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<title>Wind farm a windfall to Lewis County communities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 15, 2013) Wind farms are a touchy subject in the North Country. As the town of Cape Vincent wrestles with a potential project, in neighboring Lewis County another wind farm has been operating for seven years. The Maple Ridge Wind Farm has brought some big changes to its community. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21985/20130515/wind-farm-a-windfall-to-lewis-county-communities">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>BP to push forward with Cape Vincent wind project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 19, 2013) Earlier this month, energy company BP announced its entire renewables division was up for sale. At a recent public meeting on the proposed Cape Vincent Wind Farm, a BP official confirmed the company will push ahead with the development anyway, and local leaders vowed to hire experts to help them fight the project. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21812/20130419/bp-to-push-forward-with-cape-vincent-wind-project">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Nearing fiscal cliff, wind industry waits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 24, 2012) Uncertainty over the future of production tax credits for wind energy producers has lead to a major industry slowdown. Now, the tax credit&apos;s fate is bogged down in Congressional &quot;fiscal cliff&quot; negotiations. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21132/20121224/nearing-fiscal-cliff-wind-industry-waits">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Expiring tax credits blow ill wind </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 20, 2012) The Route 11 corridor has seen a lot of wind development over the past few years. Developers have been busy securing sites, building roads, and trucking turbine materials in. In Clinton, there&apos;s a new wind farm in town called Marble River. They&apos;ve just finished putting up 70 new turbines. Much of this wind growth is the result of a federal energy subsidy called the production tax credit. But that credit may expire at the end of the year. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20913/20121120/expiring-tax-credits-blow-ill-wind">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Study shows wind turbines have mixed affect on property values</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 26, 2011) Wind power projects have been controversial in the North Country ever since the Maple Ridge Wind Farm started turning in Lewis County more than five years ago. One of the big questions remains: how do wind turbines affect the local economy?Now a team of researchers at Clarkson University has some answers.  Assistant professor Martin Heintzelman and PhD student Carrie Tuttle found that wind projects can depress property values by as much as 17-percent.  But, they can also have a positive effect on real estate.  The researchers collected information about 10,000 property sales in three counties, including Lewis, between the years 2001 and 2009.  They mapped the sales of these properties.  They mapped all the wind turbines.  And they considered every factor they could think of that might be a variable in the sales price: the size of the property, the house, whether it’s in a village, what was happening with the general real estate market. Professor Heintzelman spoke with Julie Grant about what they found. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18078/20110726/study-shows-wind-turbines-have-mixed-affect-on-property-values">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cape Vincent struggles with wind power divide</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 20, 2011) Small communities across the North Country, from Burke in the east to Hammond in the west, have been deeply divided over wind power development.The disputes pit neighbor against neighbor, and can go on for years.That’s the case in Cape Vincent, situated just where Lake Ontario flows into the  St. Lawrence River.The picturesque town fills up in the summer with boaters, fisherman and summer residents with homes on the water. But the community&apos;s tourism and second home economy has come into conflict with the prospects for up to 137 wind turbines being built there by BP and a Spanish company called Acciona. That’s put enormous pressure on the town council and town planning board. In recent weeks, three of the Planning Board&apos;s five members have resigned. Joanna Richards reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18044/20110720/cape-vincent-struggles-with-wind-power-divide">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Golden eagle helps site wind turbines</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 14, 2011) After a farmer found an injured Golden eagle in New York this winter, wildlife veterinarians in Massachusetts treated the bird. And a biologist outfitted it with a GPS tracking device before releasing it in Connecticut. The goal is to map its migration north to Canada. The data is designed to help site wind turbines in places that are safe for these birds.  WNPR’s Nancy Cohen reports from a windswept hilltop where Golden eagle was released into the wild. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17416/20110414/golden-eagle-helps-site-wind-turbines">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Critical crowd greets wind company in Parishville</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 28, 2011) A skeptical public greeted wind power representatives Saturday in St. Lawrence County.  Iberdrola Renewables says it’s in “the earliest stages” of developing an industrial wind farm in the towns of Parishville and neighboring Hopkinton.  As David Sommerstein reports, this weekend’s open house puts the communities on a familiar – and contentious – path. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17384/20110328/critical-crowd-greets-wind-company-in-parishville">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Parishville-Hopkinton wind power in &quot;earliest stages&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 25, 2011) The owner of the Northeast’s largest wind farm - on the Tug Hill Plateau - is looking into a new project in St. Lawrence County.  Iberdrola Renewables is holding an informational meeting tomorrow in Parishville.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17374/20110325/parishville-hopkinton-wind-power-in-quot-earliest-stages-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hammond wind farm put on hold</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 16, 2011) The Spanish-owned company that wants to build 75 wind turbines in the St. Lawrence County town of Hammond has put the project on hold.  Iberdrola says it’s waiting for Hammond to finalize its zoning laws for wind power.  David Sommerstein has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17316/20110316/hammond-wind-farm-put-on-hold">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Wind power debate continues to divide towns</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 12, 2010) The wind debate hasn’t been very civil in communities across Upstate New York.The Innovation Trail&apos;s Emma Jacobs and Ryan Morden visited East Meredith and Litchfield in Central New York. Both have populations just over a thousand people.  Both have been approached by wind power developers.  And both have residents are at odds. Emma Jacobs reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16657/20101112/wind-power-debate-continues-to-divide-towns">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Jefferson County town bans wind power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 12, 2010) Towns across the North Country have been consumed by commercial wind farm projects.  Wind power has divided neighbors, even families.  It’s turned the results of elections in places like Hammond and Cape Vincent.  A recent planning board meeting in Cape Vincent dealing with wind power devolved into a physical altercation.The town of Henderson, on the shore of eastern Lake Ontario in Jefferson County, has side-stepped future wind clashes.  It’s become the first North Country town to ban all wind turbines – industrial ones, private ones, even wind test towers.Henderson town supervisor Ray Walker voted with the 4 to 1 majority passing the law Wednesday night.  He told David Sommerstein a mostly anti-wind citizens’ group came up with a set of zoning regulations after a year of research. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16656/20101112/jefferson-county-town-bans-wind-power">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wind power facing economic headwinds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 19, 2010) A recent report from the agency that monitors New York&apos;s electric grid says the state can quintuple the amount of wind power pulsing through the system by 2018. But wind developers say the chances of hitting that mark are slim.Wind farms are having trouble making profits for their owners.  As the Innovation Trail&apos;s Zack Seward reports, more incentives may be needed if the state wants to meet its renewable energy goals. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/16523/20101019/wind-power-facing-economic-headwinds">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Wolfe Island bird kills raise wind power concerns</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 7, 2010) A recent study of bird and bat mortality at Wolfe Island’s 82-turbine wind farm is raising concerns among environmentalists.  Wolfe Island is Canadian territory, located where Lake Ontario empties into the St. Lawrence River.  The report found 600 birds and more than a thousand bats were killed by the windmill blades in a six month period.  Nature Canada called the numbers “shockingly high.”  Ornithologist Bill Evans says the real question is which species of birds died.  Evans directs Old Bird, Inc. in Ithaca and has consulted for both wind power companies and environmental groups.  He told David Sommerstein Wolfe Island is a designated important bird area, so ornithologists predicted high fatalities.  Evans says the number of hawks, owls, and other raptors was the most alarming. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15935/20100707/wolfe-island-bird-kills-raise-wind-power-concerns">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Jefferson County says no to NYPA plan for off-shore wind farm</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 11, 2010) The New York Power Authority has targeted zones in lakes Ontario and Erie as potential sites for off-shore wind farms. The zones are all more than two miles from shore, and in 150 feet of water or less.The power authority hopes for up to 500 megawatts of power, and will accept proposals from private developers until June 1. One of the zones lies between Galloo and Grenadier islands. Another stretches south from Galloo along the eastern end of Lake Ontario. NYPA CEO Richard Kessel came to Watertown this week to ask for the county legislature&apos;s support. As Martha Foley reports, he didn&apos;t get it. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15358/20100311/jefferson-county-says-no-to-nypa-plan-for-off-shore-wind-farm">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Hammond wind meeting portends more conflict</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 9, 2010) The Spanish energy company Iberdrola wants to erect 75 wind turbines in the St. Lawrence County town of Hammond.  Many would be visible from the St. Lawrence River.  As with many other communities across the North Country, wind power has deeply divided Hammond.  At a meeting last night, the town board tried to get a fresh start on the issue.  But as David Sommerstein reports, the initial results were not promising. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15343/20100309/hammond-wind-meeting-portends-more-conflict">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;Golden Crescent&quot; epicenter of wind farm battles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 17, 2010) This week, Iberdrola Renewables revealed plans to build 75 wind turbines in the St. Lawrence County town of Hammond.  The windmills would be 66 feet taller than those on the Tug Hill Plateau.  Many would be visible from the St. Lawrence River.From Hammond upriver to Clayton, Cape Vincent, and around the shoreline of eastern Lake Ontario, developers want to build hundreds of windmills.  One plan for a wind farm on Galloo Island already has approval of the Jefferson County legislature. The New York Power Authority is in on the &quot;wind rush,&quot; too.  NYPA wants to install at least 120 megawatts of wind power in the waters of Lakes Ontario and Erie.  Local residents refer to the eastern Lake Ontario region as &quot;The Golden Crescent.&quot;  Critics of the wind farm plans say windmills will scare away the tourists and anglers who drive the local economy.  David Sommerstein reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/15242/20100217/quot-golden-crescent-quot-epicenter-of-wind-farm-battles">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Birds, bats, and wind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 25, 2009) Every state in the northeast has set a target for increasing the amount of renewable energy it produces. Wind power is a big part of this push. Those towers and turbine blades can pose dangers to birds and bats. With more interest nationally in developing wind power, scientists are searching for more answers about the impacts, and how to minimize them.The North Country is already home to the biggest wind farm in the east.  Maple Ridge wind farm&apos;s 195 turbines tower over the Tug Hill Plateau in Lewis County. That&apos;s where David Chanatry visited to file this report as part of a collaboration of northeast stations. (Northeast environmental hub coverage is part of NPR&apos;s Local News Initiative.) [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14416/20090925/birds-bats-and-wind">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Wind companies sign on for &quot;clean energy, clean government&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jul 30, 2009) New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says 14 more companies that have developed—or plan—major wind energy projects signed an ethics code yesterday. Under this agreement, these companies would face fines for violations like giving big gifts to local officials. The code also prohibits companies from hiring municipal employees or their relatives, or providing any compensation for municipal approvals. Jonathan Brown reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/14064/20090730/wind-companies-sign-on-for-quot-clean-energy-clean-government-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Wind-turbine maker eyes shuttered GM plant in Massena</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 16, 2009) An investment group is looking at the shuttered General Motors engine plant in Massena as a potential manufacturing site for wind turbines. Jonathan Brown reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/13758/20090616/wind-turbine-maker-eyes-shuttered-gm-plant-in-massena">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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