moratorium on all land-based wind farm development until a newly identified, potentially devastating threat turbines pose to the environment has been properly examined - letter to the Prime Minister and supporting information below. This action has been reported in the UK media and the issue is attracting growing interest amongst academics, anti-wind farm lobby groups and others in the UK

Clinton wind park moving along

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:28:42 -0400

Here is a recent article about the clinton wind park. Excitement is building! http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_240213036.html

Clinton and Ellenberg Windpark have groundbreaking event

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:34:19 -0400

Clinton and Ellenberg townships express excitement about this windpark moving forward. Wins praise as clean source of energy to power 60,000 homes.
http://www.pressrepublican.com/breakingnews/local_story_174152323.html

Don't Sell Hamlin to the Highest Bidder

Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:21:49 -0400

Think for a moment about your surrounding neighborhood. Do any of your neighbors own 60 acres or more? If so, you could have an industrial wind turbine closer to your home then you realize.

The town of Hamlin has been approached by wind farm developers interested in placing industrial wind turbines and associated electrical power distribution systems within our residential-very-low-density areas (~70% of Hamlin). Although this seems contrary to Hamlin’s comprehensive master plan which repeatedly stresses the importance of maintaining our ‘rural character’, the master plan was recently modified to permit such development. Further, the town currently has no zoning laws to mandate the setback of wind turbines from property lines, limit their maximum height, noise levels or any other feature of their placement / operation which may impose upon those living near them. It is critical that strong zoning laws are enacted which (1) protect the citizens of Hamlin and (2) cannot be overturned by a mere ‘request for variance’.

"Citizens for the environment" back wind farms

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:50:52 -0400

This 60,000 member community strongly supports wind development.

Here is their main site link:

http://www.citizenscampaign.org/campaigns/wind.htm

Eagle Construction

Fri, 11 May 2007 10:53:26 -0400

Trucks rumble by one Eagle family's home as the turbines begin to go up. May, 2007

Town of Gorham Moratorium Update - meeting 3/28!

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:59:03 -0400

**Town of Gorham Moratorium Update!!**

There will be a special town board meeting on Wednesday 3/28 @ 7:30pm at the Gorham Town Hall on South Street. here is the official agenda item:

4. Moratorium 3rd Wind Farms
a. – need a motion to rescind Resolution #027-2007 adopting Third Moratorium
on Wind Farms. Ontario County Planning Board had not acted on this application yet. OCPB
has since reviewed the application, determined it to be a Class I with no comments, local

Wind Will Not Help Fight Global Warming

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:36:35 -0400

Rowe, MA -- Wind power will not help in the fight against global warming, says National Wind Watch, a coalition of individuals and grass-roots groups from around the country. Although many environmentalists look favorably towards large-scale wind power, it has proven to be ineffective and counterproductive.

Wind generated only 0.36 percent of the total electricity produced in the U.S. in 2005, according to the 2007 "Annual Energy Outlook" from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. They project that wind's share will be only 0.89 percent in 2030. A determined push could increase that number, but with many undesirable consequences for the environment, wildlife, and human health -- as documented on the National Wind Watch web site: www.wind-watch.org.

EU policy is shift to a renewable energy platform - including wind power

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:03:26 -0500

In contrast to what Anne spouts off about environmental downsides to wind technology - the EU is also pursuing a renewable energy platform that is similar to NY States platform. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4783996.stm

I think for the benefit for the readership population - it would be helpful for us to understand why Anne believes that she is so much better educated in wind related environmental issues than the EU study group as well as Greenpeace, Audobon, and the Sierra Club (which endorse this technology).

Positions of Greenpeace, Audubon, and The Sierra Club on Wind Power

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:15:31 -0500

Please note that these are pure environmental views and do not weigh in the Visual drawback which are so important to most of the contributors on this site.

Greenpeace....
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/global-warming-and-energy/copy-of-wind-power/get-the-facts-about-wind

The sierra club
http://kansas.sierraclub.org/Wind/WindPower-FactSheet.htm

And Audubon
http://magazin