Welsh Assembly committee urges caution in rural wind farm siting
Updated: 2012-05-31 18:07:23
May 30 2012 Welsh Assembly committee urges caution in rural wind farm siting Human impacts News Wind turbines Add comments The Petiitions Committee of the Welsh Assembly , which includes members from four diverse political parties , has issued a report on its investigation of wind farm noise in Welsh communities . The report is short but concisely comprehensive in considering input from residents with noise complaints , advocates of wind energy , and wind developers . The committee suggests that in deeply rural areas , it may be necessary to increase the standard 500 metre separation distance as appropriate , and in specified circumstances up to 1500 metres , according to environmental factors such as the topography and the ambient noise levels of the area . 8221 Sleep disruption was a
May 30 2012 Floating in whalesong Bioacoustics Human impacts News Ocean Add comments For a welcome change of pace from stories about contentious acoustic ecology issues , check out this column from Australia about a group of people who were treated to two sessions of whale song while floating near their inflatable raft . Here’s a : teaser This time the singer was right before my eyes , and the singing was so powerful you could actually feel it in the water . As I drifted on the surface , the sound vibrated through my body . It was an amazing experience . 8221 Leave a Reply Name Email not required and not published Website Subscribe to AEInews.org by Email Links Log in Science research programs Sound-related organizations AEI Special Reports AEInews on your website Categories Animal
Apr 16 2012 Maine wind farm reimburses everyone in town for their electric bill costs Human impacts News Wind turbines Add comments The Record Hill Wind Farm has made the first of planned ongoing quarterly payments to all year-round and seasonal property owners in Roxbury , Maine . The checks , for 111.57, reflect the average cost of the power used by residents in town over the course of three months . While wind farms cannot directly supply local electricity their power is sent into the grid , and often sold in bulk to utilities or other purchasers of electricity this innovative program aims to give local citizens a direct benefit to compensate for wind farm’s intrusion in the local . landscape While Roxbury’s 400 landowners seem enthusiastic about the payments , some landowners in nearby
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: Pages local ecologist About Writing Projects Monday , May 21, 2012 Manhole covers Image : Manhole cover , Valladolid , Spain We have a new collection on Flickr : Manhole covers The photoset contains manhole covers from London , and Madrid and Valladolid , Spain . nbsp We will add some from NYC soon . nbsp Check out The Booooooom Tumblr for photographs of beautiful Japanese manhole covers Don't miss the next post Spread the word 0 comment(s Post a Comment Thank you for commenting on this post and hope to hear from you , . soon Next Page Previous Page Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WELCOME local ecologist is a project of localecology.org Feel free to email us suggestions , including corrections . info(at . localecology.org Follow by email Subscribe to our newsletter POST ARCHIVE
: Pages local ecologist About Writing Projects Tuesday , May 15, 2012 May blooms in the Sasaki Garden There are lots of flowers in the garden , and sepals , . too You can look at what else is blooming around the country and the world at May Dreams Gardens' Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day May 2012 Don't miss the next post Spread the word 0 comment(s Post a Comment Thank you for commenting on this post and hope to hear from you , . soon Next Page Previous Page Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WELCOME local ecologist is a project of localecology.org Feel free to email us suggestions , including corrections . info(at . localecology.org Follow by email Subscribe to our newsletter POST ARCHIVE POST ARCHIVE May 2012 6 April 2012 4 March 2012 6 February 2012 4 January 2012 8 December 2011 7
: Pages local ecologist About Writing Projects Thursday , May 10, 2012 Marsh Botanic Gardens Our short photo-essay of the Marsh Botanic Gardens in New Haven has been published by Human Flower Project . nbsp Read A Haven in New Haven here Don't miss the next post Spread the word 0 comment(s Post a Comment Thank you for commenting on this post and hope to hear from you , . soon Next Page Previous Page Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom WELCOME local ecologist is a project of localecology.org Feel free to email us suggestions , including corrections . info(at . localecology.org Follow by email Subscribe to our newsletter POST ARCHIVE POST ARCHIVE May 2012 6 April 2012 4 March 2012 6 February 2012 4 January 2012 8 December 2011 7 November 2011 4 October 2011 7 September 2011 6 August 2011
: Pages local ecologist About Writing Projects Tuesday , May 1, 2012 Oasis in Greenwich Village New plants in the Sasaki Garden at Washington Square Village . We disagree with Atticus Brigham's description of this privately-owned , publicly-accessible green space as well as several public open spaces of the two Village superblocks as a rural fantasy of bucolic oases shrouded by token greenery . Mr . Brigham is the deputy editor of Washington Square News . Don't miss the next post Spread the word 2 comment(s Queens Tree Service May 05, 2012 Well i've gotta say , it does look pretty nice . Much better than what Heineken made the tree company do . You hear about this , downtown Manhattan , they made tree cutters top off all of the trees so people could see the heineken banner ads . Now thats