Blue Mountain Alliance

Supporting the preservation of The Blue Mountains,
it's waters, wildlife & habitats, and residents
while not despoiling the mountains with industrial wind turbine facilities.

The Latest Flash!

We filed a Goal 5 again with the Umatilla County Planning Department and the State of Oregon.

To download a copy of it, click on Goal 5.

Latest News and
Information on the Web

Regional News -

Oregon and Portland help wind turbine maker build $66 million HQ

August 18, 2010
The Oregonian

Vestas, the Danish wind-turbine company, will move its North American headquarters into a revamped, eco-friendly Meier and Frank Depot building in Northwest Portland.
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US News -

Erosion violations halt Garret County wind project; State finds numerous problems on Synergics site

August 27, 2010
The Baltimore Sun

The state officials advised the companies Aug. 3 to stop grading and excavating until the controls were in place, and both agreed to do so. ...Follow-up inspections on Aug. 9 and 17 found the companies had not completed all the erosion controls.
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No Spin: Windmills Fail

August 27, 2010
The Orange County Register

Is windpower a viable alternative to low-cost fossil fuels?  Consider this: relying on windmills to reduce greenhouse gas emissions not only is expensive and ironically harmful to the environment, it won't accomplish its mail goal. 
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Some wind advocates are now foes; Disruption issues have turned off one-time fans

August 23, 2010
The Boston Globe

Bob Anders used to count himself among the fans of windpower,
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Out of Site

August 13, 2010
Science magazine

Renewables like wind trubines are spreading fast, but can they survive complaints that they mar neighborhoods and threaten wildlife?  Read the full article >>

The turbine peddlers represent green fraud: Message from a wildlife biologist

August 12, 2010
Opinion, Jim Weigand

There is a growing world-wide opposition to the deadly propeller-style wind turbine for good reason.  There has been a corporate-government cover-up for over 25 years...
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