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"I'm a strong advocate of wind farms on the high seas. But there are appropriate places for everything. We wouldn't put one of these in Yosemite, and I think environmentalists are falling into a trap if they think the only wilderness areas worth preserving are in the West. The most important are the ones close to our cities, where the public has access to them. And Nantucket Sound is a wilderness, which people need to experience. I always get nervous when people talk about privatizing the commons. In this case, the benefits of the power extracted from Nantucket Sound are far outweighed by the other values our communities derive from it."

—Robert Kennedy Jr., E Magazine (November/December 2003).

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