Vermonters
for a Clean Environment is hosting a Wind and Energy
Forum on October 22, 2009 in West Rutland . See
http://www.vce.org/industrialwind.html for
information
Since 2003, VCE has
been providing a Vermont environmental news story compilation
service to our members. After 6 years of doing the
statewide news story list, we have decided to go back
to our roots and offer news stories specific to the
work we are doing. The listing below contains recent
news articles about areas where VCE is working with
people in their communities on a range of issues, including
agriculture, air pollution, energy, water pollution,
and water disinfection.
Omya unveils new tailing facility, Rutland Herald,
October 9, 2009
Middlebury group ready to fight gravel pit, Rutland
Herald, October 3, 2009
Judge rejects Omya lawsuit, Rutland Herald,
October 1, 2009
Slaughterhouse plan on track, Rutland Herald,
September 25, 2009
Town vs. tower, Rutland Herald, September 24,
2009
J.P. Carrara alters gravel pit plan with neighbors'
aid, Addison Independent, August 28, 2009
Outdoor Wood Boilers: Appropriate Technology or Deadly
Device, Seven Days, 07.22.09
A farm, a school, a chemical, Hill Country Observer,
July 2009
New addition to water supply concerns residents, Houston
Community Newspaper, 10.07.09
Making a switch, The Sun/Houston, 10.01.09
Hope springs for chloramine study, Los
AltosTown Crier, 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
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MONTPELIER
(April 17, 2009)— The
Vermont Public Service Board has approved a 17-turbine,
34-megawatt wind energy project in Searsburg and Readsboro.
It is the second project in three years to win PSB
approval. The order Thursday was signed by two of the
board’s
three members.
The
board attached numerous conditions to the permit,
including requirements to mitigate the wind farm’s
impact black bears. The ridgetop where the turbines
will be located is thought to be critical habitat for
the region’s bear population. The developer,
Iberdrola Renewables, will conserve more than 100 acres
of prime bear habitat elsewhere to compensate four
times over for the habitat that will be damaged or
destroyed by the development.
Searsburg
is home to the state’s only commercial
wind facility. Twelve years ago Green Mountain Power
installed 11 turbines on a ridgeline there.
The PSB documents can be found at
http://www.state.vt.us/psb/document/7250Deerfield/orders_memos.htm
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Vermont's
Carbon Boom
New USPIRG report
shows carbon
emissions increases in Vermont are
higher than regional and national averages
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MONTPELIER
(February 6, 2009) - The Vermont Supreme Court says
the state's utility regulator was correct to issue
a certificate of public good for a 16-turbine wind
project on a Sheffield ridge line. In a decision
issued Friday, the court says the Public Service Board
acted properly when it issued the certificate for the
project being proposed by a company now called First
Wind. A citizens group called Ridge Protectors argued
the 420-foot towers would harm tourism and the state's
rural character.The group also argued the board should
not have granted the certificate because First Wind
had failed to negotiate stable price contracts with
Vermont utilities for the power it would produce. The
project would produce an estimated 40 megawatts of
electricity
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RUTLAND, VT (Sept. 11, 2008) - The Green
Mountain National Forest released,for public comment,
their Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the proposed Deerfield Wind Project in the Towns of Searsburg
and Readsboro. The Deerfield Wind Project is
a proposal to construct and operate a wind energy facility
on public lands adjacent to the existing Green Mountain
Power facility currently operating on private land.Read
the entire Press Release.
The DEIS is currently available on the Green
Mountain National Forest
website at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/greenmountain/htm/greenmountain/links/projec
ts/deerfield_wind.htm
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Times
Argus Article published Aug 8, 2007
Sheffield wind project approved
MONTPELIER
- State regulators today approved the 16-turbine UPC
Wind project to be built in Sheffield, although they
also required a serious of accommodations by the company
before it can put up the project.
If
built the Sheffield project would be the first commercial
wind power station in Vermont since the Searsburg facility
was completed a decade ago.
The
UPC project has been significantly scaled back from
its original design, but company officials have said
that it is still viable at its current size. Initially
the project was going to include turbines both in Sheffield
and Sutton, but now all of the project - with a 40
megawatt capacity, will be in Sheffield, which was
more welcoming to the idea than Sutton.
In
its approval the Public Service Board put several restrictions
on the project designed to mitigate the impact of noise,
traffic and other concerns.
The “visual
impact” of the large turbines was the greatest
concern of those surrounding the project, the board
noted in its decision. However the board decided that
the benefit of the project - including power supply
to Vermont users - outweighed those worries
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Service Board Press Release |
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