At the turn of the decade, the anti-wind lobby escalated its campaign of exaggeration, cherry-picking, and scare tactics. Just five years later, community members from regional Victoria are saying enough is enough. Ballarat local Xander Gray calls out those who perpetuate the … Continue reading Voices from Regional Vic: A big fuss over something few seem to understand
A new Friends of the Earth analysis finds wind energy has created jobs and delivered investment for North Queensland communities, while making a strong contribution to cutting Australia’s carbon emissions. Drawing on modeling from Sinclair Knight Merz (now Jacobs),* Friends … Continue reading New analysis points to wind farm benefits as senate inquiry heads to North Queensland
At the turn of the decade, the anti-wind lobby escalated its campaign of exaggeration, cherry-picking, and scare tactics. Just five years later, community members from regional Victoria are saying enough is enough. Ballarat local Sandra Hawkins calls out Senator John … Continue reading Voices from Regional Vic: Madigan perpetuating wind farm scare campaign
This piece is by David Clarke. For more information see ramblingsdc.net There have been many reviews of the available evidence by the world’s public health bodies and studies published in health science journals. Not one of these has concluded that wind turbines … Continue reading Senator Bob Day and Wind Turbine Syndrome
Family First Senator Bob Day has strayed beyond his area of expertise by lending weight to unsubstantiated claims wind energy is linked to adverse health impacts. Senator Bob Day, who is on the senate select committee on wind turbines, has asked … Continue reading Wind Inquiry: Family First senator’s wind energy rhetoric out of step with medical experts
Just a week after the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines held its first public hearing in Portland, Victoria, an important point of view has emerged in The Weekly Times‘ letters to the editor column. Latrobe Valley resident Wendy Farmer, who has first-hand … Continue reading Voices of the Valley: Wind much healthier than polluting coal
Despite the fact that the Australian senate conducted an inquiry into wind energy in 2011, senators with a track record opposing wind farms (such as Sen. John Madigan), have established another inquiry into the technology. Unlike previous committee investigations where there was … Continue reading TAKE ACTION: Make a submission to the Senate Inquiry on Wind Energy
The Capital Wind Farm near Lake George (the one Treasurer Joe Hockey finds ‘offensive’) Wind farms: Up for the job of powering the economy South Australia leads the nation on wind energy and renewables. Wind farms have overtaken coal power … Continue reading Wind energy: the facts…
The UK and Germany have seen new heights in their domestic wind energy production. This growth, and continuing growth is strongly related to policy and regulatory decisions. If Australia followed suit with sensible energy policy, we could enjoy the same … Continue reading U.K. And Germany Smash Wind Power Records
The federal political stand off on the RET is coming to a head with Senator Lambie and Greg Hunt meeting this Thursday. Lambie wants a compromise to revive the stagnated renewable industry in Tasmainia. This article was from the Climate … Continue reading Lambie to hold RET talks with Hunt
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