North East Windmills


Without government subsidies to the wind industry,
there is no wind industry.

North East PA Wind Project On Hold Because Taxpayer Funded Handouts Expired

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Rumors have been circulating for a couple of weeks that the wind project planned for North East, PA and other surrounding areas had been put on hold. An article on GoErie.com confirms this is the case. Federal tax incentives for wind energy development expired Dec. 31, and that’s affected financing for new projects, said Johnny […]

Wind Turbine Falls Over in Western PA

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A 1.5 megawatt wind turbine fell over the other night in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh. Why it fell over has not yet been determined. During the debate here in North East over proper setbacks and public safety, pointing out events like this never seemed to have any impact on the discussion because government […]

Wind Energy Nonsense Part One: The Wind is Free

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Wind energy supporters love to say “the wind is free,” because it seems so obvious and irrefutable, they believe it supports their argument that wind turbines make sense. Unfortunately, “the wind is free,” is a meaningless talking point adding nothing to the wind energy debate and it’s just one of a long series of wind […]

You’re Paying for CleanTech Failures, Wind Energy is Just One

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Wind energy is just one of the highly touted “clean” energy sources heavily promoted and subsidized by the US government. Any energy source with the label of clean, green or renewable is supposed to accomplish magical things our conventional energy sources cannot, but when it comes time to produce the energy and create those often […]

Government Wind Energy Money Attracting Fraud, Crime and Corruption

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Wind energy and free money, what could possibly go wrong? Well, we’re beginning to find out. Reports from the United States and around the world show government corruption and even organized crime are starting to make an appearance in this “green” business. Hmm, … who could have predicted that? Organized crime gets into wind Europol, […]

Wind Turbines and the Promise of Money

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Wind turbines bring the promise of money and that can cloud a person’s judgement. It certainly doesn’t have to, but sometimes, if a person isn’t careful, he’ll do things out of character, things he would otherwise not do, things he later regrets, simply because the thought of money was so overpowering. Wind developers know this […]

Two Signs Show What North East Township Supervisors Do and Don’t Want You to See

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Two signs – two meetings – one bold – one unreadable Two different meetings scheduled one week apart. The first, for a zoning change that affects a few individuals and a small parcel of property. The second, announcing a wind energy “zoning overlay” and the wind ordinance, applies to almost half the township and will […]

Too Close – Ask the People Who Live With Wind Turbines What They Think – UPDATED VIDEO

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While the North East Township supervisors and planning board want to move wind turbines ever closer to houses and property, taking their cue from the wind developer and those few residents who will benefit financially from turbine installations, they might want to pay attention to people who actually live near them right now. After the […]