Ian Macfarlane is now the Minister for Industry, which includes the Energy portfolio.

STT receives quite a lot of mail about Macca running way too close to wind weasel outlaws, Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown).

Some might call it an “unhealthy” relationship.  Tune in to Alan Jones this week to hear what AJ calls it.

We’ve called him a “policy pygmy” – which apparently upset him.  But, being fair-minded individuals, we’re prepared to “give the lad a go”, as they say.

But be warned – any misstep from here will be punished mercilessly by Australian power consumers – who all vote.

STT Champion, Paul Miskelly hit the STT headlines with his brilliant study into the economic and environmental lunacy that is wind power in this post: Where will you be when the lights go out for good?

We thought that Paul couldn’t possibly top that thoroughly researched…

Niagara Regional Council – September 19, 2013 – Anita Thornton

After a  few hours of uncertainty, the council chambers erupted into  jubilant celebration and angry accusation.  With a vote of 16 Yeas and 11 Nays Tom Rankin and the NRWC lost their attempt to rescind Councils decision to support Wainfleet and West Lincolns “Not a  Willing Host” designation.

Shellie Correia opened her presentation with a rebuttal to Mr. Rankin’s previous council speech. Her points included how the Niagara Region was already the Green Capital of Canada due to the fact that Niagara Falls is the “cheapest and greenest” energy of all while expressing how water spill is occurring to displace the un-needed wind energy being produced in Ontario.  She also expressed how in Germany there are over 700 anti-wind groups, while hundreds more are across Europe.

Marianne Kidd, from Mothers Against Wind Turbines, focused her presentation on “Why Wind is a BAD deal for the…

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Did you hear about the Welsh landowner who decided he didn’t – after all – want to have a wind turbine on his property?

Huw Jones stood to make £42,000 a year from hosting the 67 metre turbine on his land in Cardigan. Gosh, what could possibly have persuaded him to forgo this easy money?

Well, Awel Deg/Cardigan Fair Wind, the local wind developer, had a pretty good idea:

“We entirely understand Huw’s decision to withdraw in the light of the huge pressure he and his family has been under in recent weeks.”

What the developer seems to be suggesting is that poor Huw was bullied by his neighbours into changing his mind. And if so, I say good for the “bullies.”

When the democratic process has failed us as badly as it has with wind farms, what option do threatened local communities have other than to take matters into…

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