From SCIENCE Magazine: By Sarah C. P. Williams 30 September 2014 7:15 pm A wind turbine, a roaring crowd at a football game, a jet engine running full throttle: Each of these things produces sound waves that are well below the frequencies humans can hear. But just...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Sept 9th, 2014. Vermilion County Board Meeting. The September meeting began on time at 6 pm. Chairman Weinard started the meeting with 25 present, 2 absent. The 2 absent were McMahon and Barney. Under audience comments this week Vermilion County resident Arthur Cronkite is...
VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - “THE RESOLUTION” begins “WINDS OF CHANGE” On September 9th, 2014, the Vermilion County board put a resolution on the agenda (click here) to revisit the inadequate county wind ordinance. Although poorly worded and biased, the resolution offered the opportunity to do the...
VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - At the Sept 9, 2014 Vermilion County board meeting, the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) and farmers on the board came out in full force and voiced their concerns about how zoning would destroy their economic opportunities and would cause them to...
From "Municipal Minute": The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals recently dismissed a case challenging a local governmental body's actions regarding an application for permits for a proposed wind farm. CEnergy-Glenmore Wind Farm #1, LLC v. Town of Glenmore, (7th Cir. August 7, 2014). The plaintiff sought...
LIVINGSTON CO., IL. (ECWd) - A group in California learned a long time ago that Invenergy cannot be trusted any farther than the distance their turbine blades fly during a failure. We have caught Invenergy's attorney in numerous lies in Vermilion County alone - and the Vermilion...
OKLAHOMA (ECWd) - APEX is defending against a Class Action lawsuit seeking in excess of five million dollars. This is the same company that is building turbines as we speak in Vermilion County. Lucky for Apex, most of the local Vermilion County residents have signed "good...
ORANGEVILLE, N.Y. - From WKBW, ABC-7 (HERE) - ORANGEVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) Sixty residents from Orangeville and Attica have filed lawsuits claiming that the Stony Creek Wind Farm is ruining their quality of life, destroyed property values, and is affecting their health because of noise and vibration. Attorney Richard...
VERMILION CO. (ECWd) - Aug 12th, 2014. Vermilion County Board Meeting. The August meeting began on time at 6 pm. Chairman Weinard started the meeting with 22 present, 5 absent. The 5 absent were A.J. Wright, Barney, Davis, Johnson and Marron. Public Comments Darrell Cambron: Under audience comments this week...
VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - Part of the agreement for the sale of the Vermilion County Nursing Home was to include a sewer hookup to the Village of Tilton sewer system. We reported on this here and here starting almost 9 months ago. This new sanitary sewer...
