Collins Wind News Today

This writer, "...would also far rather know that we’re making clean energy possible and not standing in its way, especially by giving in to unsubstantiated rumors of turbine-caused health woes."

Another wind farm may be coming to Western New York. Residents in four southern Erie County towns are mobilizing to persuade property owners against signing leases with a company that

Opponents hope that if they can persuade enough land owners not to sign leases, there will not be enough locations for a viable project. “They don’t think people are educated. They expect everyone just to sign a contract because farming is tough these days,” said Ann Moritz, one of the organizers of the opposition who also is a member of the North Collins Zoning Board. A North Collins Town Board meeting in June on the wind farm attracted about 100 ...