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Questions for EirGrid
There has been intense speculation about EirGrid’s announcement on GridLink, and the miracle cure in the form of “series compensation”. . I am not an engineer or very technical-minded, and even when some engineering friends tried to explain it to … Continue reading
Posted in Paudie Coffey; series compensation; Fine Gael; Alan Kelly; Alex White
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Wind Fraud
In Australia, Senator John Madigan continues to expose the fraudulent goings on in the wind industry. This time he has demonstrated that a wind company used methodologically flawed acoustic test reports to secure planning permission for an industrial wind farm. … Continue reading
Posted in Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
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Research into Wind Turbine Infrasound
The research is extensive and continuing, and it is not good news for the wind industry. Despite their tobacco-style advertising and “sponsorship” of tame academics and front organisations like Environmental Impact Assessment, there is now a sound body of research … Continue reading
Posted in Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
Tagged Aarhus Treaty; Aarhus Convention; UN; EU; windfarms; NREAP; Pat Swords; Rabbitte; environment; wind turbines; consultation; EirGrid;, Adverse Health Effects of wind turbines, Al;ex White TD; Green Paper on Energy Policy in Ireland; New Ross, Alan Kelly; Labour Party; wind turbines; setback distance, autism; special needs; aspergers; home education; Department of Education; autistic units; national schools; teachers; Education; human rights; ABA; speech therapy; play therapy; educational therapy; , BW Energy; ReThink Pylons; Green Paper on Energy; wind turbines; GridLink; EirGrid; biomass; Solar PV; renewable energy, CSA; Chief Scientific Adviser; Professor Patrick Cunningham; Professor Denis O'Sullivan, duty of care; standard of care; tort; negligence, EcoPower; Ecopower Developments Limited; Waterford City Council; Waterford County Council; wind farm; County Development Plan
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Low Frequency Noise – for Beginners (like me)
In a previous blog I spoke about the Portuguese Supreme Court ordering the removal of four turbines after the dramatic effect on a family’s health. This is the lead researcher doing a well-explained presentation on the investigation that they conducted.
Posted in Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
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The Liability of EirGrid – Part 2
In Part 1 of this series of blogs, I contemplated that awful question: “If my child develops cancer from the overhead lines, can I sue EirGrid?” As I said then, and do so again now, I no longer practice, and … Continue reading
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Tagged duty of care; standard of care; tort; negligence, EirGrid; Rabbitte; legal claim; tort; negligence; leukaemia; sue; Injuries Board; plaintiff; compensation, Engineers Ireland; Irish Academy of Engineers, leukaemia; child; cancer; Dennis Henshaw; EMR; EMF; EirGrid; Slye; John Lowry; Rabbitte; Labour; Fianna Fail; Fine Gael; Green Party; Sinn Fein; pylons; cancer; medical opinion; ethics
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