Living In New York blogs

Students pay less interest with banks out of federal loan program

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:15:10 -0400

Getting government loans for college changed radically on July 1. All federally guaranteed student loans are now issued directly through the Department of Education. Earlier this year, bank lobbyists were outraged when a measure ending their student loan racket was added to the health care reform bill. The government has removed banks as the middleman for federally guaranteed student loans, and ended the billions of taxpayer dollars in subsidies paid to banks for pushing paper on those loans.

Tennessee Flooding - Cumberland River Swamps Nashville

Thu, 20 May 2010 20:57:45 -0400

At least 11 people are left dead as parts of the state are drenched with over 20 inches of rain over the weekend in the Tennessee flooding. Tennessee flood warnings from the National Weather Service continue; nevertheless, very little rain is expected for the rest of the week. The Cumberland River swelled to 50 feet above flood stage Monday, and sewer overflow began to flood the streets of Nashville, closing supermarkets,money lenders and other companies and forcing evacuations of schools, hotels and nursing homes.

Arguments For And Against – Cape Wind Project Approved

Tue, 11 May 2010 21:21:36 -0400

One of the most hotly debated renewable power projects in the country is Cape Wind. Now the US Department of Interior has approved Cape Wind, the topic of debate is a lot more frantic. If Cape Wind ends up being built, it can be the first offshore wind development to provide cheap power to 3 quarters of the Cape Cod community. Developers have a loan company and a lot technology at the ready, but some of the residents of the shoreline are vowing to fight the development as long as they can.

Anne Britton

Sat, 01 May 2010 13:17:58 -0400

Anne has been not been on this site for awhile and I I was hoping she could provide us an update on her good work and status of things. I think the the two years that these have been operational should provide good data regarding validation of the concerns raised on this site. Personally speaking, these have more than met my own expecations and I haven't found then bothersome at all. No ice throws, no stray voltage, no sound problems, no compliants from neighbors, no wildlife impact and an incredibly positive impact to the farmers here and to the tax base in these lean times. So now that we have real data - how about sharing some thoughts?

Still no peer review of Dr. Pierpont

Sat, 01 May 2010 13:07:11 -0400

Hopefully Dr. Pierpont will be peer reviewed soon. http://www.bwea.com/pdf/wind_turbine_syndrome.pdf

GE Wind Farm Tour

Sat, 01 May 2010 13:01:33 -0400

It too bad that this GE tour isn't stopping in Malone or Churubusco! I bet the turnout would be tremendous and very supportive.

Peer Review of Wind Turbine Syndrome

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 04:03:24 -0400

Here's an interesting posting I ran into:

http://www.kselected.com/?p=8225

It points to a pending peer review of Dr. Pierpont's work into Wind Turbine Illness'. This article itself is very biased though as it was written by her husband Dr. Calvin Martin. Hopefully the peer review will be a bit wider audience than friends and relatives.

Latest Study support view that real estate values are not impacted by Wind

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:06:55 -0500

http://ecopolitology.org/2009/12/03/dept-of-energy-wind-farms-have-no-impact-on-property-values/

Chateaugay school construction funded entirely by state, Noble

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:19:14 -0500

Just wanted to put in an article about the continued postive impact that these windfarms have had to our community. http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_315215653.html And this project was accomplished without use of local tax dollars.

Wind Turbine Syndrome - lack of peer review article

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:29:10 -0500

http://www.grist.org/article/2009-08-03-attack-on-industrial-wind-puffed-with-false-peer-review-claims#comments

Wind Farm Payment buyouts

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:55:53 -0400

Here's an interesting buyout option coming to the turbine landowners. http://www.pressrepublican.com/archivesearch/local_story_257225219.html

Was wondering if anyone had a view on which way to go?

Personally, I think with the quarterly payments are something to stick with on two fronts:
a)The hidden carbon tax that Obama's admin will enact will create pass thru charges to electricity customers will drive up the electricity rates even in the short term. I think we all know now that wind turbines are a carbon free source of electricity. As the carbon tax won't be applied to this source, it would seem that the revenue from these will potentially increase as the rate charged to consumers increases due to this tax. So what is good should get better.

North Country Public Radio researches anti wind claims

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:14:19 -0400

North Country public radio has quite a nice archive of wind related news and stories. Here is a interesting link about one:

http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/7003/checking-one-wind-power-claim

Fewer Jobs From Wind? Vestas wins court order to stop sit-in

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:27:50 -0400

The story: Vestas (the largest manufacturer of turbines world-wide) announces a plan to close a plant on the Isle of Wight as part of their plan to cut 1900 jobs, or 9% of their workforce. Workers protest by staging a sit-in. Vestas wins court order to have them removed.

Read here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/8183323.stm
and here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8022688.stm

More Jobs from Wind? Perhaps the shuttered GM plant might re-open - for Wind

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:19:04 -0400

Any opinions regarding the job opportunities that a plant like this might bring to Massena? http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13758/wind-turbine-maker-eyes-shuttered-gm-plant-in-massena

“Wind turbine syndrome” - the latest postmodern Luddite paranoia

Fri, 01 May 2009 21:46:53 -0400

I found this interesting article. Thought it would be of interest. Its a blog by some called sanityinjection... I think there might also be a parallel to the DEIS response by Dr P. Here goes:

http://sanityinjection.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/wind-turbine-syndrome-the-latest-postmodern-luddite-paranoia/