Developed by Fred Schlicher MCAN program manager
Players:
Christopher Senie of Senie & Associates of Westborough is a practicing attorney in the field of land use, environmental law and land litigation for more than 25 years.
Over the last several years he has represented a number of wind opponent groups including the Cape Cod based opponents to The Cape Wind Project along with groups in Brewster, Bourne, Wareham, Falmouth, Plymouth, Dartmouth,
Marblehead and Salem.
Robert Rand and Steve Ambrose of Maine are principals in the consultancy of
Rand Acoustics randacoustics.com, which specializes in environmental noise analysis, noise complaint investigations and noise ordinance design and review.
Their website has an entire section on wind turbine related issues.
Eleanor Tillinghast is a well known wind opponent whom has been very active in
Massachusetts in opposing a number of community scale wind projects. She is a former board member of Conservation Law Foundation-Massachusetts and owns a vacation home in western Mass. She along with Virginia Irvine (413) 245-3179 of
Brimfield are believed to be members of the Wind
Wise Massachusetts steering and executive committees.
Dr. Nina Pierpont is a pediatrician from Malone, NY and author of a book called
"Wind Turbine Syndrome." She has interviewed families throughout the U.S. and
Canada that have complained about the adverse impact of living less than a mile from a large wind turbine. She says , “This is serious stuff, it’s not just an annoyance.” She argues that wind farms should be built far from residential areas.
Groups:
Wind Wise Massachusetts is a coalition of local groups ("statewide alliance, not an organization") concerned about the hazards posed by industrial wind power. Each local group addresses its own concerns in the way it finds best for its community, and when necessary raises funds for lawn signs, bumper stickers, billboards, lawyers, consultants and speakers. These groups have one thing in common. They pool information from “experts,” from people living with turbines, and from investigating the project on their doorstep. "When it comes to industrial wind, the facts speak for themselves. No expensive lobbying campaign required."
Recently windwisema.org organized a group of over 400 Massachusetts residents, including doctors, psychologists and health professionals to petition the
Commissioners of Public Health and Environmental Protection to declare a moratorium on the construction of new industrial wind turbines in the
Commonwealth. As residents of 106 Massachusetts cities and towns, signers of the letter urge a temporary suspension of turbine development until further research into

human health effects can be conducted and safe set backs from residential neighborhoods determined.
Known Massachusetts Wind Wise Allies:
Duxbury Wind Wise
Citizens for Responsible Wind Energy-Bourne
Committee for Responsible Energy Decisions-Granville
Green Berkshires
No Brimfield Wind
Preserve Lenox Mountain
Save Our Seashore
Shelburne Wind
Windwise Fairhaven
Windwise Cape Cod
Other Wind Wise alliance interests include: a. advocating for energy conservation and efficiency (although it has done nothing in this regard). b. compiling reports of adverse health effects caused by industrial wind turbines c. preserving the tradition of local control of land use and planning d. scrutinizing the cost of electricity from wind energy e. comparing the amount of electricity produced from wind energy to other sources of electricity f. unmasking the true cost of using wind energy to produce electricity g. advocating for renewable energies that are appropriate and viable for
Massachusetts h. evaluating the environmental impacts of industrial wind turbine projects i. preventing the industrial development of large tracts of land for wind turbines j. conserving the forest of Massachusetts k. conserving traditional scene scales and historic places for the enjoyment of
Massachusetts residents and in support of the state's tourism industry l. revealing the limits of Massachusetts wind energy's role in the worldwide response to climate change.
Key quotes from some Wind Wise Massachusetts members:
A. "All over the world doctors are finding sleep disturbances, headaches, tinnitus, nausea and vertigo in people living near industrial wind turbines built too close to their homes," said Walter F. Barnes,M.D. Of Westport. "If the State, local governments, and developers continue turbine construction here without first investigating these reports and responding with protective health and safety guidelines, they will be forcing Massachusetts residents to be test subjects or unwilling guinea pigs for these projects."
B. Wind Wise identifies the inaudible portion of turbine sound, known as
"infrasound," as being potentially harmful to both physical and mental health. Along

with calling for a moratorium on all industrial scale wind turbine construction in the state it also calls for a standoff distance of 1.24 miles for any residential housing.
C. “The Independent Expert Science Panel Report on Potential Health Effects of
Wind Turbines wasn’t independent, its work was not conducted in public or with public involvement. Everything was done in secret, so who can take this report seriously?” Barry Cosgrove.
Misinformation often cited by Wind Wise Massachusetts:
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The U.S. power grid will have difficulty handling anything more than 5% wind energy penetrations. (ISO New England Inc. is responsible for the reliable operation of the New England power grid. They have said they can accommodate 20%.)
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By themselves, wind turbines are not a source of power.
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Wind generation will not lower the cost of electricity in Massachusetts.
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There are a number of studies that show that the fossil fuel generator back up necessary to support significant penetration of wind generation wastes as much fuel as wind generation claims to save.
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When you take into account the pollution emitted during construction, transportation, site preparation, and continued maintenance and the new power lines to connect them wind generation will not reduce CO2 emissions or pollution.