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Recently I hiked up to the top of Lowell Ridge to see where twenty-one 400-foot wind towers will be placed. As I crested the mountain I came face to face with an energy policy that is at war with itself. The environmental destruction taking place there pits those seeking to reverse climate change against those who wish to preserve Vermont's pristine natural resources. While that battle rages, the economic cost to Vermont has been pushed aside as irrelevant…

A very hearty congratulations to PPDLW! LURC Denies Bowers Project Permit..www.ppldw.org

PRESS RELEASE

Keep It Grand Formed to Fight Invasive Wind in Northern Maine

Danforth, ME
April, 2012

Keep It Grand (KIG), a citizens' organization formed on December 17th, 2011 to protect and preserve the natural beauty of East Grand Lake (Danforth, ME) and its surrounding watershed, announced today that it has garnered the support of over 275 members. KIG’s membership drive has recently begun in response to the threat of invasive wind development on East Grand Lake. The organization believes that an industrial wind farm, likely to be proposed for Greenland Ridge, adjoining the “Arm” of East Grand Lake, could have a devastating impact on the beauty and use of this exceptional natural resource. KIG believes that achieving sustainable energy production is a critical national environmental goal, but must be accomplished efficiently and without undue harm to unique and beautiful natural environments such as the East Grand Lake area. Wind farm projects, such as the completed Rollins Mountain project in Lincoln and the proposed project on Bowers Mountain in Carroll Township, are potential sources of abrupt and alarming impacts on the environment and economy in these communities. KIG believes that wind farms constructed on sites like Greenland Ridge may come with great environmental costs, jeopardize tourism and sport industries, and fail to support a greener and more sustainable Maine for all.

Keep It Grand seeks to protect the natural integrity and scenic beauty of East Grand Lake, its watershed, and surrounding landscape from environmental threats and inappropriate development activities such as industrial scale wind power through advocacy and public education.

http://www.keepitgrand.org
contact@keepitgrand.org

A great article from Counterpunch found by KIG VP Weston Lord- a great view of what has happened in Vinalhaven, Maine, and what we are working to prevent.

Please click "read more" for a brief excerpt.

KIG will be cosponsors with the Woodie Wheaton Land Trust (WWLT) of a powerful documentary of what happened to an upstate New York community when a large wind farm was built in their midst. The first showing will be June 9 at 1pm and 7pm at the WWLT building in Forest City. The second showing will be July 21 also at 1 and 7pm at the WWLT building. Please plan to attend a showing and spread the word to others who are still undecided about the dangers wind farms pose to EGL and other lake environments in Maine.

For any interested parties, the new documentary Windfall is screening soon in various locations throughout Maine.

Wind power: it’s clean; it’s green; it’s good.

Or is it?

Please click "read more" for a full description, list of screenings, and trailer.

Welcome to Keep It Grand! Please check back regularly for updates on our work.