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what u mean Logan Township not buting win mills in they are talking a bout buting 18 in in they let it up 2 the Planning Commission 2 look at and letme tell u if the Logan Township come back with a yes on it they will go up and the win mills they are talking a bout are 335 feet tall so i would not ...

The politicians who voted to ruin our natural heritage by building an industrial windplant on Ice Mountain are: Tyrone Borough Councilwomen Jennifer Bryan, Virgie Werner, and Pat Stoner and Tyrone Borough Councilmen James Grazier, and Mark Kosoglow as well as Snyder Township Supervisors Charles Dieh...

Here's a not so novel idea....and it can be implemented at a single borough council meeting at no cost. Allow dogs to use the Tyrone Borough controlled park land. ...Come on Tyrone leadership, somebody step up to the plate and introduce a revised and enlightened dog law in Tyrone Thanks to its Supe...

SAVE ICE MOUNTAIN thanks Snyder Township Supervisor James Burket for the respect he has shown for Blair County's natural heritage and for the people of the township. As supervisor Burket noted at yesterday evening's meeting, the vast majority of the people in the township are opposed to the windpla...

There will be a special announcement at the next Snyder Township supervisors meeting, Monday MAY 4, 7pm: Name: Ann Dillon*** Title: Secretary/Treasurer Email: snydrtwp@nb.net Voice: 814-684-1048 Fax: 814-684-2913 ***EDITED BY RICK ON 2009/04/29 to reflect that this post is referencing Ann Dilion's c...

Wind power is a complete disaster April 7, 2009 by Michael J. Trebilcock in National Post (Michael J. Trebilcock is Professor of Law and Economics, University of Toronto. These comments were excerpted from a submission last night to the Ontario government's legislative committee On Bill 150.) There...

We heard more about the environmental impact windmills have, but I would like to know more about what impact they have on overall electicity production. They mentioned that the power lines get tied into a "grid" that services many areas around the Allegheny Mountains. Sure, maybe we don't...

The one woman who spoke near the end of the meeting mentioned that the overall electricity produced by windmills is currently only 13% of the total amount generated. The woman's wrong. In PA industrial windplants account for less than 1% of the electricity produced in our state. PA's largest windpl...

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Mayor Kilmartin was on WRTA this a.m. and said that he voted against the project because of the inappropriate location and the large amount of subsidies wind companies receive. Mayor Jim Kilmartin is a man of conviction and integrity. I salute you, Mr. Mayor! :flag: Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Fighti...

AND FYI= Borough Authority consists of....Robert Miller, Jay Young, Jen Bryan, Mark Kosoglow and William Hall. Councilman Mark Kosoglow voted NO to the windplant proposal a month ago but voted YES when more money was offered. Judas Iscariot agreed to betray Jesus by handing him over to the chief pr...

"To sin by silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men." :flag:

-Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A recent article in VOICES OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA: Lack of Care in Windplant Siting puts our Forested Ridges at Risk by Dr. Stan Kotala Central Pennsylvania’s forested ridges are the last strongholds of unfragmented wooded habitat left in our region. Such forests are critical to the survival of the...

Excellent analysis:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/erp129/nach ... estudy.doc

Read Mayor Kilmartin's statement below, then read the headline article in today's Altoona Mirror . Can anyone find the discrepancy? I should have stated this at the meeting as I did to the newspaper. 95% of wind farms are west of the Mississippi River. I do believe wind is a good option for our cou...