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"No resident should have to live under such conditions": Wind Turbine Setback...

Photo of Ripley (Ontario), much like the Tug Hill Plateau, NY  “After lunch we met with Rick Beyer, an outspoken opponent of the wind farm, whose residence is among the towers. He originally signed on...

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Australian legislators call for 2 km setbacks, minimum (New South Wales)

· Click here for the above media release.  Click here for the full report (232 pp.).  Click here for the website. It should be noted that the committee which produced this report considers Dr....

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State of Vermont considers 1.25 mile (2 km) setbacks (USA)

A group of Vermont legislators has introduced a bill (H.677) requiring the following setbacks and noise/vibration limits for wind turbines exceeding 0.49 MW.  Click here for the full text of the bill....

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How Loud Is Too Loud?

Photographer unknown People often ask, “What is a responsible noise level from industrial wind turbines, to protect the health of nearby residents?” And, “How should background noise levels be...

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You’re wondering what it’s like living next to wind turbines? (United Kingdom)

The following was written by nurse-midwife Jane Davis (Lincolnshire, UK) to a woman in Australia inquiring about life next to a windplant—Editor. How far should turbines be from one’s home?  How far...

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Member of Parliament calls for 2km setbacks (United Kingdom)

Calls for Alltwalis Wind Farm to be shut down … from the website of Jonathan Edwards, Member of Parliament for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr July 7, 2010 A local Assembly Member has called for Alltwalis...

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House of Lords calls for 2km setbacks (United Kingdom)

Wind Turbines (Minimum Distances from Residential Premises) Bill Editor’s note.  Be aware that the following bill, bearing the above title, has not yet been passed by the House of Lords.  At this point...

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Legislator introduces set-back bill “to prevent Wind Turbine Syndrome” (New...

“Bill makes building of wind turbines on land almost impossible in New Jersey” “Gary Cadematori, a community activist who opposes the Sea Girt turbine, said his group has gotten letters from residents...

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New Jersey lawmakers endorse Wind Turbine Syndrome, calling for 2000 ft....

“The Legislature finds and declares that . . . recent developments in the area of wind power production have . . .  indicated that the noise and vibration stemming from the operation of large-scale...

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Towns embrace Pierpont’s research (New Jersey)

“New Jersey residents oppose wind turbine technology” · —Ryan Fennell, The Two Rivers Times (12/24/10) TRENTON – Harnessing the power of wind might be better for the environment than burning fossil...

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Physician calls for 10 km setbacks (Australia)

· … from a “Submission to the Joint Senate Committee on Australia’s Clean Energy Future Legislation” · —Sarah Laurie, MD, Medical Director, Waubra Foundation (9/22/11) I am writing to express my deep...

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Guidelines for wind turbine siting

Editor’s note:  The following document arrived in my Inbox the other day.  Sent from an outfit in Australia, I believe.  A group calling itself Windburst Publishing.  I don’t know who they are (a...

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Pierpont responds to Wind Turbine Syndrome misinformation (Mass.)

Editor’s note:  The following letter was published by Dr. Pierpont in the Massachusetts newspaper, South Coast Today, responding to a letter written by a Fairhaven, MA, resident named Donald Mulcare,...

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70% of respondents have Wind Turbine Syndrome at 5 km, reports university...

“Survey finds high rate of Wind Turbine Syndrome from newer turbine models” —Miriam Raftery, East County Magazine, Calif. (3/10/12) With two new wind farms proposed for our region and another already...

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Vestas objects to wind turbine infrasound & low frequency noise requirements...

“[We] suggest the removal of the requirement to measure low frequency noise from the [New South Wales] Draft Guidelines” (Vestas letter, p. 13) News Release from the European Platform against Windfarms...

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Danes say wind turbines suck! (Denmark)

—Calvin Luther Martin, PhD At least a good many Danes now say this, according to Danish sources not affiliated with the wind industry.  Which is a revelation to those of us in North America and...

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Wind Turbine Syndrome documented out to 10 km (Australia)

. “Open letter to the Premier of South Australia” (7/18/12) Dear Premier Weatherill: I have written to you previously about continuing problems in my community from the Waterloo wind farm and about...

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Gutsy woman takes aim at the Big Wind Goliath (Australia)

—Calvin Luther Martin, PhD This spring, a bright woman named Mary Morris conducted a survey of the Waterloo Wind Farm (Australia), to see how many people were suffering ill effects from the turbines....

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Pierpont’s research on wind turbine infrasound vindicated

Infrasound from Wind Turbines Is Indisputable, and Moreover It Makes People Ill I am a professional consultant engineer, and my company is based in the United Kingdom,” begins Dr. Malcolm A. Swinbanks...

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Wind turbines blow down property value, says expert

Editor’s note:  In an article unsubtly titled “Wind Industry Big Lies,” British journalist James Delingpole zeroes in on Big Wind’s biggest lie of all: And there’s no direct evidence that they affect...

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“Wind Farm Visit” (Australia)

“One very tall sign warned visitors that wind towers could cause headaches, nausea, vertigo, sleep deprivation, a feeling of sea sickness and increased ear pressure” —Michael Cobb, Blayney Chronicle...

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The Wisconsin Towns Assoc. calls for immediate wind turbine moratorium

The above image was “pinched” from  Stop These Things . Editor’s note:  The Wisconsin Towns Association is calling on the State of Wisconsin to halt further installation of wind turbines across the...

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Pierpont comments on “Effects of Industrial Wind Turbine Noise on Sleep &...

Editor’s note:  This past autumn, 2 physicians and a statistician published a significant article in the journal Noise & Health on the “Effects of industrial wind turbine noise on sleep and...

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“Clean wind is clean only until it enters the blades. After that it is dirty...

Editor’s note:  Wind energy is billed as “clean” by its promoters—as in the slogan “clean, green, renewable.”  The truth of the matter is wind turbines are major “noise polluters.” Noise engineers...

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Quebec bans wind turbines within 2 km of homes and 1 km of public roads (Canada)

Editor’s note:  The following article was translated from French using Google Translate.  The photo, below, accompanied the article.  It shows the wind developer, Mr. Desgroseillers, pointing out...

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Wind Turbine Syndrome was being documented in science journals in the late...

Editor’s note:  Read this article—or skim it, with attention to the highlighted passages—to discover why the corrupt bastards with PhD’s and MD’s, who argue for the hilarious “nocebo effect” as the...

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