Dodged another one
From the
Bellingham Herald:
Whatcom County votes emergency moratorium on wind power
Responding to concerns of Squalicum Mountain property owners, the Whatcom County Council has approved a temporary moratorium blocking new permit applications for construction of large wind power turbines.
The 6-1 vote, taken late Tuesday, Feb. 23, with little public notice, is meant to give the council some time to review and perhaps stiffen the county's 2008 ordinance regulating wind power systems. If the council had not taken quick action by declaring an emergency, anyone who submitted a permit for a wind power project would have acquired the right to have that project evaluated under the 2008 land use rules.
The council now has 60 days to hold a formal public hearing on the moratorium.
Our state needs to stop hemorrhaging money and here is a perfect place to start. If we need more electricity, we need to build nukes or more coal plants -- nothing else is commercially viable and for every single green job, the economy is so impacted that we loose the equivalent of two regular jobs...
Posted by DaveH at February 25, 2010 1:59 PM