From National Wind-Watch: filed: October 19, 2014 • Opinions, Wisconsin With wind turbines, ‘rotten’ cuts both ways Credit: Joan M. Lagerman, October 18, 2014, fdlreporter.com ~~ Bill Lueder’s Oct. 13 Money & Politics column in The Reporter — Wisconsin Lags on Renewable Energy — focuses on the progress...
VERMILION CO., IL (ECWd) - EDIT: More pictures added...
VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - It has been reported to us that this wind turbine in Pilot Township Illinois, which is owned by Invenergy, has not produced electricity since May of 2014 after lightning strike(s) caused near-irreparable damages. Six months later, Invenergy is finally making repairs....
BROWN CO., WI. (ECWd) - Tonight, October 14, 2014, the Brown County Board of Health voted to declare the Shirley Wind [Farm] a Human Health Hazard. The decision was based on a report of a year-long study conducted by the Enz family to document infrasound in...
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...
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...
