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"Not only are we sacrificing the beauty of our landscape, but our wildlife as well. As you are aware, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has expressed concern about the suitability of the Allegheny Front for wind farms due to its use by migratory birds and raptors as well as bats." High wildlife mortalities recently recorded at a recent wind installation in West Virginia "underscore the fact that this area has serious drawbacks as a suitable site for wind farms."

—Rep. Alan Mollahan, West Virginia, in a January 21, 2004 letter to the West Virginia Public Service Commission.

Documentation and Downloads - Speeches and Presentations

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Interview with Jon Boone on Wind and Energy

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Wind Evergy is Overblown
Jon Boone's speech, Wind Energy is Overblown, presented in Palermo in 2009. A slide presentation to accompany the speech can be found here: http://alleghenytreasures.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/the-%20charter-of-palermo/ The red numbers in the text correspond to slide numbers. You can download a text version without numbers here.

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The Wayward Wind
Jon Boone's address on The Wayward Wind was presented to a large audience in Wyoming County, New York.

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Industrial Wind: A Bill of Goods

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Fredonia, New York Wind Debate

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Fredonia, New York Wind Debate, Concluding Remarks

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Fredonia, New York Wind Debate, Summary

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Clipper Wind Request to Transfer Its CPCN to Constellation Green Energy: A Letter to the Maryland Public Service Commissioners
Jon Boone's comment to the MDPSC in response to Clipper Wind, LLC's request to transfer its CPCN, which it received more than four years ago, to Constellation Energy, headquartered in Houston, TX—and the parent company of Maryland's largest utility, Baltimore Gas and Electric. The Public Service Commissioners unanimously approved the request, without comment.

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Comments Presented to the Maryland General Assembly's Finance Committee re SB566 and the Economic Matters Committee re HB 1072.
Jon Boone's Testimony to the Maryland General Assembly hearings on companion bills that would allow wind developers to circumvent the MDPSC regulatory hearings required for all power generators operating in Maryland.

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Comments for the MDDNR Wind Hearing, Garrett College, January 30, 2008

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Comments before the DNR Wind Hearing, Arundel Center, Annapolis, January 31, 2008

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Criterion PSC Public Hearing Comments, March 6, 2008