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Energy bills to jump as plans unveiled for ‘massive’ hike in levy
This from the Independent: “Householders and businesses are facing higher electricity costs after the regulator for the sector proposed a massive hike in a levy on bills. The Commission for Energy Regulation has proposed that the public service obligation … Continue reading
Posted in EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target
Tagged accident, ANC, bald eagles, biomass, Canada, DA, depression, dizziness, eagle's nest, Ei, EirGrid, EMF, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, tort, vehicle, White Paper, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines, windfarms, Zuma
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Lies, lies and more lies.
This is a very interesting and useful piece, explaining infrasound from wind turbines in language we can all understand. Courtesy of Stop These Things! Vermonters Vent Fury at the Wind Industry’s Constant Stream of Lies May 10, 2017 by stopthesethings … Continue reading
Posted in Dr Sarah Laurie; Steve Cooper; Bob McMurtry; Alun Evans, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, Planning and Development Act 2000; guidelines; directives; Sections 28 & 29, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
Tagged depression, dizziness, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, wind farms, Wind power
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Cans can bounce (back)
There have been a number of interesting comments on Nigel’s blog of last week, “Kicking Cans”. One of those was a link to a German article by a medical doctor on important new research regarding the dangers of infrasound emitted … Continue reading
Posted in Democracy; Ireland; Fine Gael; Labour; Sinn Fein; Workers; Constitution, Dr Sarah Laurie; Steve Cooper; Bob McMurtry; Alun Evans, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, Planning and Development Act 2000; guidelines; directives; Sections 28 & 29, The Spokes of the Wheel; wind farms; Ireland; Windfall, Wind Farm Contract, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
Tagged depression, dizziness, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind energy, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines, windfarms
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Kicking Cans?
I have had too much on the go to be able to do another blog, so I am very happy to welcome an experienced wind warrior and ethical activist, Nigel de Haas, to tell us about his correspondence with the … Continue reading
Posted in Irish Farmers Association; IFA; wind farm contracts, NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, Planning and Development Act 2000; guidelines; directives; Sections 28 & 29, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
Tagged biomass, depression, dizziness, Fine Gael, green, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind energy, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines, windfarms
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Wind energy is not the answer to Ireland’s emission problem
A beautifully written piece, compelling in its logic and fundamental common sense, by Paula Byrne, who is the spokesperson for Wind Aware Ireland. (Image and text courtesy of the Irish Times) “Claims by the the Government and the Sustainable Energy … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Research; Peer-Review Process; Medical Journals, Dr Sarah Laurie; Steve Cooper; Bob McMurtry; Alun Evans, EIA Directive 2014/52/EU, EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, Green Party; Ireland; Eamonn Ryan; Cormac Manning, Ms Justice Costello; Section 37A Planning and Development Act 2000;, NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, Planning and Development Act 2000; guidelines; directives; Sections 28 & 29, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Grid 25; North-South Interconnector, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten
Tagged biomass, DA, depression, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind energy, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines
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Important ECJ Ruling on the SEA Directive
An important decision has been handed down by the European Court of Justice on the definition of “plans and programs” in the SEA Directive. What is an SEA? An SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment) is essentially an environmental impact … Continue reading
Posted in NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, Planning and Development Act 2000; guidelines; directives; Sections 28 & 29, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters; Aarhus Convention; Aarhus Treaty, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); Grid 25; North-South Interconnector, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
Tagged biomass, depression, dizziness, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green, green energy, infrasound, Ireland, renewable energy, renewables, sleep deprivation, suicide, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power, wind turbines
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Private wind farms are exempt from AIE requests for information
An interesting decision was handed down by Peter Tyndall, the Commissioner for Environmental Information, as to whether a private wind farm (“Wexwind”) fell within the definition of “public authority” for the purposes of the AIE Regulations, and was therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Information; Access to Environmental Information; AIE; Commissioner for Environmental Information, judicial review; Wednesbury Test; O'Keeffe; rationality; Separation of Powers, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters; Aarhus Convention; Aarhus Treaty
Tagged Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Francis Clauson, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, wind energy, wind farm noise, wind farms, Wind power
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Extensive Research on Wind Turbine Noise
Government Ministers are constantly bewailing the lack of research, or claiming to be abreast of the latest research, into the damage caused to humans by wind turbine noise. Jerry Punch and Rick James have finally managed to publish their … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Research; Peer-Review Process; Medical Journals, Dr Sarah Laurie; Steve Cooper; Bob McMurtry; Alun Evans, EirGrid; Insurance; Law; Cancer; EMF, Ministerial Responsibility; Liability; Negligence; cardiovascular, Wind Farm Guidelines, turbines, flicker, noise, distance, Denis Naughten, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans, Wind Turbines: Esen Fatma Kabadayi Whiting
Tagged dizziness, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, green energy, Ireland, renewable energy, sleep deprivation, tort, wind, wind energy, Wind farm, Wind power, wind turbines
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The Madness that is Irish Energy Policy
The madness of Irish energy policy explained – using an apple.
Posted in EU Renewable Energy 2020 Target, NREAP; National Renewable Energy Action Plan; EU Commission; Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee; ACCC, The Spokes of the Wheel; wind farms; Ireland; Windfall, Wind Turbine Syndrome; Professor Alun Evans
Tagged Alex White, Fine Gael, NREAP, Pat Swords, renewables, White Paper, wind, windfarms
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The Right to Peacefully Protest
Many would regard the right of peaceful protest, in the form of marches, placards and public speeches, as the cornerstone of any healthy democracy. And they would be right. . One therefore expects that right to be entrenched in the … Continue reading
