CANTON — The Board of Environmental Protection will consider a Carthage woman’s appeal of the Canton Mountain Wind Project at its meeting Thursday, Nov. 20. The meeting will be held at 9 a.m. at the Elks Lodge at 397 Civic Center Drive in Augusta. Alice McKay Barnett, a wind power opponent, and representatives of Canton Mountain […]
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Carthage woman’s appeal of Canton wind project allowed
CANTON — A Massachusetts wind power developer has until Sept. 17 to respond to an administrative appeal filed with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection last month by a Carthage woman, a state official ruled Thursday. Robert A. Foley, chairman of the Maine Board of Environmental Protection in Augusta, made the decision. In May, the […]
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Carthage anti-wind power advocate appeals Canton wind project approval
CANTON — A Carthage woman has filed an administrative appeal with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection of the eight-turbine wind project on Canton Mountain. Alice McKay Barnett, an anti-wind power advocate, submitted seven documents of supplemental evidence on July 17 that mostly concerns turbine noise adversely affecting health. The DEP approved the nearly $50 […]
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A. McKay Barnett: Wind power keeps blowing through
The Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee did not bring wind bills to a vote, again. More than 35 Maine towns voted ordinances explicitly to stop industrial wind power, although they could not openly state that at the time. Those ordinances represent thousands of votes against the destruction of views and watersheds; against unnecessary bird […]