Green Needham is hosting the February Massachusetts Climate Action Network Steering Committee Meeting<\/b> at the Needham Public Library. The topic of discussion at the February 23rd meeting (7:00 – 8:45 pm) will be Community Scale Wind Energy Projects under attack: Strategies for dealing with Massachusetts Wind Wise and other wind opponents<\/b>.<\/p>\n
Over the last few years proponents of community scale wind projects have come under attack by well financed and sophisticated opponents to wind energy. The MCAN communities of Duxbury, Salem, Greenfield, Lenox and Falmouth have already experienced this backlash against wind energy and the Patrick Administration\u2019s goal for 2,000 megawatts of wind generation capacity in Massachusetts by 2020. The program will include discussion from chapter representatives about the issues raised by opponents, techniques used and the effect of these activities on community leaders<\/b> In addition Rob Garrity will present an update on the status of the Massachusetts Wind Siting Bill and Fred Schlicher will provide a briefing sheet inventorying major claims made wind opponents along with possible rebuttals to these claims. Other chapter representatives in attendance are encouraged to participate in the discussion and share their chapter\u2019s experiences.<\/p>\n
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