Tag: AWEA

  • Wind Energy Myths Spun by Lobbyists and Salesmen

    Wind Energy Myths Spun by Lobbyists and Salesmen

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    INDUSTRIAL WIND IS A NET LOSER:  ECONOMICALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY, TECHNOLOGICALLY AND CIVILLY by Mary Kay Barton, ©2015 (May 12, 2015) — A recent letter in my local paper by American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) representative Tom Vinson is typical of wind industry sales propaganda. It deserves correction. This is the reality:  Industrial wind energy is NET LOSER…

  • Taxpayer Alert:

    Taxpayer Alert:

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    BIG WIND IS PRESSING CONGRESS FOR YET ANOTHER BAILOUT by Mary Kay Barton, ©2014 (Nov. 26, 2014) — Taxpayers beware! While you were sleeping, enjoying your family and eating turkey, Congress has been busy. Congressional Republicans are negotiating with Senate Democrats to extend the infamous wind energy Production Tax Credit through to 2017, after which…

  • The Wheels are Coming Off the Wind Energy Gravy Train

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    Sharon Rondeau
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    AND SUBSIDY-DEPENDENT WIND ENERGY SUPPORTERS ARE RUNNING SCARED by Marita Noon, ©2012 (May 14, 2012) — The wind energy industry has been having a hard time. The taxpayer funding that has kept it alive for the last twenty years is coming to an end, and those promoting the industry are panicking. Perhaps this current wave started…