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End The Ban On Windpower In Connecticut

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http://www.cleanwateraction.org/action/end-ban-wind-power-connecticut

Clean Water Action : End the Ban on Wind Power in Connecticut

Connecticut remains the only state in the country to ban the construction of utility-strength wind turbines.  This ban started as a temporary halt until wind-specific siting regulations could be written, but anti-wind opponents seized upon this opportunity to block all wind development indefinitely. With input from Clean Water Action and other groups, the CT Siting Council drafted regulations to address health and safety issues related to wind power, such as maximum noise levels and distances from neighboring properties, but these proposed regulations are currently stuck in limbo. You can help us end the ban on wind power in Connecticut today - take action!

The final step towards lifting the ban on wind is for the legislators on the Regulations Review committee to vote to approve siting regulations on November 26th. They have rejected them three times already and now they need to hear from the public to end the ban on wind power in Connecticut! Send a message today!

This ban stands in stark contrast to Connecticut’s renewable energy laws requiring utilities to purchase 20% clean electricity by the year 2020. Until the ban is lifted, Connecticut projects have no chance to be part of the 20%, and all the wind projects we support will be in the other New England states. Help us lift the ban today!


I added this to my letter, but everyone should do their own :

It is becoming obvious to more and more people in the world (especially with the last few "superstorms") that mankind has already exceeded a "safe" level of CO2 in the air, and that we are heading down a path of dangerous environmental change. The cost of coping with the changes is high and will only get higher the longer we wait to take action.  The cost of converting from fossil fuels to alternate energy sources has been shown by most papers on the subject to be much less than the cost of suffering with increasing global warming.   I have researched hundreds of claims denying human caused global warming and found them to be mainly politically motivated propaganda, with some wishful thinking mixed in.  Scientific research has shown that we can stop the warming but not reverse it.  Windmills are the lowest cost and fastest way to implement a renewable power source during what is rapidly becoming an emergency situation.  If you have any doubts about human caused global warming please see SkepticalScience.com  and click on "arguments".

Phil


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