Vermont is
politically blue
( Democrat )
Vermont is
environmentally
'green'.
But the
"Green Mountain State's"
strong environmental
streak is backfiring on
industrial wind turbine
projects.
Vermont citizens
are realizing
industrial wind parks
are not green after all.
Wind turbine "farms"
deface rural landscape.
Vermont’s political
environment is getting
more and more hostile
to wind energy.
“In 2012,
there were
over a dozen
wind projects
in development.
Now there are none.
This is truly a sad
state of affairs
for Vermont,”
said David Blittersdorf,
CEO and founder
of AllEarth Renewables.
Voters in the
tiny Vermont
village of Grafton
have endorsed
a new town plan
that prohibits industrial
and commercial wind.
The Brattleboro
Reformer wrote:
“On a 95-66 vote
during an
all-day ballot Monday,
residents approved
the new town plan,
which bans any large
wind facility, and
includes other
planning updates.”
Neighboring
Windham
has said: “no”
to industrial wind parks
by developer Iberdrola,
which has since
“dropped its plans t
o build what
would have been
the largest wind project
in the state of Vermont,”
writes the
Brattleboro
Reformer.