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Friday, March 7, 2014

Energy and Environmental Newsletter

AWED's latest once-every-three-weeks Energy and Environmental Newsletter is now available online.

Sometimes it's hard not to get discouraged when one sees such a continuous flow of unscientific nonsense from sources that we might have thought had competence and intellectual integrity (like here and here and here). And then there are many millions of dollars spent to "break the resistance" of wind energy opponents (e.g. here).

On the other hand, if we are paying attention, there is actually a LOT of good news happening in the energy and environmental arenas. In every issue of the newsletter I purposefully include several positive reports.

 For example, this week I'm pleased to relay that the citizens of Northern NY won a successful fight of almost ten years, against a major wind developer (and the state).

For example, the citizens of two NC communities had conscientious representatives who ignored the wind developer's siren call of one-sided speculative financial enticements, and unanimously voted to pass citizen-friendly laws with strong protections (see here and here). [Neither law is online yet, but they both very closely follow our model ordinance. I'll let you know when they are officially published.]

For example, we're very fortunate to have many qualified experts who have contributed their time and knowledge to educate us, so that we have more ammunition in the fight (like here and here and here).

I'm hoping that you focus on the part of the glass that is full, learn from independent experts, and profit from the experiences of those who have been successful.

Thank you for your continued support!

John Droz, Jr., physicist & environmental advocate

PS — Please help out our Pennsylvania friends by voting NO in this wind energy poll.

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