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Hello, I have a question for Tyrone's mayor, Town Council members, and anyone who does long-term planning for the town and decides how town revenues will be spent. From reading this thread, I've learned that leasing Ice Mountain to Gamesa will provide Tyrone with $100,000.00 per year for 30 years =...

Groups sue wind project to protect bats, birds May 18, 2008 by Paul J. Nyden in Charleston Gazette Eleven citizen and environmental groups in West Virginia and Maryland have filed a 60-day notice about their intent to sue a wind power project. They say the huge turbines from the NedPower Mount Stor...

http://www.windaction.org:80/documents/15637 Stull vs. Gamesa Energy USA LLC and Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm, LLC May 1, 2008 by Bradley S. Tupi and William Haberstroh In the common pleas court of Blair County, Pennsylvania TODD STULL AND JILL STULL Plaintiff, v. GAMESA ENERGY USA, LLC and ALLEGHENY ...

Couple goes to court for windmill distress May 2, 2008 by Kay Stephens in Altoona Mirror The Juniata Township couple seeking relief from noisy wind turbines has taken their complaint to Blair County Court. Todd and Jill Stull, in a lawsuit filed at the courthouse, accuse Gamesa Energy USA LLC and t...

Hi all, My family happens to be one of the groups affected by the Allegheny Ridge farm, and I have heard the annoying turbines first hand. I remember my parents' property to be so peaceful and home to so many song birds. Not so anymore. The noise of the turbines drown out the sound of the creek run...

Lawsuit over wind turbines. Details at 11PM. Channel 10 News.

Thank you Ice Man.

So as of now, Snyder Township has no regulations.

Even though the Snyder Twp Planning Commission no longer exists, are the Supervisors working on the ordinance?

Questions: Does anyone know the status and particular's of Snyder Township's wind ordinance? Does anyone know how the Snyder Township Supervisor's feel about the potential of taking on the responsibility of regulating an industrial wind facility, the bulk of which is being imposed on them by a neigh...

IMO, council members are responsible for educating themselves on this issue and hopefully they have done so. With all the scientific facts having been easily accessible to them for weeks now, a yes vote would be a vote for money, pure and simple. Hopefully, council members will rise above the short-...

Governor plans to announce wind turbine decision in visit to Garrett County April 11, 2008 by Lena Vargas in NBC25News Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley will be in Western Maryland this weekend where he will announce whether the state will allow wind turbines on public land in Garrett County. Back ...

Concerns aired over wind farm proposal March 27, 2008 by Cori Bolger in Centre Daily Times A jet circling overhead, a neighbor's thumping bass or a train's brakes squealing as it rounds a curve. These are scenarios Todd Stull and Clair Chappell use to describe how the noise of spinning wind turbine...

Noise level study for wind turbines suffers setback March 10, 2008 by Kathy Mellott in The Tribune-Democrat Any proof that the operating noise levels of turbines in the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm are violating local ordinances, as claimed by residents, may be a while in coming. Paul Heishman, a Mech...

Group to file federal suit claiming wind farm will harm endangered bat February 26, 2008 by Dan DiPaolo in Daily American The fight to stop the Shaffer Mountain Wind Farm will be pushed to federal court with a claim that the facility will harm an endangered species living on the site, according to ...

Quoting Bill Latchford here: "I have also mentioned the Public Forum that is coming up that Dr. Kotala has helped to put together. I believe, even though it will be quite biased , that there will be some great information put out." You truly are a piece of work, Mr. Latchford. The hardwork...

Agency accepting policy comments from public February 9, 2008 by Rob Gebhart in Daily American The state Fish & Boat Commission has been responsible for ensuring that wind energy development does not harm water or aquatic life since corporations began erecting turbines in Pennsylvania. But with...